Actor James Handy stabbed to death in Los Angeles

U.S. newsActor James Handy stabbed to death in Los Angeles Handy played the bartender Jimmy in “Top Gun: Maverick,” Milton Briggs in “Arachnophobia” and other roles.Actor James Handy in an episode of "NYPD Blue" in 1995.ABC Photo Archives / Disney General Entertainment via Getty Images fileShareAdd NBC News to GoogleJune 5, 2026, 12:29 AM EDTBy Phil Helsel and Emmy Beck-AdenActor James Handy, who most recently appeared in “Top Gun: Maverick,” was stabbed to death by his girlfriend’s son in Los Angeles on Wednesday morning, authorities said.Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content.Handy was 81.The suspect in the killing, Michael Gledhill, 44, flagged down Los Angeles Police Department officers after a 911 call was made around 9:30 a.m., the LAPD said.The 911 caller said, “I am the son of man, I just killed the man of sin,” the police department said in a statement Thursday.A representative for Handy confirmed the actor’s death. “With great sadness I can confirm that the gentleman who was attacked and killed on Wednesday in Tarzana was the actor James Handy,” Handy’s talent agent, Pam Ellis-Evenas, said in a statement. Officers who responded to the 911 call found Handy unconscious in the front yard of a home in Tarzana with a stab wound in his chest, police said.When officers arrived, Gledhill flagged them down and was “telling them he was the one they were looking for,” police said.Gledhill, who lives at the home with his mother, was arrested and booked on a count of murder, police said. He was still in custody Thursday night, according to online jail records. He was being held in lieu of $2 million bail.Online court records did not show a case for Gledhill on Thursday night, and it was not immediately clear whether he had an attorney who could speak on his behalf.Police said the stabbing appeared to be isolated and there was no danger to the public.Tarzana, where the stabbing occurred, is a neighbo...