James Naughton

Acting / Production / Writing / Creator

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.

Personal Information

Place of Birth

Middletown - Connecticut - USA

About

Acting, Male

Birthday

06 December 1945, 80 years old

Known For

The Devil Wears Prada

The First Wives Club

Cat's Eye

Factory Girl

First Kid

Suburban Girl

Turks & Caicos

The Paper Chase

Equity

Filmography

Production

Writing

Creator

SilverSizzle

Jamie

2024

Not the Same Clarence

Clarence

2023

Past Prologue

Robert

2022

Paul Newman, Behind Blue Eyes

Himself

2021

Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age

Self

2021

The Independents

Officer Sanders

2021

Broadway: The Next Generation

Self

2017

Equity

John

2016

Childless

Harvey

2015

Turks & Caicos

Frank Church

2014

The Word

2013

Creepy Carrots

Narrator

2013

Robot Zot!

2011

Nature Amazing Places Hawaii

Narrates Program Two

2010

What Do You Do With A Tail Like This?

2008

Suburban Girl

Robert Eisenberg

2007

Factory Girl

Fuzzy Sedgwick

2006

Hacking Democracy

Narrator

2006

The Devil Wears Prada

Stephen

2006

Shining Soul: Helen Keller's Spiritual Life and Legacy

Narrator

2006

Ernest Hemingway: Rivers to the Sea

Ernest Hemingway (voice)

2005

Fascination

Patrick Doherty

2004

The Littlest Light on the Christmas Tree

Tim Wiggins/Narrator

2004

Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There

Self

2003

Henry Builds a Cabin

2003

E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial 20th Anniversary Special

Narrator (voice)

2002

Labor Pains

Dr. Senior

2000

The Truth About Jane

Robert

2000

Oxygen

Clark Hannon

1999

Behind the Planet of the Apes

Self

1998

Without Memory

Narrator

1996

The First Wives Club

Gill Griffin

1996

The Proprietor

Texan

1996

First Kid

President Paul Davenport

1996

Mixed Blessings

Brad Coleman

1995

Cagney & Lacey: Together Again

James Burton

1995

Cagney & Lacey: The Return

James Burton

1994

The Birds II: Land's End

Frank

1994

Sondheim: A Celebration at Carnegie Hall

Self

1992

Memorial: Letters from American Soldiers

Reader

1991

Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre

Self

1989

The Good Mother

Brian Dunlop

1988

Necessity

Rick LaSalle

1988

The Glass Menagerie

Jim O'Connor

1987

Sin of Innocence

Andy Colleran

1986

Between the Darkness and the Dawn

Jack Parrish

1985

Cat's Eye

Hugh

1985

Last of the Great Survivors

Richard Wylie

1984

A Stranger Is Watching

Steve Peterson

1982

Parole

Andy Driscoll

1982

My Body, My Child

Dr. Dan Berensen

1982

The Bunker

James O'Donnell

1981

Farewell to the Planet of the Apes

Pete Burke

1980

Life, Liberty and Pursuit on the Planet of the Apes

Pete Burke

1980

Treachery and Greed on the Planet of the Apes

Pete Burke

1980

The Forgotten City of the Planet of the Apes

Peter Burke

1980

Back to the Planet of the Apes

Pete Burke

1980

Second Wind

Roger

1976

Diary of the Dead

George

1976

The First 36 Hours of Dr. Durant

Dr. Baxter

1975

Antigone

Haemon

1974

F. Scott Fitzgerald and the Last of the Belles

Capt. John Haines

1974

The Paper Chase

Kevin Brooks

1973

Look Homeward, Angel

Ben Gant

1972

Sit with Me While I Die

Father Ethan

Unknown