Actor Julian Sands reported missing while hiking in California mountains

Julian Sands, the well-known British actor finest recognized for roles in movies like A Room With A View and the Warlock movies, has gone lacking throughout a mountaineering journey, ABC 7 stories. Authorities confirmed tonight that Sands was one in every of two hikers reported lacking late final week amidst heavy storms in Los Angeles.

Sands was reported lacking by relations on Friday evening. Though born in England, Sands moved to California within the Eighties, after scoring early profession successes together with his lead position in 1985 E.M. Forster adaptation A Room With A View. He’s since labored steadily in Hollywood, showing in a lot of movie and TV roles over time, and increase greater than 150 credit throughout an extended profession.

In response to the information stories, Sands, 65, went lacking whereas mountaineering on South California’s Mt. Baldy final week. Search and rescue efforts have been hampered by extreme storms within the space. A spokesperson for the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Division issued an announcement as we speak, saying that, “His spouse did report him lacking. From what I perceive, he left someday that day for a hike and when he didn’t return, his household reported him lacking.”

Sands is one in every of two hikers at present lacking within the space. The opposite, Bob Gregory, was reported lacking earlier this week, someplace within the Crystal Lake space.

Los Angeles has been swept by storms over the past a number of weeks, with flooding affecting larges components of the town and the encompassing areas. The SBCSD issued an additional assertion warning hikers to proceed to remain off the native trails, noting that, “The circumstances are too harmful. In reality, even a number of the extra skilled hikers are getting themselves into hassle up there so we advocate that folks to keep away from that space.”