United Kingdom, June 5 -- Top Gun: Maverick actor James Handy has been murdered.

The 81-year-old star - who was also seen in the likes of Jumanji, The X-Files, The West Wing, and Melrose Place - died at the age of 81 on 3 June after he was allegedly stabbed by his girlfriend's son.

Police responded to a 911 call at around 9.30am, in which someone wanted to report "unknown trouble".

According to the Los Angeles Police Department, the caller then added: "I am the son of man, I just killed the man of sin."

Cops were dispatched to James' home in Tarzana, California, where they found the actor "in the front yard of the residence, unconscious and suffering from a stab wound to his chest."

He was taken to hospital by paramedics, but was pro...