James Handy
- Acting
- March 19, 1945 · New York City, New York, USA
- June 3, 2026
Biography
James Michael Handy (March 19, 1945 – June 3, 2026) was an American actor. He appeared in numerous films and television shows since 1977. On film, he appeared as Byers in K-9 (1989) and its sequel, K-911 (1999). He later appeared in Arachnophobia (1990), Jumanji (1995), Unbreakable (2000), Logan (2017), and Top Gun: Maverick (2022). His most notable television appearances are on Profiler (1997) and Alias (2002–06). On June 3, 2026, Handy was found in his front yard with multiple fatal stab wounds in his chest. The suspect, 44-year-old Michael Gledhill, Handy's girlfriend's son, was arrested and booked on a murder charge following a 911 call Gledhill made.
Known for
Filmography
- Top Gun: Maverick · Bartender (Jimmy)
- Street to Table · Flynn, Executive producer
- Senior Entourage · Father MacGuffin
- 9-1-1 · Felix
- Woman Child · Barney Winecott
- Suburbicon · Mayor Billings
- Thru: The Hereafter Remains Unknown · Frank
- Logan · Old Doctor
- Bad Sister · Bishop O'Reilly
- Documentary Now! · Self
- Mulaney · Father Ed
- Touch · Lanford Biddle
- Lifted · Travis
- Rizzoli & Isles · Leroy Grovner
- The Waiter · The CEO
- NCIS: Los Angeles · Former NIS Operative
- Castle · Clifford Stuckey
- Raising the Bar · Judge Albert Meade
- Commander in Chief · Bernard Hendrix
- The Closer · Mr. Rawley
- CSI: NY · Charles Ross
- Without a Trace · Dr. Falk
- The Dead Zone · Joe Bannerman
- UC: Undercover · Priest
- Alias · Arthur Devlin
- Crossing Jordan · Mr. Bergstrom
- The Donor · John
- 15 Minutes · Captain Duffy
- Unbreakable · Priest
- K-911 · Captain Byers
- Deterrence · Lancaster
- Mary and Rhoda · Doorman
- Black & White · Sergeant Wright
- The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Spring Break Adventure · Frank Brady
- Third Watch · Father Goodwin
- The West Wing · Joseph Bruno
- Time Served · Judge William T. Engstrom III
- L.A. Doctors · Ronny Wilcox
- Every Dog Has Its Day · Sign Painter
- Gang Related · Captain Henderson
- Murder in Mind · Dr. Harvard
- The Practice · Jeffrey Stewart, Philly Sidlow
- EZ Streets
- Early Edition · Uncle Bob Sheaghan
- Profiler · Lou Handleman
- Gone in the Night
- Jumanji · Exterminator
- Rave Review · James
- The O.J. Simpson Story · Detective Vannatter
- Without Warning · Dr. Norbert Hazelton
- ER · Dan Sullivan
- Jonathan Stone: Threat of Innocence · Don Moran
- Guarding Tess · Neal Carlo
- Sudden Fury · Det. Stockman
- NYPD Blue · Borough Commander Haverill
- The X-Files · Detective Alan Cross
- Majority Rule · Sen. Carl Dempsey
- Obsessed · Jerry
- Angel Street · Captain Mulligan
- Melrose Place · Matt Fielding Sr.
- Calendar Girl, Cop, Killer? The Bambi Bembenek Story
- The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles · Frank Brady
- Drive Like Lightning · Walter Blaine
- False Arrest · Thomas Thinnes
- Guilty Until Proven Innocent · Gerry Duffy
- The Rocketeer · Wooly
- Beverly Hills, 90210 · Tom Rose
- Goodnight Sweet Wife: A Murder in Boston · Det. Al McQuiggan
- Law & Order · Mr. Wheeler
- Arachnophobia · Milton Briggs
- Appearances · Danny Halligan
- Wings · Dr. Lenny
- Unspeakable Acts · Jeff Samek
- Mancuso, F.B.I. · Gulliver
- The Preppie Murder · Joe Brady Quinn
- K-9 · Captain Byers
- Quantum Leap · Ross Tyler
- The Revenge of Al Capone · FBI Chief
- Quiet Victory: The Charlie Wedemeyer Story · Doctor
- Bird · Esteves