Best known for playing upper class Englishmen, he made many screen appearances, especially on television.

[1] In 1955, Morton appeared in Laurence Olivier's film version of Richard III.

On television, he appeared in Doctor Who as prison governor George Trenchard in The Sea Devils in 1972, played a butler in an episode of Upstairs Downstairs in 1973,[2][3][4] and was cast as Commander Julius Rogue in the first series of the children's television series Rogue's Rock in 1974.

Morton was also a Shakespearean actor and an Associate Artiste of the Royal Shakespeare Company.

[5] Morton was married to Fresh Fields actress Fanny Rowe.