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
Richard Attenborough 2006 and 2007, he spent time in Belfast, working on his last film as director and producer, "Closing the Ring", a love story set in Belfast during World War II, and starring Shirley MacLaine, Christopher Plummer and Pete Postlethwaite. Despite maintaining an acting career alongside his directorial roles, Attenborough never directed himself (save for an uncredited cameo appearance in "A Bridge Too Far"). After 33 years of dedicated service as President of the Muscular Dystrophy campaign, Attenborough became the charity's Honorary Life President in 2004. In 2012, the charity, which leads the fight against muscle-wasting conditions in the UK, established