Making the transition to television, Bridges became a small screen star of giant proportions by starring in Sea Hunt (1958), the country's most successful syndicated series. Allegations that Bridges had been involved with the Communist Party threatened to derail his career in the early 1950s, but he resumed work after testifying as a cooperative witness before the House Un-American Activities, admitting his past party membership and recanting. Bridges made his first films in 1936, and went under contract to Columbia in 1941. ( Dorothy Dean Bridges, Bridges' wife of more than 50 years, was one of his UCLA classmates, and appeared opposite him in a romantic play called "March Hares.") He later worked on the Broadway stage, helped to found an off-Broadway theater, and acted, produced and directed at Green Mans ions, a theater in the Catskills. His father wanted him to become a lawyer, but young Lloyd's interests turned to acting while at the University of California at Los Angeles. He grew up in various Northern California towns. was born on Januin San Leandro, California, to Harriet Evelyn (Brown) and Lloyd Vernet Bridges, Sr., who owned a movie theater and also worked in the hotel business. Number 1:Pictured above: Robin SmithSource: supplied Hot on news, light on data © Scrolla.The star of many land and underwater adventures, Lloyd Vernet Bridges, Jr. The couple have been remanded in police custody. A case of unlawful possession of firearms has now been included in his initial fraud charges.Ĭaptain Ramohva said the couple will be transferred to a Gauteng court to face the initial charge of fraud next week. He said upon searching their place, two unlicensed firearms were recovered. “The team tirelessly traced the couple to a hideout in Knysna leading to their arrest on Tuesday, 8 November 2022 on a court order.” “Following an internal probe, a docket of fraud was registered in October 2020 and assigned to the Hawks’ Serious Commercial Crime for investigation. They eventually settled in the Western Cape, Knysna area also known as the Garden Route which is a tourist destination,” said Captain Romohva.Ĭaptain Ramohva said in around 2020, Old Mutual was tipped off about the possibility that they were scammed as Smith was apparently very much alive. “The couple quietly left Gauteng for KwaZulu-Natal after receiving the windfall. He said the couple appeared in the Knysna Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday. Hawks spokesperson Captain Lloyd Ramohva confirmed their arrest. Robin and Alice were arrested by the Hawks on Wednesday for fraud, 23 years after Robin’s “death”. But in 2020, Old Mutual received a tipoff, and thereafter an investigation was launched which would eventually uncover their truth. The con seemed to have paid off for the couple. Robin Smith adopted the new alias after he and Alice plotted and faked his death, allegedly for the R1.7 million payout from Old Mutual Insurance. Of course, Chris was not really who he said he was. With that hefty payout, she was able to move first to KwaZulu-Natal before settling in Knysna, near George in the Western Cape.įor over 20 years the apparent widow lived with her new spouse, a man who went by “Chris Boshoff”, a 67-year-old who runs a car dealership business called Knysna Auto Repairs at the Knysna CBD.Īlice, now 59, even found a role at the company, working as an administrator for it. But on Wednesday, 23 years after he met his end, the Hawks found Smith alive and well in Western Cape.Īt the time of his supposed death, Alice Abigail Boschoff cashed in R1.7 million on her husband’s life insurance claim. According to his family, Robin Smith died in 1999 in a grisly car accident in Vosloorus, Ekurhuleni in Gauteng.
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