James Handy, 81, Killed in Los Angeles Stabbing as Police Arrest Michael Gledhill on $2 Million Bail
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Updated · Variety · Jun 5
James Handy, 81, Killed in Los Angeles Stabbing as Police Arrest Michael Gledhill on $2 Million Bail
3 articles · Updated · Variety · Jun 5
Summary
Los Angeles police said 81-year-old actor James Handy died after being stabbed in the chest Wednesday morning at a Tarzana home, where officers found him unconscious in the front yard.
Michael Gledhill, 44 — the son of Handy’s girlfriend, who lived at the residence — allegedly called 911 saying, “I just killed the man of sin,” then flagged down officers and said he was the suspect.
Gledhill was booked at Van Nuys Jail on one murder count, with bail set at $2 million; detectives said they believe it was an isolated incident with no broader public threat.
Handy built a decades-long screen career, appearing in “Top Gun: Maverick,” “Jumanji,” “Logan,” “Alias,” “Melrose Place” and “NYPD Blue” after his first credited role in 1977’s “Taps.”