Actor Julian Sands was reported missing Friday after he went hiking in the mountains of Southern California.
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Actor Julian Sands was reported missing Friday after he went hiking in the mountains of Southern California.
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RANCHO CUCAMONGA, California — Actor Julian Sands, star of several Academy Award-nominated films including “A Room With a View,” has been missing for five days in the mountains of Southern California, where he was hiking. , authorities said Wednesday.
Sands, 65, was reported missing Friday on a trail in Mt. Baldy, a spokeswoman for San Bernardino County Sheriff Gloria Huerta said.
Search and rescue teams searched for Sands in the San Gabriel Mountains area, about 40 miles northeast of downtown Los Angeles, but had to halt the ground search Saturday because of the problem. trail conditions and avalanche risks, and has not been able to continue since. , Huerta said.
Authorities said they were searching for Sands weather permitting using helicopters and drones, and would continue to search the ground when it was safe.
The storm is the latest in a series of storms that have created dangerous mountain conditions that swept Southern California on Friday and lasted through the weekend. Two other climbers recently died in the area.
Representatives for Sands, a British-born actor currently living in North Hollywood, did not immediately respond to emails requesting comment or further details.
Sands co-starred with Helena Bonham Carter in director James Ivory’s 1985 British romance, “A Room With a View.”
He also had lead roles in 1989’s “Warlock”, 1990’s “Arachnophobia”, 1991’s “Naked Lunch”, 1993’s “Boxing Helena” and 1995’s “Leaving Las Vegas”.
Sands has worked steadily for decades since then with smaller roles in film and television.
