ACTOR
James Naughton
Known for The Devil Wears Prada · Law & Order: Special Victims Unit · Gossip Girl
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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- Born
- Dec 6, 1945
- Birthplace
- Middletown - Connecticut - USA
- Known For
- 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.
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Known For
MOVIE
The Devil Wears PradaStephen · 2006
★ 7.4
★ 7.4
TV
Law & Order: Special Victims UnitCharlie Moss · 1999
★ 8.0
★ 8.0
TV
Gossip GirlWilliam van der Bilt · 2007
★ 8.1
★ 8.1
TV
Blue BloodsChief Bell · 2010
★ 7.8
★ 7.8
MOVIE
The First Wives ClubGill Griffin · 1996
★ 6.7
★ 6.7
TV
Warehouse 13Gilbert Radburn · 2009
★ 7.7
★ 7.7
TV
Law & OrderBarry Taggert · 1990
★ 7.3
★ 7.3
TV
And Just Like That…Big's Brother · 2021
★ 7.2
★ 7.2
Filmography
Movies
Look Homeward, AngelBen Gant
1972
The Paper ChaseKevin Brooks
1973
AntigoneHaemon
1974
F. Scott Fitzgerald and the Last of the BellesCapt. John Haines
1974
The First 36 Hours of Dr. DurantDr. Baxter
1975
Diary of the DeadGeorge
1976
Second WindRoger
1976
Back to the Planet of the ApesPete Burke
1980
Farewell to the Planet of the ApesPete Burke
1980
Life, Liberty and Pursuit on the Planet of the ApesPete Burke
1980
The Forgotten City of the Planet of the ApesPeter Burke
1980
Treachery and Greed on the Planet of the ApesPete Burke
1980
The BunkerJames O'Donnell
1981
A Stranger Is WatchingSteve Peterson
1982
My Body, My ChildDr. Dan Berensen
1982
ParoleAndy Driscoll
1982
Last of the Great SurvivorsRichard Wylie
1984
Between the Darkness and the DawnJack Parrish
1985
Cat's EyeHugh
1985
Sin of InnocenceAndy Colleran
1986
The Glass MenagerieJim O'Connor
1987
NecessityRick LaSalle
1988
The Good MotherBrian Dunlop
1988BD
Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group TheatreSelf
1989
Blown AwayRick LaSalle
1990
Memorial: Letters from American SoldiersReader
1991
Sondheim: A Celebration at Carnegie HallSelf
1992
Cagney & Lacey: The ReturnJames Burton
1994
The Birds II: Land's EndFrank
1994
Cagney & Lacey: Together AgainJames Burton
1995
Mixed BlessingsBrad Coleman
1995
First KidPresident Paul Davenport
1996
The First Wives ClubGill Griffin
1996
The ProprietorTexan
1996
Without MemorySelf - Narrator (voice: English version)
1996
Behind the Planet of the ApesSelf
1998
OxygenClark Hannon
1999LP
Labor PainsDr. Senior
2000
The Truth About JaneRobert
2000
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial 20th Anniversary SpecialNarrator (voice)
2002
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were ThereSelf
2003
Henry Builds a Cabin
2003
Our TownStage Director
2003Our TownDirector
2003
FascinationPatrick Doherty
2004
The Littlest Light on the Christmas TreeTim Wiggins/Narrator
2004
Ernest Hemingway: Rivers to the SeaErnest Hemingway (voice)
2005
Factory GirlFuzzy Sedgwick
2006
Hacking DemocracyNarrator
2006
Shining Soul: Helen Keller's Spiritual Life and LegacyNarrator
2006
The Devil Wears PradaStephen
2006
Suburban GirlRobert Eisenberg
2007
What Do You Do With A Tail Like This?
2008NA
Nature Amazing Places HawaiiNarrates Program Two
2010
Robot Zot!
2011
Creepy CarrotsNarrator
2013
The Word
2013
Turks & CaicosFrank Church
2014
ChildlessHarvey
2015
EquityJohn
2016
Broadway: Beyond the Golden AgeSelf
2021
MooseltoeSnowball
2021
Paul Newman, Behind Blue EyesHimself
2021
The IndependentsOfficer Sanders
2021
Past PrologueRobert
2022
Not the Same ClarenceClarence
2023
SilverSizzleJamie
2024
Sit with Me While I DieFather Ethan
2025Sit with Me While I DieExecutive Co-Producer
2025
Beer and Hot ChocolateLen
Broadway: The Next GenerationSelf
Television
MannixDr. Hanson · 1 eps
1967
Great PerformancesHaemon · 1 eps
1971
Faraday and CompanySteve Faraday · 4 eps
1973
Planet of the ApesPete Burke · 14 eps
1974
Joe Forrester1 eps
1975
Cagney & LaceyMichael Bower · 1 eps
1982MT
Making the GradeHarry Barnes · 6 eps
1982
NatureNarrator (voice) · 2 eps
1982
Trauma CenterMichael Royce · 13 eps
1983
Who's the Boss?3 eps
1984Who's the Boss?Michael Bower · 1 eps
1984
CBS Summer PlayhouseJohn Dockery · 1 eps
1987RM
Raising Miranda9 eps
1988
Law & OrderBarry Taggert · 1 eps
1990
Brooklyn Bridge3 eps
1991
The Cosby Mysteries18 eps
1994
Ally McBealGeorge McBeal · 4 eps
1997
Liberty!Patrick Henry · 6 eps
1997
Law & Order: Special Victims UnitCharlie Moss · 2 eps
1999
Law & Order: Criminal IntentRoger Buckman · 1 eps
2001
Out of Practice1 eps
2005
DamagesSam Arsenault · 2 eps
2007
Gossip GirlWilliam van der Bilt · 10 eps
2007
Warehouse 13Gilbert Radburn · 1 eps
2009
Blue BloodsChief Bell · 1 eps
2010
Golden BoyMarvin Drexler · 1 eps
2013
The AffairRodney Callahan · 1 eps
2014
The RomanoffsDmitri · 1 eps
2018
Stars in the HouseSelf · 1 eps
2020
And Just Like That…Big's Brother · 2 eps
2021
Command ZJustice Frank Richardson · 1 eps
2023Photos
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