- Was to star in Route 66 (1960) but died during pre-production. He was replaced by Martin Milner.
- He played football all three years of high school. During his sophomore year, he was a member of the Baby Knights, the junior varsity team. During his junior and senior years, he was a member of the Red Knights, the varsity team. His position was left halfback. The right halfback position was filled by Lenny Moore, who would go on to play for the Baltimore Colts from 1956-67 and be inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1975.
- On May 24, 1960, an obituary ran in The Reading Eagle in Reading, Pennsylvania (Morris's hometown); it claimed that he died of a cerebral hemorrhage. However, his death certificate stated that he died from "aspiration of gastric contents" due to epilepsy; in other words, he had an epileptic seizure and choked to death on his own vomit.
- He was voted the "Cutest Boy" of his graduating class.
- Subject of the book "Promise Unfulfilled: The Brief Life and Bizarre Death of Actor Robert Morris," published in July 2020. It was written by Vernon Gravely and contains a Foreword by Michael Lindsay-Hogg. It contains interviews with George Maharis, Harvey Solin, Barbara Lord, Susan Quick, Robert Heide, Tony Franke and Pamela Saunders.
- He was a 1952 graduate of Reading High School (Reading, Pennsylvania, USA).
- He was a graduate of the American Academy of Dramatic Arts (New York City) in 1956. Other graduates that year included Eileen Brennan, George Coe, Richard Stahl and Hoke Howell.
- In 1953, he won the "Mr. Berks County" (Pennsylvania) physique competition sponsored by the Central YWCA. In 1954, he placed second in the Mr. Pennsylvania physique competition, behind Yas Kuzuhara. Later that year, he competed in the AAU Junior Mr. America (East) contest. He failed to place. The top five were Harry Johnson (Mr. America 1959), Yas Kuzuhara (Mr. USA 1954), Mickey Hargitay (Mr. Universe 1955), Ray Jiminez (Mr. New York City 1953), and Chet Spittle.
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