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 acclaim at the Garrick Theatre in 1942. In 1949, exhibitors voted him the sixth most popular British actor at the box office. Early in his stage career, Attenborough starred in the West End production of Agatha Christie's "The Mousetrap", which went on to become the world's longest running stage production. Both he and his wife were among the original cast members of the production, which opened in 1952 at the Ambassadors Theatre and as of 2014 is still running at the St Martins Theatre. They took a 10 per cent profit-participation in the production, which was paid for out of