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James Naughton

Actor

James Naughton

Born December 6, 1945 in Middletown - Connecticut - USA55 films

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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The Devil Wears Prada posterFirst watchThe Devil Wears Prada20067.4as StephenA young woman from the Midwest gets more than she bargained for when she moves to New York to become a writer and ends up as the assistant to the tyrannical, larger-than-life…View film

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The First Wives Club poster6.7The First Wives Club1996Cat's Eye poster6.7Cat's Eye1985Factory Girl poster6.0Factory Girl2006The Paper Chase poster6.8The Paper Chase1973Turks & Caicos poster6.3Turks & Caicos2014First Kid poster5.8First Kid1996Suburban Girl poster5.5Suburban Girl2007Oxygen poster6.1Oxygen1999

Filmography

55 films as actor
  1. TBABeer and Hot ChocolateLen
  2. 2025Sit with Me While I DieFather Ethan
  3. 2024SilverSizzleJamie
  4. 2023Not the Same ClarenceClarence
  5. 2022Past PrologueRobert
  6. 2021MooseltoeSnowball
  7. 2021The IndependentsOfficer Sanders
  8. 2016EquityJohn
  9. 2015ChildlessHarvey
  10. 2014Turks & CaicosFrank Church
  11. 2013The Word
  12. 2013Creepy CarrotsNarrator
  13. 2011Robot Zot!
  14. 2008What Do You Do With A Tail Like This?
  15. 2007Suburban GirlRobert Eisenberg
  16. 2006Factory GirlFuzzy Sedgwick
  17. 2006The Devil Wears PradaStephen
  18. 2006Shining Soul: Helen Keller's Spiritual Life and LegacyNarrator
  19. 2004FascinationPatrick Doherty
  20. 2004The Littlest Light on the Christmas TreeTim Wiggins/Narrator
  21. 2003Henry Builds a Cabin
  22. 2000Labor PainsDr. Senior
  23. 2000The Truth About JaneRobert
  24. 1999OxygenClark Hannon
  25. 1996The First Wives ClubGill Griffin
  26. 1996The ProprietorTexan
  27. 1996First KidPresident Paul Davenport
  28. 1995Mixed BlessingsBrad Coleman
  29. 1995Cagney & Lacey: Together AgainJames Burton
  30. 1994Cagney & Lacey: The ReturnJames Burton
  31. 1994The Birds II: Land's EndFrank
  32. 1990Blown AwayRick LaSalle
  33. 1988The Good MotherBrian Dunlop
  34. 1988NecessityRick LaSalle
  35. 1987The Glass MenagerieJim O'Connor
  36. 1986Sin of InnocenceAndy Colleran
  37. 1985Between the Darkness and the DawnJack Parrish
  38. 1985Cat's EyeHugh
  39. 1984Last of the Great SurvivorsRichard Wylie
  40. 1982ParoleAndy Driscoll
  41. 1982My Body, My ChildDr. Dan Berensen
  42. 1982A Stranger Is WatchingSteve Peterson
  43. 1981The BunkerJames O'Donnell
  44. 1980Farewell to the Planet of the ApesPete Burke
  45. 1980Life, Liberty and Pursuit on the Planet of the ApesPete Burke
  46. 1980Treachery and Greed on the Planet of the ApesPete Burke
  47. 1980The Forgotten City of the Planet of the ApesPeter Burke
  48. 1980Back to the Planet of the ApesPete Burke
  49. 1976Second WindRoger
  50. 1976Diary of the DeadGeorge
  51. 1975The First 36 Hours of Dr. DurantDr. Baxter
  52. 1974AntigoneHaemon
  53. 1974F. Scott Fitzgerald and the Last of the BellesCapt. John Haines
  54. 1973The Paper ChaseKevin Brooks
  55. 1972Look Homeward, AngelBen Gant