Julian Sands missing – latest news: Photos of actor shared as children join California search party
Julian Sands: Who is the Hollywood British actor missing in California?
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Julian Sands, the British star of films such as A Room With a View and Arachnophobia, has been identified as the hiker who has been missing in a California mountain range since last week.
Sands, 65, has been missing in the Mount Baldy area since Friday 13 January, according to the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department.
The actor was thought to have been somewhere on the popular Baldy Bowl Trail, which climbs 3,900 feet over 4.5 miles to the highest summit in the San Gabriel Mountains.
Search and rescue crews looking for Sands had to suspend the search over the weekend because of avalanche threat, a department spokesperson told CNN, with authorities continuing to use drones.
The Independent understands that Sands’ son Henry has joined the search. He is retracing the route his father took, with the assistance of an experienced climber.
California has been hit by a series of violent winter storms that have brought flooding and major snowfall in the past few weeks.
Sands, who lives in north Hollywood and has appeared in more than 150 movies and television shows during his career, most recently starred in the horror film The Ghosts of Monday.
Among his forthcoming releases is a thriller called Double Soul, co-starring F Murray Abraham.
A clip of Sands in 1985’s A Room With a View has been viewed more than 300,000 times on Twitter. The clip shows Sands embracing and kissing a young Helena Bonham Carter.
“I really hope that Julian Sands is found soon. A beautiful actor, and one half of the greatest screen kiss in cinematic history,” one person tweeted alongside the clip.
Tom Murray20 January 2023 03:30
Julian Sands: Who is the Hollywood British actor missing in California?
Inga Parkel20 January 2023 03:00
A car believed to belong to Sands was found by crews during a search operation for the missing British actor.
Footage shows the scene In Mount Baldy, California, as the vehicle was towed away as officials continue the search.
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Julian Sands, and the actor’s car, as found by a search party following his disappearance
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Julian Sands’ car discovered as search for missing actor continues
Inga Parkel20 January 2023 02:00
The last known photos of Sands mountaineering the Swiss Alps last September before he was reported missing were sent in a text message to his beloved grandson Billy.
Exclusively shared with The Independent, his family member said of the photos: “This is how he would love to be seen, doing what he loved best – a heroic mountaineer, and thrilled to send a picture of him looking so happy to share with his beloved grandson, Billy.”
A friend additionally described Sands as “a Byronesque romantic and an adventurer who is drawn to the extremes of nature, relishing the freedom of mountains”.
Julian Sands
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Tom Murray20 January 2023 01:29
TV personality, writer and Church of England clergyman Richard Coles shared his prayers for Sands’ safe return on Twitter.
“I knew #JulianSands a bit back in the 80s when his brother shared a mouse-infested flat with my best friend,” he wrote.
“He was so dazzling and so delightful and everyone who loves him is beside themselves with worry. I’m praying for his safe return.”
Tom Murray20 January 2023 01:00
With the recent avalanche warnings in the Mount Baldy area, the search and rescue teams were suspended. However, authorities confirmed they will still continue the search by air, with drones.
Inga Parkel20 January 2023 00:30
On Wednesday (18 January), authorities identified Sands as the hiker who went missing in the Southern California mountains last week.
He’s been missing since Friday (13 January), when his wife, writer Evgenia Citkowitz, reported him missing. Sands was thought to have been somewhere on the popular Baldy Bowl Trail in the San Gabriel Mountains.
Mount Baldy is a 10,000ft peak located northeast of Los Angeles, in the Angeles National Forest.
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Julian Sands (Ian West/PA)
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Prolific British film star named as missing hiker in California mountains
Drones are continuing to search for prolific British actor who has been missing since Friday
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Sands’ three adult children have joined rescue teams in search of their father. Henry, 37, Sands’ eldest son – with whom he shares with his first wife Sarah Sands – is retracing the route his father took, with the assistance of an experienced climber.
The actor’s two daughters Natalya, 26, and Imogen, 23, with whom he shares with his wife Eugenia Citkowitz, have joined the ground search.
Inga Parkel19 January 2023 22:30
