British actor Julian Sands identified as one of two hikers reported missing in California mountains

A British actor has been reported missing in the California mountains.

However, drones and helicopters were able to continue to search in their place.

A spokesperson for the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s department said: "On Friday, January 13, at about 7:30 pm, a hiker, identified as 65-year-old Julian Sands of North Hollywood was reported missing in the Baldy Bowl area.

“Sheriff’s Department Search and Rescue crews responded and began a search. Because of avalanche risks and trail conditions, the ground crews were pulled off the mountain on Saturday evening.

“However, we continue to search by helicopter and drones when the weather permits.”

"There’s always another mountain. And ultimately the point of climbing a mountain is that the mountain is within. And I think that’s true, too, of the acting experience."

Sands shares a son with Sarah Sands, who he was married to between 1984 and 1987.

He also has two daughters with journalist Evgenia Citkowitz, whom he married in 1990.

Fellow hiker Bob Gregory was also reported missing by his family on Monday (16 January).

Over the past few years, a number of people have died while hiking the trails there.

Back in 2019, experienced climber Sreenivas Mokkapati, 52, of Irvine, died on the mountain after losing his group.

The search even had to be halted after volunteer searcher, Tim Staples, 32, fell and died on the mountain.

Two years earlier, 78-year-old Seuk Doo Kim, who had climbed the mountain over 700 times, also fell and died.