 Morley was well taught there in the full range of subjects and followed the Tuyns to Château-d'Œx, Switzerland, as a private pupil after the school closed.Having attended a crammer in Kensington High Street, Morley went on to read modern languages at Merton College, Oxford, from 1960, and became involved in student drama alongside Michael York, David Wood, Sam Walters, and Oliver Ford Davies.He graduated with third-class honours, and then spent a year teaching drama at the University of Hawaii.