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
John Attenborough Italian car manufacturer, Alfa Romeo. He finally ran a distribution business for motor cars in Dorset before retiring from the motor trade and becoming a financial advisor. He had progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP) and died at home in Poole on 9 November 2012. He was survived by his wife Janet, his sons Nicholas and James and his two older brothers. John Attenborough John Michael Attenborough (; 1 January 1928 – 9 November 2012) was an English executive in the motor industry and then a financial advisor. He was the younger brother of director and actor Lord Richard Attenborough and the