Actor Julian Sands (‘A Room with a View’, ‘Naked Lunch’) goes missing on a hike

British actor Julian Sands, star of titles such as ‘A Room with a View’ and ‘Warlock the Witcher’, lHe has been missing since last Friday, January 13, around 7:30pm. His trail was lost when he went hiking Mount San Antonio in Southern California, the highest peak of the San Gabriel Mountains at just over 10,000 feet. According to Deadline, San Bernardino County authorities have been searching for the 65-year-old actor for days and have released a statement explaining that “Due to bad weather and alpine conditions, the search was difficult and the use of aerial resources was limited over the weekend.”

The search for Sands has been complicated by severe weather conditions in those mountains over the past month, in which up to 14 rescue missions were carried out by the county police: “These rescue missions have been for lost, trapped and/or injured hikers. Unfortunately, in the last 4 weeks, two hikers have not survived after falling and hurting themselves”. There are strong winds and storms in the area, and the snow has turned to ice, making hiking very dangerous. Although the sheriff’s department ground staff responded promptly to the missing person report, the mission had to be aborted Saturday night due to avalanche risk.

Cassian Elwes, a film producer, confirmed the news of Sands’ passing via Twitter:

I have known since Friday that my friend Julian Sands disappeared on Mt Baldy. I am devastated. A close family friend who was an adventurer in everything he did. I said many prayers.

? Cassian Elwes (@cassiaelwes) January 18, 2023

“I found out on Friday that my friend Julian Sands has gone missing on Mount Baldy. I am devastated. A close family friend whoHe was an adventurer in everything he did. I prayed a lot.”

A 40-year career

Sands was born in Otley in 1958 and began his acting career in 1982 with small roles in television series and films such as “Oxford Blues”, “The Cries of Silence”, “After Darkness” with John Hurt or “The Doctor and the Devils”. ‘ with Timothy Dalton and Jonathan Pryce. In 1985 he starred in a passionate romance with Helena Bonham Carter in ‘A Room with a View’, which was nominated for 8 Academy Awards of which it took 3. This success led him to move to Hollywood where he continued his career in titles such as ‘Warlock, the Sorcerer’, ‘Arachnophobia’ and ‘Private Passions of a Woman “. Next came David Cronenberg’s “Naked Lunch” and “Leaving Las Vegas” with Nicolas Cage. He reprized with Mike Figgis in ‘After One Night’, filmed the sequel to ‘Warlock’ and donned the mask of Dario Argento’s ‘Phantom of the Opera’. We have also seen it in “The Power of the Talisman”, “Easy Sex”, “Ocean’s Thirteen” and more recently in “The Crooked House”, “Blessing” or “Ghosted Mondays”.

In television he had sporadic or episodic roles in series such as ‘Into the Dark’, ‘Dilemma’, ‘The Medici: Lords of Florence’, ‘Elementary’, ‘The Blacklist’, ‘Gotham’, ‘Dexter’, ‘Smallville’, ‘Guarded: Person of Interest’ or ‘Castle’.