[Nicky91]

British actor Julian Sands, known for his work in shows like “24” and movies like “A Room with a View” and “Arachnophobia,” has been identified as a hiker missing in the Mt. Baldy, California area since last Friday, according to the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department.

Sands was reported missing at 7:30pm on January 13, Gloria Huerta, a spokesperson with the department, tells CNN.

CNN has reached out to representatives for Sands for comment.

Mt. Baldy is located in the San Gabriel Mountains in San Bernardino County.

Search and rescue crews were on the mountain looking for Sands, but due to the severe weather and an avalanche threat, rescuers had to suspend their search efforts, Huerta said.

Officials continue to use drones to search for Sands, but are limited with other resources due to the weather on Mt. Baldy, Huerta added.

San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department has recently warned hikers about visiting Mt. Baldy, where high winds and ice continue to make conditions dangerous.

In a post on Facebook, the agency said that over the last four weeks, search and rescue teams have responded 14 rescue missions on Mt. Baldy and in the surrounding area.

“These rescue missions have been for lost, stranded and/or injured hikers. Unfortunately, during these past 4 weeks, two hikers did not survive after falling and injuring themselves,” the post said. “The recent storms that brought the snow and ice conditions are not favorable for hikers, even those that feel they have a high level of experience.”

Sands’s other credits include films like “The Killing Fields” and “Leaving Las Vegas” and TV shows like “Smallville.”

One of his most recent credits included a recurring role in Netflix’s television series “What/If.”

https://edition.cnn.com/2023/01/18/e...ker/index.html

[bitontheslide]

its unlikely he will be found alive

[arista]

[arista]

Yes 6 Days is too long

[A Room With A View actor Julian Sands, 65,
is missing in 'extremely dangerous'
Californian mountain range after winter storm:
Friends pray for news as police use drones
to hunt Brit star who vanished SIX DAYS
ago hiking in ice-bound area north of LA]


https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...Mountains.html

[GoldHeart]

It's not looking good.

[Livia]

He's an experienced outdoorsman and mountain climber, there's still a good chance of finding him, I reckon.

[arista]

[Crews find car in search for missing actor Julian Sands, 65,
who disappeared six days ago while hiking
in 'extremely dangerous' California mountains:
Friends pray for A Room With a View actor
who had brush with death during Andes trip in 90s

Julian Sands, 65, has been missing since
Friday evening in the Mount Baldy area
Rescuers towed away a snow-covered car
from the area yesterday evening*
Sands is known for his roles in several films
including 1985 A Room with a View
He is one of two hikers being searched for
in Southern California's mountain.]

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...mountains.html

[arista]

New :


[Julian Sands: 'Something has gone wrong,'
says friend of missing British actor

Kevin Ryan says Julian Sands is the
"most advanced hiker I know" and is hoping
he is "tucked away somewhere
and can pull through".

Sands, 65, went missing in the Baldy Bowl
area of the San Gabriel mountains in
southern California on 13 January.

Efforts to find him have been hampered
by bad weather, the authorities have said.
Helicopters were grounded on Thursday
because of strong winds.

Fellow actor Kevin Ryan said Sands had
embarked on a "tricky, dangerous hike"
but is the "most advanced hiker I know".

However, he added that each day brings
"more pressure" and "a lot of doubt".

Ryan, who has climbed Mount Baldy
a number of times, met Sands on the set
of 2014 US drama series Crossbones.

They became friends and started walking together.

"Julian is such an advanced hiker," Ryan, 38, said.
"It's what he did. His whole life he was
climbing mountains. It was a true passion of his.

"He is beyond experienced and I'm hoping that
he's tucked away somewhere and can pull through."
JANUARY 18th 2023: British actor Julian Sands
is identified as the hiker missing in the Mount Baldy
area of the San Gabriel Mountains in Southern
California.

Ryan warned, however, that Mount Baldy
is a "different mountain" in the winter,
"especially with how heavy weather has
hit that area - that's a whole new trail".

He went on: "But that is something that
Julian would have seen as a challenge,
to go up in those conditions.
He likes to push himself and he's done that.

"And, like anything, that makes you better,
to push yourself in life.
But in this situation, it's a very tricky,
dangerous hike with these weather conditions.

"And obviously something has gone wrong.
Hopefully with time we'll find out
and hopefully it'll be the best result."

Ryan added: "The only reason I'm not
out there joining the search party
is because I'm filming right now in Ireland,
otherwise I would be out there to give my support."

Sands was born in Yorkshire and moved
to Los Angeles in 2020.

His breakout role came as the free-spirited
George in the period drama A Room With A View,
in which he starred opposite Helena Bonham Carter.

More recently, in 2021 he played a
chief medical officer in the Jack Lowden
and Peter Capaldi-led drama Benediction.]

https://news.sky.com/story/julian-sa...actor-12798647

[GoldHeart]

It's been over 2 weeks now hasn't it ??? , I think he's sadly dead.

I hope his family get closure,hope they find him.

[arista]

[Grim discovery in the search for Julian Sands
as hikers find human remains in the snow-covered
Californian mountains where the 65-year-old
Room With A View actor disappeared in January]

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...sappeared.html

Sadly, it appears died on his climb

[Gusto Brunt]

Tragic -

[Nicky91]

Originally Posted by arista

[Grim discovery in the search for Julian Sands
as hikers find human remains in the snow-covered
Californian mountains where the 65-year-old
Room With A View actor disappeared in January]

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...sappeared.html

Sadly, it appears died on his climb

DNA tests will say more who the human remains are from, but very sad news indeed

[Nicky91]

yes the remains belong to him

Youtube video

RIP

[Soldier Boy]

Well I think it was essentially known that he had sadly died quite a while ago. It's good for his loved ones that his body has been recovered. Of course always hard to lose people but not 100% knowing what happened to them/not being able to hold a proper funeral even past the point of there being any hope of them being alive must make it even harder.