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.

Filmography

• 2022Street to Table — Flynn, Executive Producer
• 2022Top Gun: Maverick — Bartender (Jimmy)
• 2021Senior Entourage — Father MacGuffin
• 9-1-1 — Felix
• 2017Logan — Old Doctor
• 2017Suburbicon — Mayor Billings
• 2017Thru: The Hereafter Remains Unknown — Frank
• 2017Woman Child — Barney Winecott
• 2015Bad Sister — Bishop O'Reilly
• Mulaney — Father Ed
• Touch — Lanford Biddle
• 2010Lifted — Travis
• Rizzoli & Isles — Leroy Grovner
• 2010The Waiter — The CEO
• Castle — Clifford Stuckey
• NCIS: Los Angeles — Former NIS Operative
• Raising the Bar — Judge Albert Meade
• Commander in Chief — Bernard Hendrix
• The Closer — Mr. Rawley
• CSI: NY — Charles Ross
• The Dead Zone — Joe Bannerman
• Without a Trace — Dr. Falk
• 200115 Minutes — Captain Duffy
• Alias — Arthur Devlin
• Crossing Jordan — Mr. Bergstrom
• 2001The Donor — John
• 2001UC: Undercover — Priest
• 2000Deterrence — Lancaster
• 2000K-911 — Captain Byers
• 2000Mary and Rhoda — Doorman
• 2000Unbreakable — Priest
• 1999Black & White — Sergeant Wright
• 1999The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Spring Break Adventure — Frank Brady
• The West Wing — Joseph Bruno
• Third Watch — Father Goodwin
• 1999Time Served — Judge William T. Engstrom III
• 1998Every Dog Has Its Day — Sign Painter
• L.A. Doctors — Ronny Wilcox
• 1997Gang Related — Captain Henderson
• 1997Murder in Mind — Dr. Harvard
• The Practice — Jeffrey Stewart, Philly Sidlow
• EZ Streets
• Early Edition — Uncle Bob Sheaghan
• 1996Gone in the Night
• Profiler — Lou Handleman
• 1995Jumanji — Exterminator
• 1995Rave Review — James
• 1995The O.J. Simpson Story — Detective Vannatter
• ER — Dan Sullivan
• 1994Guarding Tess — Neal Carlo
• 1994Jonathan Stone: Threat of Innocence — Don Moran
• 1994Without Warning — Dr. Norbert Hazelton
• NYPD Blue — Borough Commander Haverill
• 1993Sudden Fury — Det. Stockman
• The X-Files — Detective Alan Cross
• Angel Street — Captain Mulligan
• 1992Calendar Girl, Cop, Killer? The Bambi Bembenek Story
• 1992Drive Like Lightning — Walter Blaine
• 1992Majority Rule — Sen. Carl Dempsey
• Melrose Place — Matt Fielding Sr.
• 1992Obsessed — Jerry
• The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles — Frank Brady
• 1991False Arrest — Thomas Thinnes
• 1991Guilty Until Proven Innocent — Gerry Duffy
• 1991The Rocketeer — Wooly
• 1990Appearances — Danny Halligan
• 1990Arachnophobia — Milton Briggs
• Beverly Hills, 90210 — Tom Rose
• 1990Goodnight Sweet Wife: A Murder in Boston — Det. Al McQuiggan
• Law & Order — Mr. Wheeler
• 1990Unspeakable Acts — Jeff Samek
• Wings — Dr. Lenny
• 1989K-9 — Captain Byers
• Mancuso, F.B.I. — Gulliver
• Quantum Leap — Ross Tyler
• 1989The Preppie Murder — Joe Brady Quinn
• 1989The Revenge of Al Capone — FBI Chief
• 1988Bird — Esteves
• 1988Quiet Victory: The Charlie Wedemeyer Story — Doctor
• 1987Burglar — Carson Verrill
• 1987Convicted: A Mother's Story — Bob Huggins
• 1987Hotshot
• 1987The Room Upstairs — Frank
• 1986Brighton Beach Memoirs — Frank Murphy
• L.A. Law — John Vincent
• Matlock — Prosecutor
• 1986Popeye Doyle — Lieutenant Gregory Paulus
• 1986Samaritan: The Mitch Snyder Story — Melvin Mander
• 1986Who Is Julia? — Bob Greenmeyer
• 1985Doubletake — Real Estate Broker
• 1985Kojak: The Belarus File — Federal Agent #1
• Murder, She Wrote — Lieutenant Pat Hogan
• 1982The Verdict — Kevin Doneghy

Appearances as themselves (1)

• Documentary Now! — Self