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
In Which We Serve is being rushed into commission as the possibility of war becomes a near certainty. The ship spends a relatively quiet Christmas in the north of Scotland during the Phoney War. But by 1940, the "Torrin" is taking part in a naval battle off the coast of Norway. During the action, a terrified young sailor (an uncredited Richard Attenborough in his first acting role) leaves his station while another rating (Mills) returns to work his gun after its crew is knocked unconscious by a torpedo strike. The damaged "Torrin" is towed back to port, all the time being harried by dive-bombers.