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James Naughton

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

Dec 6, 1945 (80 years old)

Place of Birth

Middletown - Connecticut - USA

Biography

James Naughton (born December 6, 1945) is an American actor and director. On television he is best known as astronaut Pete Burke in the 1974 single-season television series Planet of the Apes. He won Tony Awards for Best Actor in a Musical in 1990 for City of Angels, and again in 1997 for the role of lawyer Billy Flynn in the long-running revival of the musical Chicago.

Known For

Acting
2024SilverSizzleJamie
2023Not the Same ClarenceClarence
2023Command ZJustice Frank Richardson
2022Past PrologueRobert
2021The IndependentsOfficer Sanders
2021Broadway: Beyond the Golden AgeSelf
2021Paul Newman, Behind Blue EyesHimself
2021MooseltoeSnowball
2021And Just Like That…Big's Brother
2020Stars in the HouseSelf
2018The RomanoffsDmitri
2016EquityJohn
2015ChildlessHarvey
2014Turks & CaicosFrank Church
2014The AffairRodney Callahan
2013The Word
2013Creepy CarrotsNarrator
2013Golden BoyMarvin Drexler
2011Robot Zot!
2010Nature Amazing Places HawaiiNarrates Program Two
2010Blue BloodsChief Bell
2009Warehouse 13Gilbert Radburn
2008What Do You Do With A Tail Like This?
2007Suburban GirlRobert Eisenberg
2007Gossip GirlWilliam van der Bilt
2007DamagesSam Arsenault
2006Hacking DemocracyNarrator
2006Factory GirlFuzzy Sedgwick
2006Shining Soul: Helen Keller's Spiritual Life and LegacyNarrator
2006The Devil Wears PradaStephen
2005Ernest Hemingway: Rivers to the SeaErnest Hemingway (voice)
2005Out of Practice
2004The Littlest Light on the Christmas TreeTim Wiggins/Narrator
2004FascinationPatrick Doherty
2003Henry Builds a Cabin
2003Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were ThereSelf
2002E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial 20th Anniversary SpecialNarrator (voice)
2001Law & Order: Criminal IntentRoger Buckman
2000The Truth About JaneRobert
2000Labor PainsDr. Senior
1999OxygenClark Hannon
1999Law & Order: Special Victims UnitCharlie Moss
1998Behind the Planet of the ApesSelf
1997Ally McBealGeorge McBeal
1997Liberty!Patrick Henry
1996First KidPresident Paul Davenport
1996The First Wives ClubGill Griffin
1996The ProprietorTexan
1996Without MemorySelf - Narrator (voice: English version)
1995Mixed BlessingsBrad Coleman
1995Cagney & Lacey: Together AgainJames Burton
1994The Birds II: Land's EndFrank
1994Cagney & Lacey: The ReturnJames Burton
1994The Cosby Mysteries
1992Sondheim: A Celebration at Carnegie HallSelf
1991Memorial: Letters from American SoldiersReader
1991Brooklyn Bridge
1990Law & OrderBarry Taggert
1989Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group TheatreSelf
1988NecessityRick LaSalle
1988The Good MotherBrian Dunlop
1988Raising Miranda
1987The Glass MenagerieJim O'Connor
1987CBS Summer PlayhouseJohn Dockery
1986Sin of InnocenceAndy Colleran
1985Cat's EyeHugh
1985Between the Darkness and the DawnJack Parrish
1984Last of the Great SurvivorsRichard Wylie
1984Who's the Boss?
1984Who's the Boss?Michael Bower
1983Trauma CenterMichael Royce
1982A Stranger Is WatchingSteve Peterson
1982ParoleAndy Driscoll
1982My Body, My ChildDr. Dan Berensen
1982NatureNarrator (voice)
1982Making the Grade
1982Cagney & LaceyMichael Bower
1981The BunkerJames O'Donnell
1980The Forgotten City of the Planet of the ApesPeter Burke
1980Farewell to the Planet of the ApesPete Burke
1980Life, Liberty and Pursuit on the Planet of the ApesPete Burke
1980Treachery and Greed on the Planet of the ApesPete Burke
1980Back to the Planet of the ApesPete Burke
1976Second WindRoger
1976Diary of the DeadGeorge
1975The First 36 Hours of Dr. DurantDr. Baxter
1975Joe Forrester
1974AntigoneHaemon
1974F. Scott Fitzgerald and the Last of the BellesCapt. John Haines
1974Planet of the ApesPete Burke
1973The Paper ChaseKevin Brooks
1973Faraday and CompanySteve Faraday
1972Look Homeward, AngelBen Gant
1971Great PerformancesHaemon
1967MannixDr. Hanson
-Broadway: The Next GenerationSelf
-Sit with Me While I DieFather Ethan
Production
-Sit with Me While I DieExecutive Co-Producer
Directing
2003Our TownStage Director
2003Our TownDirector