James Naughton
Department: Acting
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
Memorial: Letters from American Soldiers
1991
Cat's Eye
1985
Henry Builds a Cabin
2003
The Birds II: Land's End
1994
A Stranger Is Watching
1982
Hacking Democracy
2006
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial 20th Anniversary Special
2002
Factory Girl
2006
Suburban Girl
2007
The Bunker
1981
The Paper Chase
1973
Shining Soul: Helen Keller's Spiritual Life and Legacy
2006
The Glass Menagerie
1987
The Truth About Jane
2000
The Forgotten City of the Planet of the Apes
1980
Mixed Blessings
1995
Antigone
1974
Between the Darkness and the Dawn
1985
The First 36 Hours of Dr. Durant
1975
Sondheim: A Celebration at Carnegie Hall
1992
Sin of Innocence
1986
What Do You Do With A Tail Like This?
2008
Robot Zot!
2011
Not the Same Clarence
2023
The Word
2013
The Littlest Light on the Christmas Tree
2004
Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre
1989
Past Prologue
2022
Parole
1982
Labor Pains
2000
First Kid
1996
Oxygen
1999
Childless
2015
Broadway: The Next Generation
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My Body, My Child
1982
SilverSizzle
2024
Fascination
2004
Equity
2016
Farewell to the Planet of the Apes
1980
Life, Liberty and Pursuit on the Planet of the Apes
1980
Treachery and Greed on the Planet of the Apes
1980
Necessity
1988
Turks & Caicos
2014
Second Wind
1976
Last of the Great Survivors
1984
F. Scott Fitzgerald and the Last of the Belles
1974
Nature Amazing Places Hawaii
2010
Back to the Planet of the Apes
1980
The First Wives Club
1996
Behind the Planet of the Apes
1998
The Devil Wears Prada
2006
Creepy Carrots
2013
Ernest Hemingway: Rivers to the Sea
2005
The Proprietor
1996
Diary of the Dead
1976
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
2003
The Good Mother
1988
Cagney & Lacey: The Return
1994
Cagney & Lacey: Together Again
1995
The Independents
2021
Look Homeward, Angel
1972
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
2021
Paul Newman, Behind Blue Eyes
2021
Sit with Me While I Die
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Mooseltoe
2021
Without Memory
1996
Planet of the Apes
1974
Who's the Boss?
1984
Ally McBeal
1997
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
Out of Practice
2005
CBS Summer Playhouse
1987
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001
Raising Miranda
1988
Brooklyn Bridge
1991
Nature
1982
The Cosby Mysteries
1994
Trauma Center
1983
Warehouse 13
2009
Making the Grade
1982
Faraday and Company
1973
Joe Forrester
1975
Gossip Girl
2007
Golden Boy
2013
Blue Bloods
2010
And Just Like That…
2021
Law & Order
1990
Liberty!
1997
Stars in the House
2020
The Romanoffs
2018
Great Performances
1971
Command Z
2023
Mannix
1967
Damages
2007
Who's the Boss?
1984
Cagney & Lacey
1982
The Affair
2014