“Jumanji” actor James Handy made his last public appearance in 2017, nearly a decade before he was fatally stabbed by his girlfriend’s son.
In a photo taken on September 24, 2017, Handy was seated next to the cast of the 2021 mockumentary comedy film Senior Entourage, specifically David Lockhart, Ed Asner, Mark Rydell, Helen Reddy, and director Brian Connors.
The group met at the White Fire Theater in Sherman Oaks, California for an early production concept event for the film, but the film was not released four years later.
Handy wore a flashy button-down shirt, black pants, and black shoes for his last public appearance.
The late actor played Father McGuffin in a movie called “Seinfeld for Older Adults.”
Connors directed this independent film, but it never received a wide theatrical release.
Handy was brutally murdered by his girlfriend’s son in Los Angeles on Wednesday. He was 81 years old.
The man was found unconscious in the front yard of a home in Tarzana, California, with multiple stab wounds to the chest, and was taken to a hospital where he was pronounced dead, authorities told The California Post.
Police responded to a 911 call in which the caller said, “I am a son of man, and I just killed a man who committed a crime.”
Michael Gledhill, 44, has been named as a suspect in the attack.
Police said Gledhill, who was living with Handy’s mother and girlfriend at the time of the stabbing, quickly waved off officers and told them she was the person they were looking for.
Chilling surveillance footage showed Gledhill leaving the bloody scene, then returning and handing himself in to police.
Gledhill’s bail is currently set at $2 million.
Handy is best known for playing the exterminator in 1995’s Jumanji and bartender Jimmy in 2022’s Top Gun: Maverick.
He has made numerous one-off appearances over the years on television shows such as “Quantum Leap,” “NYPD Blue,” “Beverly Hills 90210,” “Melrose Place,” “The West Wing,” “The Practice,” and “Castle.”
According to his IMDb page, Handy has nearly 150 acting credits in total.
