Person
James Naughton
Actor · Director · Producer· 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.
Known For
The roles that explain the career.
Filmography
34 credits across 4 departments.
| Year | Title | Role | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Sit with Me While I Die | Father Ethan | Film |
| 2025 | Sit with Me While I Die | Executive Co-Producer | Film |
| 2007 | Suburban Girl | Robert Eisenberg | Film |
| 2006 | Hacking Democracy | Narrator | Film |
| 2006 | Factory Girl | Fuzzy Sedgwick | Film |
| 2006 | The Devil Wears Prada | Stephen | Film |
| 2004 | Fascination | Patrick Doherty | Film |
| 2004 | The Littlest Light on the Christmas Tree | Tim Wiggins/Narrator | Film |
| 2003 | Our Town | Director | Film |
| 2000 | The Truth About Jane | Robert | Film |
| 2000 | Labor Pains | Dr. Senior | Film |
| 1999 | Oxygen | Clark Hannon | Film |
| 1998 | Behind the Planet of the Apes | Self | Film |
| 1997 | Liberty! | Patrick Henry | TV |
| 1996 | First Kid | President Paul Davenport | Film |
| 1996 | The Proprietor | Texan | Film |
| 1996 | The First Wives Club | Gill Griffin | Film |
| 1996 | Without Memory | Self - Narrator (voice: English version) | Film |
| 1995 | Mixed Blessings | Brad Coleman | Film |
| 1995 | Cagney & Lacey: Together Again | James Burton | Film |
| 1994 | The Birds II: Land's End | Frank | Film |
| 1994 | Cagney & Lacey: The Return | James Burton | Film |
| 1992 | Sondheim: A Celebration at Carnegie Hall | Self | Film |
| 1990 | Blown Away | Rick LaSalle | Film |
| 1988 | Raising Miranda | TV | |
| 1988 | The Good Mother | Brian Dunlop | Film |
| 1987 | The Glass Menagerie | Jim O'Connor | Film |
| 1985 | Between the Darkness and the Dawn | Jack Parrish | Film |
| 1985 | Cat's Eye | Hugh | Film |
| 1982 | A Stranger Is Watching | Steve Peterson | Film |
| 1981 | The Bunker | James O'Donnell | Film |
| 1976 | Diary of the Dead | George | Film |
| 1974 | Planet of the Apes | Pete Burke | TV |
| 1973 | The Paper Chase | Kevin Brooks | Film |
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