James Handy Stabbed To Death: ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ & ‘Arachnophobia’ Actor Was 81
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James Handy, the actor who appeared in Top Gun: Maverick (2022), Jumanji (1995), The Verdict (1982) and Arachnophobia (1990), has died. He was 81.
On Wednesday at around 9:30 a.m., the LAPD responded to a
cryptic call in Tarzana, where Handy was discovered in the front yard of the
residence, unconscious after being stabbed in the chest. He was transported via
ambulance to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
“I am the son of man, I just killed the man of sin,” the 911 caller told the dispatcher.
The suspect, 44-year-old Michael Gledhill, flagged down responding officers and told them he was the one they were looking for. LAPD reported that Gledhill and his mother resided with the actor and that she was Handy’s girlfriend.
Gledhill was arrested and booked on suspicion of murder, with his bail set at $2 million.
Born in New York City, Handy made his onscreen debut in two 1977 episodes of ABC’s sudser Ryan’s Hope, going on to appear on ABC Afterschool Specials, Cagney & Lacey, Matlock, Quantum Leap, Wings, Murder She Wrote, LA Law, NYPD Blue, Beverly Hills 90210, Melrose Place, The X-Files, Walker Texas Ranger, Law & Order, ER, Criminal Minds, 9-1-1 and more.
Handy also starred in movies like The Verdict (1982), K-9
(1989), Arachnophobia (1990), The Rocketeer (1991), Point of No Return (1993),
Jumanji (1995), Unbreakable (2000), Logan (2017) and Top Gun: Maverick (2022).
Filmography
Film
Year Title Role Notes
1981 Taps Sheriff
1982 The Verdict Kevin Doneghy
1986 Hotshot
Brighton Beach Memoirs Frank
Murphy
1987 Burglar Carson 'Johnny' Verrill
Jake's M.O. Danny
McGurk
1988 Bird Esteves
1989 K-9 Lieutenant Byers
1990 Arachnophobia Milton Briggs
1991 The Rocketeer Wooly
1993 Point of No
Return Operative
1994 Guarding Tess Neal Carlo
Rave Review James
1995 Jumanji Exterminator
1997 Murder in Mind Dr. Harvard
Gang Related Captain
Henderson
1999 Deterrence Lancaster / President Buchanan
Every Dog Has Its Day The
Sign Painter
Black and White Sergeant
Wright
K-911 Captain Byers Direct-to-video
2000 Unbreakable Priest
2001 15 Minutes Deputy Chief Fire Marshal Declan Duffy
The Donor John /
Françoise's father
2002 The Trip Hal
Ash Wednesday Father
Mahoney
2008 Rounds Nathan
2010 The Waiter The CEO
Lifted Travis
2015 Bad Sister Bishop O'Reilly
2017 Logan Old Doctor
Thru: The Hereafter Remains Unknown Frank
Suburbicon Mayor
Billings
2021 Senior
Entourage Father MacGuffin
2022 Top Gun:
Maverick Jimmy
TV
Year Title Role Notes
1987 The Room
Upstairs Frank TV movie
1988 A Dangerous
Life Mike Heseltine 2 episodes
1989 Midnight Caller Tommy Cobb Episode: "Blood Red"
1991 False Arrest Thomas Thinnes TV movie
1992 Quantum Leap Ross Tyler Episode:
"Temptation Eyes"
Murder She Wrote Lieutenant
Pat Hogan Episode: "Sugar &
Spice, Malice & Vice"
1992–1995 Melrose
Place Matt Fielding, Sr. 6 episodes
1993–1995 NYPD
Blue Captain Jim Haverill 7 episodes
1995 The X-Files Alan Cross Episode:
"2Shy"
1997 Profiler Lou Handleman 7 episodes
Law & Order Mr.
Wheeler Episode: "Thrill"
1999 Time Served Judge Will T. Engstrom III TV movie
2000–2001 The West
Wing Representative Joe Bruno 2 episodes
2002–2006 Alias Arthur Devlin 8 episodes
2009 Criminal Minds Tom Shaunessy Episode: "Omnivore "
2010 Castle Clifford Stuckey Episode: "Under the Gun"
2013 Rizzoli &
Isles Leroy Grovner Episode: "Somebody's Watching Me"
2014 Mulaney Father Ed Episode: "In the Name of the Mother, and the Son and the
Holy Andre"
2016 Documentary
Now! Episode:" Mr.
Runner Up: My Life as an Oscar Bridesmaid, Part 2"
2018 NCIS: Los
Angeles Nelson (Former NIS Operative) Episode:"Các Tù Nhân"
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