Richard Attenborough he won back-to-back Golden Globe Awards in the category of Best Supporting Actor, the first time for "The Sand Pebbles", again co-starring Steve McQueen, and the second time for "Doctor Dolittle" starring Rex Harrison. He won the 1967 Best Supporting Actor Award for "The Sand Pebbles". His portrayal of the serial killer John Christie in "10 Rillington Place" (1971) garnered excellent reviews. In 1977, he played the ruthless General Outram, again to great acclaim, in the Indian director Satyajit Ray's period piece "The Chess Players". He took no acting roles following his appearance in Otto Preminger's version of "The Human
Vasily Smirnov (serial killer) Vasily Smirnov (serial killer) Vasily Alexandrovich Smirnov (born November 30, 1947 in Sopka, Tver Oblast, RSFSR - 1980), known as the "Gatchina Psychopath", was a Soviet serial killer, rapist, cannibal, brigand, robber and arsonist. Smirnov was the only child in the family. His father died early, and his mother indulged in every possible way Vasily and said that he was the best, yet did not allow him to communicate with peers, go to dances or meet with girls. At the age of 18, he hit his mother on the head with a hammer and tried to rape her, but she