James Naughton
Known for: Acting
Born: December 6, 1945
Place of birth: Middletown - Connecticut - USA
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.
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Filmography
68 movies · 30 TV shows, newest first
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Sit with Me While I Die
2025
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SilverSizzle
2024
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Not the Same Clarence
2023
5.3
Command Z
2023
NR
Past Prologue
2022
7.2
And Just Like That…
2021
8.0
Paul Newman, Behind Blue Eyes
2021
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Mooseltoe
2021
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Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
2021
6.0
The Independents
2021
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Stars in the House
2020
6.4
The Romanoffs
2018
5.6
Equity
2016
4.5
Childless
2015
6.7
The Affair
2014
6.3
Turks & Caicos
2014
6.3
The Word
2013
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Creepy Carrots
2013
6.1
Golden Boy
2013
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Robot Zot!
2011
7.8
Blue Bloods
2010NR
Nature Amazing Places Hawaii
2010
7.7
Warehouse 13
2009
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What Do You Do With A Tail Like This?
2008
8.1
Gossip Girl
2007
7.5
Damages
2007
5.5
Suburban Girl
2007
6.0
Factory Girl
2006
7.6
Hacking Democracy
2006
7.4
The Devil Wears Prada
2006
10.0
Shining Soul: Helen Keller's Spiritual Life and Legacy
2006
7.4
Out of Practice
2005
6.0
Ernest Hemingway: Rivers to the Sea
2005
4.1
Fascination
2004
4.8
The Littlest Light on the Christmas Tree
2004
7.7
Our Town
2003
7.0
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
2003
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Henry Builds a Cabin
2003
7.3
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial 20th Anniversary Special
2002
7.6
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
20014.0
Labor Pains
2000
6.3
The Truth About Jane
2000
6.1
Oxygen
1999
8.0
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
7.1
Behind the Planet of the Apes
1998
7.8
Liberty!
1997
6.5
Ally McBeal
1997
6.5
Without Memory
1996
6.7
The First Wives Club
1996
7.0
The Proprietor
1996
5.7
First Kid
1996
6.1
Mixed Blessings
1995
7.8
Cagney & Lacey: Together Again
1995
6.8
Cagney & Lacey: The Return
1994
6.0
The Cosby Mysteries
1994
4.0
The Birds II: Land's End
1994
9.0
Sondheim: A Celebration at Carnegie Hall
1992
7.8
Brooklyn Bridge
1991
6.3
Memorial: Letters from American Soldiers
1991
7.3
Law & Order
1990
9.0
Blown Away
1990NR
Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre
19896.7
Raising Miranda
1988
5.7
The Good Mother
1988
5.3
Necessity
1988
7.0
CBS Summer Playhouse
1987
6.3
The Glass Menagerie
1987
5.1
Sin of Innocence
1986
6.6
Between the Darkness and the Dawn
1985
6.7
Cat's Eye
1985
7.4
Who's the Boss?
1984
7.5
Last of the Great Survivors
1984
7.0
Trauma Center
1983
7.9
Nature
1982
7.0
Parole
1982
9.0
My Body, My Child
19826.5
Making the Grade
1982
6.9
Cagney & Lacey
1982
4.6
A Stranger Is Watching
1982
6.3
The Bunker
1981
6.3
Farewell to the Planet of the Apes
1980
7.3
Life, Liberty and Pursuit on the Planet of the Apes
1980
7.3
Treachery and Greed on the Planet of the Apes
1980
7.4
The Forgotten City of the Planet of the Apes
1980
6.0
Back to the Planet of the Apes
1980
6.5
Second Wind
1976
7.1
Diary of the Dead
1976
7.0
Joe Forrester
1975
8.0
The First 36 Hours of Dr. Durant
1975
6.9
Planet of the Apes
1974
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Antigone
1974
5.2
F. Scott Fitzgerald and the Last of the Belles
1974
6.8
The Paper Chase
1973
7.0
Faraday and Company
19739.0
Look Homeward, Angel
1972
6.1
Great Performances
1971
6.8
Mannix
1967
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Broadway: The Next Generation
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