{"id":715926,"date":"2026-06-05T03:46:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T03:46:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/715926\/"},"modified":"2026-06-05T03:46:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T03:46:09","slug":"james-handy-dead-top-gun-maverick-actor-stabbed-by-girlfriends-son","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/715926\/","title":{"rendered":"James Handy Dead: Top Gun: Maverick Actor Stabbed by Girlfriend&#8217;s Son"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tJames Handy, the actor who appeared in projects including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/top-gun-maverick\/\" id=\"auto-tag_top-gun-maverick_1\" data-tag=\"top-gun-maverick\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Top Gun: Maverick<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/jumanji\/\" id=\"auto-tag_jumanji_1\" data-tag=\"jumanji\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jumanji<\/a>, was killed on Wednesday. He was 81.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tHandy was stabbed by his girlfriend\u2019s son, Michael Gledhill, in Tarzana, the Los Angeles Police Department said in a <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lapdonline.org\/newsroom\/murder-investigation-in-west-valley-area-nr26123ag\/\">statement<\/a>. The stabbing is currently under investigation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\t\u201cOn Wednesday, June 3, 2026, around 9:30 a.m., West Valley area patrol officers responded to a radio call of unknown trouble in the 19200 block of Erwin Street. The 911 caller stated, \u2018I am the son of man, I just killed the man of sin.\u2019 Upon their arrival, officers discovered 81-year-old James Handy in the front yard of the residence, unconscious and suffering from a stab wound to his chest. The victim was transported to local hospital by Los Angeles Fire Department paramedics, where he was pronounced deceased,\u201d the LAPD\u2019s statement read. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\t\u201cThe suspect flagged down nearby responding officers, telling them he was the one they were looking for. The suspect resides at the location with his mother, who is the victim\u2019s girlfriend,\u201d the LAPD statement continued. \u201cDetectives believe this is an isolated incident and there appears to be no danger to the public at this time.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tGledhill, 44, is a resident of Tarzana, and he was arrested and transported to Van Nuys Jail where he was booked for one count of murder.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tHandy appeared in the 2022 Top Gun sequel, where he played a bartender; in Jumanji, he portrayed an exterminator. Elsewhere, the actor has also appeared in films including Arachnophobia (1990) and The Rocketeer (1991). <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tHandy has popped up in numerous television shows as well, including two seasons of NYPD Blue; two 1995 episodes of Beverly Hills, 90210; a 1997 episode of Law &amp; Order; Profiler (1997-1998); three episodes of The Young and the Restless; and a 2021 appearance on 9-1-1. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"James Handy, the actor who appeared in projects including Top Gun: Maverick and Jumanji, was killed on Wednesday.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":715927,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[49,48,75,259326,11487,9590],"class_list":["post-715926","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-entertainment","tag-jumanji","tag-obituaries","tag-top-gun-maverick"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/715926","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=715926"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/715926\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/715927"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=715926"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=715926"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=715926"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}