Actor Julian Sands reported missing while on hike (UPDATE: Confirmed Deceased)
02-08-23, 03:59 PM
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Re: Actor Julian Sands reported missing while on hike
Still hoping he's just laid up with some hot chick smashin' and smokin' weed oblivious to the fact that everyone is looking for him. 
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02-09-23, 09:13 PM
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02-23-23, 01:06 PM
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I really hope Julian Sands is alive. He's gonna have one hell of a story to tell.
02-23-23, 05:20 PM
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I was scared when this thread just got updated. I was afraid I'd read he was found dead. I still fear that.
02-23-23, 05:24 PM
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I mean it's been over a month. Pretty sure he's dead...
02-23-23, 05:27 PM
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Re: Actor Julian Sands reported missing while on hike
03-23-23, 10:34 PM
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Still no update. Recorded breaking snow and storms in most of California mountains.
And Sands went out right before a big storm came in. so does not look good for him.
I'm in Auburn, Ca way below the snowline.
And Sands went out right before a big storm came in. so does not look good for him.
I'm in Auburn, Ca way below the snowline.
03-24-23, 01:33 AM
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I knew the name, so I looked him up and, yeah, I've seen him more than once.
But I really remembered him for his appearances on Stargate SG-1.
Yeah, if he's been missing in snowy mountains for this long... That's not good. Somehow I missed this story until now.
But I really remembered him for his appearances on Stargate SG-1.
Yeah, if he's been missing in snowy mountains for this long... That's not good. Somehow I missed this story until now.
06-19-23, 10:31 PM
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Search efforts for British actor Julian Sands resume, sheriff's office says
Search efforts for British actor Julian Sands resumed on Saturday, months after he went missing in the Southern California mountains, the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department said.
More than 80 search and rescue volunteers, deputies and staff searched for Sands, but he was not found, the sheriff's office said.
Authorities said search teams, two helicopters and a drone crew, looked in remote areas in Mount Baldy for the actor.
Drones searched in areas unreachable by people searching on the ground, according to the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department.
Sands, 65, was reported missing by his family on Jan. 13 in the Mount Baldy Bowl area of the San Gabriel Mountains outside Los Angeles.
The actor went missing when snowy, windy and icy weather on Mount Baldy possibly posed a challenge for hikers, with the sheriff's department saying in January the conditions were “adverse and extremely dangerous.”
"Despite the recent warmer weather, portions of the mountain remain inaccessible due to extreme alpine conditions," the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department said in an advisory announcing the continued search efforts.
Many parts of the area contain sleep terrain and ravines, which has over 10 feet of ice and snow, according to the sheriff's department.
The sheriff's department conducted eight ground and air searches for Sands since January, with volunteers logging in more than 500 hours in search efforts, authorities said.
Sands' missing person case is still active and the search for the actor will continue in a limited scope, the sheriff's department said.
Another hiker, Bob Gregory of Hawthorne, California, was reported missing at the same time as Sands. Gregory's body was found in the San Gabriel Mountains in February, according to ABC News Los Angeles station KABC.
Born in England, the missing Sands had been residing in the North Hollywood area after making dozens of appearances in both television and movies since the 1980s.
Highlights include his role as George Emerson -- opposite Helena Bonham-Carter’s Lucy -- in the 1985 Academy Award-winning drama "A Room with a View." Sands also starred in "Warlock," "Leaving Las Vegas" and a 1998 adaptation of “The Phantom of the Opera” as the title character.
More than 80 search and rescue volunteers, deputies and staff searched for Sands, but he was not found, the sheriff's office said.
Authorities said search teams, two helicopters and a drone crew, looked in remote areas in Mount Baldy for the actor.
Drones searched in areas unreachable by people searching on the ground, according to the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department.
Sands, 65, was reported missing by his family on Jan. 13 in the Mount Baldy Bowl area of the San Gabriel Mountains outside Los Angeles.
The actor went missing when snowy, windy and icy weather on Mount Baldy possibly posed a challenge for hikers, with the sheriff's department saying in January the conditions were “adverse and extremely dangerous.”
"Despite the recent warmer weather, portions of the mountain remain inaccessible due to extreme alpine conditions," the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department said in an advisory announcing the continued search efforts.
Many parts of the area contain sleep terrain and ravines, which has over 10 feet of ice and snow, according to the sheriff's department.
The sheriff's department conducted eight ground and air searches for Sands since January, with volunteers logging in more than 500 hours in search efforts, authorities said.
Sands' missing person case is still active and the search for the actor will continue in a limited scope, the sheriff's department said.
Another hiker, Bob Gregory of Hawthorne, California, was reported missing at the same time as Sands. Gregory's body was found in the San Gabriel Mountains in February, according to ABC News Los Angeles station KABC.
Born in England, the missing Sands had been residing in the North Hollywood area after making dozens of appearances in both television and movies since the 1980s.
Highlights include his role as George Emerson -- opposite Helena Bonham-Carter’s Lucy -- in the 1985 Academy Award-winning drama "A Room with a View." Sands also starred in "Warlock," "Leaving Las Vegas" and a 1998 adaptation of “The Phantom of the Opera” as the title character.
06-24-23, 10:35 PM
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Looks like we’re getting close to a sad conclusion to this story
06-25-23, 01:52 AM
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I know it's pretty much a foregone conclusion at this point but I keep hoping he turns up alive in some hospital somewhere, being treated as a John Doe.
06-25-23, 05:34 AM
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A random memory: Sands was at a horror con I attended five years ago. I caught the tail end of his Q&A, where he addressed the fans in the room who had bought his autograph. He thanked them for their support and said he would have been happy to sign for free under different circumstances. Charging a fee is just part of the arrangement with most convention bookings, but he was the only guest I ever saw who felt the need to basically apologize for it.
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06-25-23, 02:49 PM
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I only experienced the "free autograph" once at a local convention. The actor (Dameon Clarke, 24) did a Q&A anime panel and then signed any items attendees brought for free. He didn’t have any photos to give out, fair enough.
But yea, the free autograph at cons are rare.
And Julian Sands will be missed, assuming it doesn’t end well
But yea, the free autograph at cons are rare.
And Julian Sands will be missed, assuming it doesn’t end well
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06-25-23, 04:30 PM
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Looks like we’re getting close to a sad conclusion to this story
https://twitter.com/deadline/status/...ROaaX6I5S_8l2Q
https://twitter.com/deadline/status/...ROaaX6I5S_8l2Q
06-25-23, 05:56 PM
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Re: Actor Julian Sands reported missing while on hike
I only experienced the “free autograph” once at a local convention. The actor (Dameon Clarke, 24) did a Q&A anime panel and then signed any items attendees brought for free. He didn’t have any photos to give out, fair enough.
But yea, the free autograph at cons are rare.
But yea, the free autograph at cons are rare.
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06-26-23, 08:38 AM
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If I'm not mistaken, the original search got called off due to weather and the body has likely been buried underneath several feet of snow ever since. Even if it's not, animals might take an appendage or two, but skeletal remains and clothing evidence remain mostly in place. I've done a bunch of reading on missing persons cases in National Parks and sometimes they'll find the remains over a decade later, and oftentimes right in the middle of where the original search took place.
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06-27-23, 03:22 PM
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RIP
Thread title needs an update. I hope he didn't suffer. At least his family finally has closure after all this time.
Thread title needs an update. I hope he didn't suffer. At least his family finally has closure after all this time.
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06-27-23, 03:33 PM
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Damn.
06-27-23, 05:14 PM
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Re: Actor Julian Sands reported missing while on hike (UPDATE: Confirmed Deceased)
Wooow.
06-27-23, 05:52 PM
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That’s sad. He was definitely an interesting actor.
06-27-23, 07:21 PM
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So will he be mentioned on the next Oscars or not because he actually died before the previous Oscars?
06-27-23, 07:43 PM
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Re: Actor Julian Sands reported missing while on hike (UPDATE: Confirmed Deceased)
Who knows, those Oscar "In Memormiam" segments are always fucked up anyway. 
But RIP to Mr. Sands.
But RIP to Mr. Sands.
06-27-23, 09:20 PM
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Well that sucks. 
06-28-23, 11:51 AM
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At least he died doing what he loved. I'm still curious how he died, if it was a tragic fall that broke his leg so he couldn't move, etc., or something else.
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