{"id":484255,"date":"2026-06-05T09:05:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T09:05:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/484255\/"},"modified":"2026-06-05T09:05:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T09:05:08","slug":"james-handy-known-for-roles-in-top-gun-maverick-and-jumanji-dies-at-home-after-fatal-stabbing-the-irish-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/484255\/","title":{"rendered":"James Handy, known for roles in Top Gun: Maverick and Jumanji, dies at home after fatal stabbing \u2013 The Irish Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph free \">Veteran actor James Handy has died at his home in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/los-angeles\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/los-angeles\/\">Los Angeles<\/a> after a fatal stabbing, suspected to have been carried out by his girlfriend\u2019s 44-year-old son.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph free \">The 81-year-old actor was found in the front yard of his home in Tarzana, California, at 9.30am on Wednesday, according to the Los Angeles police department. He was unconscious and had multiple stab wounds to the chest.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph free \">The actor\u2019s girlfriend\u2019s son, Michael Gledhill, has been arrested and charged on suspicion of murder, with bail set at $2 million (\u20ac1.7 million). <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph free \">According to the police statement, a 911 caller said: \u201cI am the son of man, I just killed the man of sin.\u201d When police arrived at the scene, Gledhill told officers he was \u201cthe one they were looking for\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph free \">\u201cThe suspect resides at the location with his mother, who is the victim\u2019s girlfriend,\u201d the statement said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph free \">Handy, who is known for character roles in Jumanji, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/culture\/film\/top-gun-maverick-takes-your-breath-away-in-all-the-right-places-1.4886872\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/culture\/film\/top-gun-maverick-takes-your-breath-away-in-all-the-right-places-1.4886872\">Top Gun: Maverick<\/a> and Logan, was born in New York City.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph free \">His career began in 1977 on the television series Ryan\u2019s Hope. He is also credited for roles in Logan, K-911, Law &amp; Order, NCIS: Los Angeles, and Criminal Minds. His most recent film was Top Gun: Maverick in 2022. &#8211; Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Veteran actor James Handy has died at his home in Los Angeles after a fatal stabbing, suspected to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":484256,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[811,93,61,60,116],"class_list":["post-484255","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-california","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-los-angeles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/484255","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=484255"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/484255\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/484256"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=484255"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=484255"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=484255"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}