James Handy
Birthday: 1945-03-19
Deathday: 2026-06-03
Birthplace: New York City, New York, USA
Gender: Male
Owned By: Unowned
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.
Credits
| Year | Title | Character | |
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2022-05-21 | Top Gun: Maverick | Bartender (Jimmy) |
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2022-05-05 | Street to Table | Flynn |
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2021-05-03 | Senior Entourage | Father MacGuffin |
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2017-11-05 | Woman Child | Barney Winecott |
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2017-10-26 | Suburbicon | Mayor Billings |
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2017-04-30 | Thru: The Hereafter Remains Unknown | Frank |
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2017-02-28 | Logan | Old Doctor |
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2015-08-24 | Bad Sister | Bishop O'Reilly |
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2010-08-13 | Lifted | Travis |
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2010-03-14 | The Waiter | The CEO |
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2001-09-30 | UC: Undercover | Priest |
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2001-04-13 | The Donor | John |
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2001-03-01 | 15 Minutes | Captain Duffy |
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2000-11-22 | Unbreakable | Priest |
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2000-04-05 | K-911 | Captain Byers |
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2000-03-10 | Deterrence | Lancaster |
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2000-02-07 | Mary and Rhoda | Doorman |
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1999-11-29 | Black & White | Sergeant Wright |
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1999-10-26 | The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Spring Break Adventure | Frank Brady |
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1999-08-05 | Time Served | Judge William T. Engstrom III |
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1998-06-12 | Every Dog Has Its Day | Sign Painter |
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1997-10-08 | Gang Related | Captain Henderson |
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1997-08-01 | Murder in Mind | Dr. Harvard |
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1996-02-24 | Gone in the Night | |
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1995-12-15 | Jumanji | Exterminator |
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1995-09-13 | Rave Review | James |
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1995-01-31 | The O.J. Simpson Story | Detective Vannatter |
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1994-10-30 | Without Warning | Dr. Norbert Hazelton |
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1994-05-18 | Jonathan Stone: Threat of Innocence | Don Moran |
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1994-03-11 | Guarding Tess | Neal Carlo |
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1993-11-21 | Sudden Fury | Det. Stockman |
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1992-10-27 | Majority Rule | Sen. Carl Dempsey |
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1992-09-26 | Obsessed | Jerry |
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1992-05-18 | Calendar Girl, Cop, Killer? The Bambi Bembenek Story | |
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1992-01-08 | Drive Like Lightning | Walter Blaine |
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1991-11-03 | False Arrest | Thomas Thinnes |
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1991-09-22 | Guilty Until Proven Innocent | Gerry Duffy |
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1991-06-21 | The Rocketeer | Wooly |
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1990-09-25 | Goodnight Sweet Wife: A Murder in Boston | Det. Al McQuiggan |
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1990-07-20 | Arachnophobia | Milton Briggs |
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1990-06-17 | Appearances | Danny Halligan |
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1990-01-15 | Unspeakable Acts | Jeff Samek |
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1989-09-24 | The Preppie Murder | Joe Brady Quinn |
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1989-04-28 | K-9 | Captain Byers |
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1989-02-26 | The Revenge of Al Capone | FBI Chief |
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1988-12-16 | Quiet Victory: The Charlie Wedemeyer Story | Doctor |
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1988-06-01 | Bird | Esteves |
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1987-03-20 | Burglar | Carson Verrill |
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1987-02-02 | Convicted: A Mother's Story | Bob Huggins |
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1987-01-31 | The Room Upstairs | Frank |
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1986-12-26 | Brighton Beach Memoirs | Frank Murphy |
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1986-10-26 | Who Is Julia? | Bob Greenmeyer |
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1986-05-19 | Samaritan: The Mitch Snyder Story | Melvin Mander |
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1986-01-01 | Popeye Doyle | Lieutenant Gregory Paulus |
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1985-11-24 | Doubletake | Real Estate Broker |
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1985-02-16 | Kojak: The Belarus File | Federal Agent #1 |
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1985-02-16 | Kojak: The Belarus File | |
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1982-12-08 | The Verdict | Kevin Doneghy |