James Handy
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.
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All Credits (91)
Senior Entourage
as Father MacGuffin
9-1-1
as Felix
Woman Child
as Barney Winecott
Suburbicon
as Mayor Billings
Thru: The Hereafter Remains Unknown
as Frank
Documentary Now!
as Self
Mulaney
as Father Ed
Touch
as Lanford Biddle
Lifted
as Travis
Rizzoli & Isles
as Leroy Grovner
The Waiter
as The CEO
NCIS: Los Angeles
as Former NIS Operative
Castle
as Clifford Stuckey
Raising the Bar
as Judge Albert Meade
Commander in Chief
as Bernard Hendrix
The Closer
as Mr. Rawley
CSI: NY
as Charles Ross
Without a Trace
as Dr. Falk
The Dead Zone
as Joe Bannerman
UC: Undercover
as Priest
Alias
as Arthur Devlin
Crossing Jordan
as Mr. Bergstrom
The Donor
as John
15 Minutes
as Captain Duffy
Unbreakable
as Priest
K-911
as Captain Byers
Deterrence
as Lancaster
Mary and Rhoda
as Doorman
Black & White
as Sergeant Wright
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Spring Break Adventure
as Frank Brady
Third Watch
as Father Goodwin
The West Wing
as Joseph Bruno
Time Served
as Judge William T. Engstrom III
L.A. Doctors
as Ronny Wilcox
Every Dog Has Its Day
as Sign Painter
Gang Related
as Captain Henderson
Murder in Mind
as Dr. Harvard
The Practice
as Jeffrey Stewart
The Practice
as Philly Sidlow
EZ Streets
as Unknown
Early Edition
as Uncle Bob Sheaghan
Profiler
as Lou Handleman
Gone in the Night
as Unknown
Jumanji
as Exterminator
Rave Review
as James
The O.J. Simpson Story
as Detective Vannatter
Without Warning
as Dr. Norbert Hazelton
ER
as Dan Sullivan
Jonathan Stone: Threat of Innocence
as Don Moran
Guarding Tess
as Neal Carlo
Sudden Fury
as Det. Stockman
NYPD Blue
as Borough Commander Haverill
The X-Files
as Detective Alan Cross
Majority Rule
as Sen. Carl Dempsey
Obsessed
as Jerry
Angel Street
as Captain Mulligan
Melrose Place
as Matt Fielding Sr.
Calendar Girl, Cop, Killer? The Bambi Bembenek Story
as Unknown
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
as Frank Brady
Drive Like Lightning
as Walter Blaine
False Arrest
as Thomas Thinnes
Guilty Until Proven Innocent
as Gerry Duffy
The Rocketeer
as Wooly
Beverly Hills, 90210
as Tom Rose
Goodnight Sweet Wife: A Murder in Boston
as Det. Al McQuiggan
Law & Order
as Mr. Wheeler
Arachnophobia
as Milton Briggs
Appearances
as Danny Halligan
Wings
as Dr. Lenny
Unspeakable Acts
as Jeff Samek
Mancuso, F.B.I.
as Gulliver
The Preppie Murder
as Joe Brady Quinn
K-9
as Captain Byers
Quantum Leap
as Ross Tyler
The Revenge of Al Capone
as FBI Chief
Bird
as Esteves
Burglar
as Carson Verrill
Convicted: A Mother's Story
as Bob Huggins
The Room Upstairs
as Frank
Hotshot
as Unknown
Brighton Beach Memoirs
as Frank Murphy
Who Is Julia?
as Bob Greenmeyer
L.A. Law
as John Vincent
Popeye Doyle
as Lieutenant Gregory Paulus
Samaritan: The Mitch Snyder Story
as Melvin Mander
Matlock
as Prosecutor
Doubletake
as Real Estate Broker
Kojak: The Belarus File
as Federal Agent #1
Kojak: The Belarus File
as Unknown
Murder, She Wrote
as Lieutenant Pat Hogan
The Verdict
as Kevin Doneghy