The San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department said Tuesday that human remains recovered over the weekend belonged to actor Julian Sands. The 65-year-old British-born actor loved hiking and was reported missing after visiting Mount Baldy in January.
Forensic pathologists have identified the remains, discovered by hikers on Saturday, as those of Sands, 65.
The manner of death is still under investigation, pending further test results. The Sheriff’s Department noted, and thanked the search and rescue crews and volunteers who spent months searching for the actor.
Sands is married to writer and journalist Yevgenia Sitkovitz. They had two children. He also has a son from a previous marriage.
“Julien is still fond of fond memories of him as a wonderful father, husband, explorer, lover of the natural world and the arts, and as an original and collaborative performer.” his family said in a statement to the Guardian on Saturday.
Sands loved hiking and Mount Baldy was his favorite place to be, his brother told UK outlet Craven Herald & Pioneer in January. The San Gabriel Range separates the Greater Los Angeles area and the Inland Empire from the Mojave Desert to the north.
Born in Yorkshire, Julian Richard Morley-Sands played a prominent supporting role in The Killing Fields (1984) and the romantic lead in A Room with a View (1985). Moving to Hollywood, Sands starred in Warlock (1989) and its 1993 sequel, with notable roles in Arachnophobia (1990), Boxing Helena (1993), and Leaving Las Vegas (1995). He also appeared opposite Jackie Chan in the 2003 action comedy The Medallion.
Sands has also appeared in several television shows, most notably as a terrorist during the 2006 season of “24” and as Superman’s father Jor-El on Smallville. His other notable television credits included Stargate SG-1, Person of Interest, and Dexter as well as voice work on the first two seasons of the animated series Jackie Chan Adventures and the video game Call of Duty: Black Ops 2′.
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