Film director Richard Attenborough moved to care home Describing the accident in a 2011 interview, Sir David said: "He fell downstairs and damaged his brain, so was unconscious for a long time. He's now back, but he's in a wheelchair. You can have a conversation with him. I go down and see him at the weekend. We have our jokes, the ones we've had since we were kids. Lord Attenborough met his wife at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London when they co-starred in a production of The Lady With The Lamp, and married in 1945. He went on to enjoy a very successful career as an actor and director, garnering 74 acting credits after appearing in 1942 war film In Which We Serve, directed by Noel Coward. He also starred in Jurassic Park, Miracle on 34th Street, Elizabeth, Brighton Rock and Flight of the Phoenix, and made his directorial debut with 1969 musical Oh! What a Lovely War, followed by Oscar-winning epic Gandhi in 1982. His 1987 film Cry Freedom, starring Denzel Washington, told the story of anti-apartheid leader Steve Biko. During the Second World War, Lord Attenborough served with the Royal Air Force, and was seconded to the newly-formed RAF film unit at Pinewood Studios after initial pilot training. The couple had a son and two daughters, but their elder daughter Jane and her daughter Lucy were killed in the South Asian tsunami on Boxing Day in 2004.