Julian Sands: British actor identified as hiker missing in southern California

British histrion Julian Sands has been named arsenic a hiker who went missing successful the San Gabriel mountains past week.

The 65-year-old was reported missing successful the Baldy Bowl country connected Friday, amid atrocious upwind successful confederate California.

Police said crushed rescue teams were pulled disconnected the upland past play owed to avalanche risks but searches proceed by drone and helicopter.

Mr Sands is known for roles successful fashionable films and TV dramas including A Room With A View, 24 and Smallville.

In a connection shared with the PA quality agency, the San Bernardino County Sheriff's section said Mr Sands was reported missing astatine astir 19:30 section clip connected Friday 13 January.

The department's hunt and rescue crews "responded and began a search", it added, but had been hampered by terrible upwind warnings and way conditions.

"However, we proceed to hunt by chopper and drones erstwhile the upwind permits," the connection said.

Police added that crushed searches would beryllium scheduled erstwhile the upwind improved and conditions were safer for rescue crews.

The unit said it had responded to 14 calls connected Mount Baldy and successful the surrounding country implicit the past 4 weeks and warned hikers to "think doubly and heed warnings" amid adverse upwind conditions.

Mr Sands has lived successful Los Angeles since 2020 and astir precocious appeared successful the play Benediction, which besides starred Peter Capaldi.