Actor Julian Sands missing

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Julian Sands: Helicopter search for missing British actor as mobile ... (Sky News)

Sands, who has appeared in films such as Leaving Las Vegas, Warlock and Arachnophobia, was reported missing after failing to return home from a hike in a ...

San Bernardino County Fire Department captain Rodd Mascis said the search for missing hikers was "sadly regular" and could be like finding a "needle in a haystack". The San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department previously urged hikers to "think twice and heed warnings", saying its search and rescue teams had responded to 14 calls on Mount Baldy and in the surrounding area over the last four weeks. Mount Baldy residents noted the "extreme" conditions in the area, which has been experiencing freezing temperatures and bad weather in recent days, but said they would not "rule anything out" in the mission to find Sands. "We are working with state and federal agencies that have cell phone forensics to assist us in pinpointing a location, but so far no new info has been developed," a spokesperson from the department said. Sands, who has appeared in films such as Leaving Las Vegas, Warlock and Arachnophobia, was reported missing after failing to return home from a hike in a mountainous area in California which has seen "extreme" weather conditions in recent days. [pings from the actor's phone](https://news.sky.com/story/julian-sandss-phone-showed-movement-two-days-after-he-went-missing-in-californian-mountains-12790940) appeared to show he had been on the move, heading further into the Baldy Bowl area of the San Gabriel Mountains on the day he was reported missing.

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Search for actor Julian Sands continues by helicopter as phone ... (Daily Mail)

The search for missing British actor Julian Sands will continue by helicopter as avalanche risk puts a stop to ground searches around Mt Baldy in the San ...

A relative told MailOnline yesterday: ‘Henry has been in the U.S since the weekend and is helping the search. Sands, 65, was reported missing by his family after disappearing in the dangerous mountain range. [worsening weather conditions and avalanche risks](/news/article-11660031/Search-widens-missing-Julian-Sands-Agencies-analyse-phone-forensics-track-actor.html) which have halted the work of ground crews. [flew out to California last weekend](/news/article-11657373/Family-actor-Julian-Sands-release-pictures-scaling-14-000ft-peak-disappearance.html) and is assisting with the search of Mount Baldy. He is pictured in a recent image released by his family to police to aid the search [who is known for appearances in The Killing Fields, Arachnophobia, 24 and Smallville](/news/article-11653041/Who-Julian-Sands-Missing-British-actor-shot-fame-Room-View.html), was reported missing at around 7:30pm on Friday 13 January after failing to come back from a hike on Mount Baldy.

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British actor Julian Sands still missing in California mountains (TVP World)

The air search has continued, but the ground search remains paused because of poor road conditions, including ice and avalanche danger.

The authorities have previously said that they plan to continue looking for Mr Sands, and there is “no hard deadline” for ending their search mission. He has three children, and lives in the North Hollywood neighborhood of Los Angeles with his wife, writer Evgenia Citkowitz. Another hiker, an American, is also missing in the same mountains.

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British actor Julian Sands identified as missing hiker (KSL.com)

On Thursday, Mara Rodriguez, a spokesperson for the San Bernardino County Sheriff's office, told CNN the search for Sands was ongoing, but it's still unsafe to ...

Officials continued the search using drones, but were limited with other resources due to the weather on Mt. On Wednesday, Huerta said 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. Baldy and in the surrounding area. "We just don't know what the turnout is going to be." Baldy, California area since last Friday, according to the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department. — 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.

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Julian Sands: Actor's phone shows movement the day he was ... (The Independent)

US authorities said phone pings appeared to show the actor 'heading to the Mount Baldy area' on 15 January.

[images sent from Sands to his grandson Billy in September](https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/julian-sands-pictures-photos-missing-mountain-b2265578.html), which show the father-of-three mountaineering. [reported missing during a hiking trip ](https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/actor-julian-sands-missing-news-latest-b2266511.html)in the Baldy Bowl area of the San Gabriel mountains on Friday (13 January), as searches by local authorities continue by “helicopter and drones when weather permits”. [Julian Sands](/topic/julian-sands) appears to show he was on the move heading into a mountainous area in southern [California](/topic/california) on the day he was reported missing.

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Julian Sands – live: Avalanche risk as air search resumed for ... (Yahoo News)

Mr Sands, 65, was reported missing during a hiking trip in the Baldy Bowl area of the San Gabriel mountains on Friday, as searches by local authorities continue ...

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Actor Julian Sands Missing In Southern California - New Delhi ... (New Delhi Times)

British actor Julian Sands, best known for his appearance in the film A Room with a View, has been missing for several days after hiking in a Southern ...

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Julian Sands Still Missing After More Than a Week Passes (MovieWeb)

Avalanche risks have halted search efforts on the ground, but rescuers are still scanning the area by helicopter, hoping for the best.

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Julian Sands – live: US federal agencies join search for British actor ... (The Independent)

'A Room with a View' star is thought to have been on move two days after he was reported missing.

Due to the high winds, the snow has turned to ice making hiking extremely dangerous. Sands’ three adult children have joined rescue teams in search of their father. [Julian Sands is the latest. He 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. In recent years, several experienced hikers have died due to Mount Baldy’s icy terrain. [Julian Sands](https://www.independent.co.uk/topic/julian-sands), using mobile phone forensics to help pinpoint the location of the [British](https://www.independent.co.uk/topic/british) actor. [Julian Sands, the prolific star of Arachnophobia, missing in California](https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/julian-sands-who-missing-movies-b2265219.html) The involvement of federal and state agencies marks a step up in the search for Sands – which is to continue via helicopter only for now. In a statement shared exclusively with The Independent, a friend of Sands described him as “a Byronesque romantic and an adventurer who is drawn to the extremes of nature”. The phone belonging to missing actor Julian Sands appears to show he was on the move heading into a mountainous area in southern California on the day he was reported missing. [images sent from Sands to his grandson Billy in September](https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/julian-sands-pictures-photos-missing-mountain-b2265578.html), which show the father-of-three mountaineering. The search has been ramped up as the officials are using mobile phone forensics to help pinpoint the location of the actor.

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Julian Sands: Federal agencies join search for missing British actor (Evening Standard)

Both national and state officials are now working with the San Bernardino County Sheriff's office, one week after the actor was reported missing.

[Sarah Sands](/topic/sarah-sands), with whom he has a son. Mr Mascis added that the mobile phone pings were a “positive sign” and that “stranger things had happened”, referring to success in the search for Sands. San Bernardino County Fire Department captain Rodd Mascis told PA that the search for missing hikers in the area was “sadly regular” and could be like finding “a needle in a haystack”.

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