Officers investigating the disappearance of Paul Bhattacharjee, 53, said they were told by Sussex Police that the body of a man, matching his description, had been recovered from cliffs in East Sussex, southern England, today.
"This afternoon the body was identified in Sussex as that of Mr Bhattacharjee," said Metropolitan police. His death is being treated as non-suspicious.
Bhattacharjee was said to be in good spirits when he was last seen as at a theatre in central London.
Police described his disappearance as "totally out of character".