{"id":580451,"date":"2023-06-27T23:25:49","date_gmt":"2023-06-27T20:25:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/julian-sands-dead-after-going-missing-room-with-a-view-star-was-65\/"},"modified":"2023-06-27T23:25:49","modified_gmt":"2023-06-27T20:25:49","slug":"julian-sands-dead-after-going-missing-room-with-a-view-star-was-65","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/julian-sands-dead-after-going-missing-room-with-a-view-star-was-65\/","title":{"rendered":"#Julian Sands Dead After Going Missing: ‘Room With a View’ Star Was 65"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n Julian Sands, the British actor who pivoted from the romantic lead in \u201cA Room With a View\u201d to playing sinister characters in films like \u201cWarlock,\u201d was confirmed dead Tuesday after being reported missing near Mt. Baldy in Southern California on Jan. 13. He was 65. <\/p>\n

\n On Saturday morning, hikers found human remains in the Mt. Baldy wilderness and contacted the Fontana Sheriff\u2019s Station.<\/p>\n

\n \u201cThe identification process for the body located on Mt. Baldy on June 24, 2023, has been completed and was positively identified as 65-year-old Julian Sands of North Hollywood. The manner of death is still under investigation, pending further test results. We would like to extend our gratitude to all the volunteers that worked tirelessly to locate Mr. Sands,\u201d the San Bernardino County Sheriff-Coroner Department wrote in a statement.<\/p>\n

\n Sands had gone hiking in the snow-covered Baldy Bowl area, about 45 miles east of Los Angeles. He was an experienced mountaineer, but conditions in the mountains had been treacherous, with the potential of avalanches.<\/p>\n

\n His brother, Nick Sands, told media<\/a> after his disapp<\/a>earance, \u201cHe took risks. He has always been like this: wild, extreme, adventurous; never constrained by rules or boundaries. He\u2019s happiest close to a mountain top on a cold morning.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n Sands appeared in numerous TV series<\/a>, including playing Superman\u2019s biological father Jor-El in \u201cSmallville\u201d and terrorist Vladimir Bierko in \u201c24.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n He had small roles in films and TV series including \u201cThe Killing Fields,\u201d \u201cThe Sun Also Rises\u201d and \u201cOxford Blues\u201d before gaining attention as the free-spirited romantic lead George Emerson in James Ivory\u2019s arthouse hit \u201cA Room With a View.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n Roger Ebert wrote<\/a> that Sands\u2019 Emerson was his favorite character in the film, \u201cGeorge is my favorite character because he is such a strange bird, so intense, so filled with conviction, so convinced of Lucy\u2019s worth.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n Known for intense roles in thrillers and horror films, Sands played poet Percy Bysshe Shelley in Ken Russell\u2019s period horror film \u201cGothic.\u201d After moving to Hollywood in the late 1980s, he played the title role in cult horror pic \u201cWarlock,\u201d about the Son of Satan who travel<\/a>s to modern times to destroy the world. and its sequel. He reprised his role in the sequel, \u201cWarlock: The Armageddon.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n Sands chose projects for their sense of adventure, he told the Guardian<\/a> in 2018. \u201cI was looking for something exotic, things that took me out of myself.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n Some of those adventurous roles in the 1980s and \u201990s included Steven Spielberg\u2019s \u201cArachnophobia,\u201d Dario Argento\u2019s \u201cThe Phantom of the Opera,\u201d \u201cLeaving Las Vegas,\u201d \u201cNaked Lunch,\u201d \u201cTale of a Vampire,\u201d \u201cSiesta\u201d and \u201cBoxing Helena.\u201d For director Mike Figgis, he starred in \u201cThe Loss of Sexual Innocence\u201d and \u201cTimecode.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n More recently, he appeared in Stephen King\u2019s \u201cRose Red\u201d and as a villain in \u201cThe Girl With the Dragon Tattoo\u201d and on TV series such as \u201cCrossbones,\u201d \u201cStargate SG-1,\u201d \u201cThe L Word,\u201d \u201cThe Castle\u201d and \u201cDexter.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n He also did voices for video game<\/a>s including \u201cStar Wars: The Old Republic\u201d and \u201cCall of Duty: Black Ops II.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n He is survived by his wife, Evgenia Civkowitz, and three children.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n