No sign of British actor Julian Sands after 6 days missing in California
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[January 20, 2023]
By Steve Gorman
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The search for British-born film star Julian
Sands, best known for his role in "A Room with a View," pressed on for a
sixth day in the snow-covered mountains of Southern California with no
sign of the 65-year-old actor, authorities said on Thursday.
The performer was reported missing on Friday evening, Jan. 13, after he
had gone hiking alone in the Baldy Bowl area of the San Gabriel
Mountains, about 50 miles (80 km) northeast of Los Angeles, according to
the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department.
A search was immediately initiated in the area, but ground teams were
pulled out on Saturday evening due to avalanche risks and poor trail
conditions, said the sheriff's department spokesperson Mara Rodriguez.
Intermittent aerial searches by helicopter and drone aircraft have
continued, however, and authorities planned to resume a ground search
once conditions allow, she said.
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"We had an air crew up today and there were no signs of Mr. Sands,"
Rodriguez told Reuters by email.
The Baldy Bowl, a large sloping area below the crest of the Mount Baldy
ski area, is a popular destination for skiers, climbers and backpackers.
And Rodriguez said Sands was believed to be an experienced hiker.
Cellphone signals detected on Sunday, Jan. 15, showed Sands was then
heading to the Mount Baldy area, apparently the latest indication he was
still on the move.
Subsequent attempts to "ping" his Apple iPhone failed, "due to the lack
of cell service and most likely cell phone power failure," the
department said in an update posted on Thursday.
A "delayed ping" from Sands' iPhone operating system, generated on Jan.
14, provided a possible location on a trail to the Mount Baldy summit,
but checks of that spot by ground and helicopter teams were of no avail,
the department said.
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The 76th Venice Film Festival -
Screening of the film "The Painted Bird" in competition - Venice,
Italy September 3, 2019 - Actor Julian Sands poses before an
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![](http://archives.lincolndailynews.com/2023/Jan/20/images/ads/current/culligan_sda_FROMCLASSIFIED_122922.png) The Sheriff's Department has warned
that severe winter weather, following weeks of storms that dumped
heavy snow in California mountains, has made the Baldy area
dangerous for outdoor recreation. Overnight temperatures there have
ranged from the low-40s to the mid-20s Fahrenheit (4 to minus 4
degrees Celsius) over the past week, Rodriguez said.
Over the past four weeks, sheriff search teams have
been dispatched on 14 rescue missions on Mount Baldy and surrounding
areas for lost or stranded hikers, two of whom perished after
falling or injuring themselves, the agency said.
Sands' Los Angeles-based representative could not immediately be
reached for comment.
Born in England, Sands moved to California in the 1980s to pursue a
Hollywood career after the success of the 1985 film "A Room with a
View," a period romance in which he was cast as the leading man
opposite Helena Bonham Carter.
He also starred as the son of Satan in the 1989 supernatural
thriller "Warlock" and its sequel "Warlock: The Armageddon." He
played the title role in the 1998 film version of "The Phantom of
the Opera," and starred opposite martial-arts performer Jackie Chan
in the 2003 action-comedy "The Medallion."
Other motion picture credits include "The Killing Fields,"
"Arachnophobia," "Naked Lunch," "Boxing Helena," "Leaving Las
Vegas," and the English-language remake of "The Girl with the Dragon
Tattoo."
(Reporting by Steve Gorman in Los Angeles; Editing by Neil Fullick
and Marguerita Choy)
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