{"id":2611063,"date":"2026-06-05T12:20:59","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T16:20:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/police-find-top-gun-maverick-actor-dead-after-receiving-chilling-911-call\/"},"modified":"2026-06-05T12:22:28","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T16:22:28","slug":"police-find-top-gun-maverick-actor-dead-after-receiving-chilling-911-call","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/police-find-top-gun-maverick-actor-dead-after-receiving-chilling-911-call\/","title":{"rendered":"Police Find &#8216;Top Gun: Maverick&#8217; Actor Dead After Receiving Chilling 911 Call"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fpolice-find-top-gun-maverick-actor-dead-after-receiving-chilling-911-call%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2611063&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>James Handy, an 81-year-old actor known for roles including \u201cTop Gun: Maverick,\u201d died after being fatally stabbed at his girlfriend\u2019s home in suburban Los Angeles. Police said they responded to a disturbing 911 call and found him unconscious in the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >front yard wiht<\/a> a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/after-commuting-his-sentence-ca-gov-newsom-reverses-parole-for-convicted-double-murderer\/\" title=\"After Commuting His Sentence, CA Gov. Newsom Reverses Parole For Convicted Double ...er\">stab wound<\/a> to the chest. A suspect later flagged officers down and identified himself, and police arrested 44-year-old Michael Gledhill, who lives at the residence. Gledhill was booked on suspicion of murder with bail set at $2 million, and a neighbor\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/another-wave-of-portland-police-quit-amid-massive-spike-in-shootings-and-stabbings-fire-dept-responding-to-10-homeless-tent-fires-a-day\/\" title=\"Another Wave Of Portland ... Quit Amid Massive Spike In Shootings And Stabbings; Fire Dept. Responding To 10+ ...less Tent Fires A Day\">ring camera<\/a> is reported to have captured him leaving the scene before returning to meet police. The article also recounts Handy\u2019s acting career-spanning films such as \u201cUnbreakable,\u201d \u201cJumanji,\u201d and \u201cArachnophobia,\u201d and his earliest TV credit from 1977-and notes his appearance as the bartender \u201cJimmy\u201d in \u201cTop Gun: Maverick.\u201d  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, 81-year-old actor James Handy suffered a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/surviving-roommate-in-idaho-school-murders-asks-not-to-testify-at-bryan-kohbergers-hearing\/\" title=\"Surviving roommate in Idaho school ...s asks not to testify at Bryan Kohberger\u2019s hearing\">fatal stab wound<\/a> at his girlfriend\u2019s home in suburban Los Angeles.<\/p>\n<p>According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/entertainment-arts\/story\/2026-06-04\/actor-james-handy-stabbed-to-death-in-tarzana\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Los Angeles Times<\/a>, police found the \u201cTop Gun: Maverick\u201d actor unconscious, suffering from a stab wound to the chest, and lying in the front yard of his girlfriend\u2019s home, to which officers had responded after receiving an unsettling 911 call.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am the son of man. I just killed the man of sin,\u201d the 911 caller said.<\/p>\n<p>When police arrived, the man suspected of Handy\u2019s murder flagged them down and identified himself.<\/p>\n<p>Police then arrested 44-year-old Michael Gledhill, who lives at the suburban home with his mother, Handy\u2019s girlfriend.<\/p>\n<p>After being transported to Van Nuys Jail and booked on suspicion of murder, Gledhill had his bail set at $2 million.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/06\/05\/james-handy-murder-suspect-seen-leaving-crime-scene\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TMZ<\/a>, a neighbor\u2019s ring camera appeared to capture Gledhill leaving the scene before returning to flag down police.<\/p>\n<p>Handy\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0359695\/?newac=true\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">lengthy list of acting credits<\/a> dates to the late 1970s.<\/p>\n<p>Most recently, he appeared alongside star <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/tom-cruise-will-never-stop-top-gun-star-now-reconsidering-stated-retirement-plans\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tom Cruise<\/a> in 2022\u2019s \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt1745960\/?ref_=nm_flmg_job_1_accord_2_cdt_t_1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Top Gun: Maverick<\/a>.\u201d In that hit sequel, Handy played Jimmy the bartender.<\/p>\n<p>At the end of the movie, when Cruise\u2019s character \u201cMaverick\u201d went looking for his love interest \u201cPenny,\u201d played by actress Jennifer Connelly, Handy\u2019s character \u201cJimmy\u201d came through a door in the bar carrying a case of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/budweiser-caves-peta-demands-regarding-famous-clydesdales\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Budweiser<\/a> and told Maverick that Penny had gone sailing.<\/p>\n<p>Then, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/illegal-deported-trump-now-accused-planning-satanic-execution-children-lady-gaga-concert\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lady Gaga\u2019s<\/a> closing song \u201cHold My Hand\u201d began to play. From there, the movie wound down to its closing credits, though not before Maverick and Penny reunited.<\/p>\n<p>In other words, Handy spoke the final line of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yardbarker.com\/entertainment\/articles\/the_highest_grossing_films_of_the_21st_century_by_year\/s1__38242462#slide_23\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">one of the 21st century\u2019s biggest films<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Readers may revisit that scene in the YouTube video below.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6pSjYNNewFs?si=0bImV-aA0oMvLcxw\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Handy also appeared in prominent movies such as \u201cUnbreakable\u201d (2000), \u201cJumanji\u201d (1995), and \u201cArachnophobia\u201d (1990).<\/p>\n<p>The late actor\u2019s first television credit dates to 1977, when he appeared in two episodes of the soap opera \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0072559\/?ref_=nm_flmg_job_1_accord_2_cdt_t_147\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ryan\u2019s Hope<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Handy\u2019s agent, Pam Ellis-Evenas of the Ellis Talent Group, remembered him fondly.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI could not have asked for a more talented, humble or gracious client and friend than James Handy,\u201d she said in an  to the <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/james-handy-stabbing-death-arrest-3461bbb82a82b68342e5a9454d287f2b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Associated Press<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #171717; display: flex;font-size: 16px;font-weight: 600;line-height: 1.5;margin: 24px 0;padding: 18px 20px 18px 30px;text-align: left;\">\n<div style=\"align-self: stretch;border-left: 3px solid #171717;flex-shrink: 0;padding-left: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<p><a style=\"text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/\">Choose The Western Journal as your preferred source on Google and never miss reporting that defends truth, protects freedom, and advances Western civilization<\/a><\/div>\n<p style=\"border: 1px solid #f5f5f5; padding: 16px;\">Advertise with The Western Journal and reach millions of highly engaged readers, while supporting our work. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/advertise-us\/?wj_source=article\">Advertise Today<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey == typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts = { \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs = [ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i = 0; i < inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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