James Naughton
Date of birth: 1945-12-06
Place of birth: Middletown - Connecticut - USA
Known for: Acting
Also known as: James J. Naughton
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.
Movie Credits
Memorial: Letters from American Soldiers
1991-01-01
Memorial: Letters from American Soldiers is a 1991 American short documentary film directed by Bill
Cat's Eye
1985-04-12
Three short stories linked by a stray cat that roams from one tale to the next, in this creepy tript
Henry Builds a Cabin
2003-01-01
a frugal bear named Henry who sets about building a small cabin in the woods and ends up with a much
The Birds II: Land's End
1994-03-19
Ted and his family have just moved to the sleepy coastal town of Gull Island so that he can complete
A Stranger Is Watching
1982-10-28
A twisted man holds a TV newswoman and a girl hostage in the bowels of Grand Central Station.
Hacking Democracy
2006-11-02
Documentary film investigating allegations of election fraud during the 2004 U.S. presidential elect
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial 20th Anniversary Special
2002-03-16
A retrospective of "E.T.," featuring a cast reunion and a look at the making of the 20th anniversary
Factory Girl
2006-12-29
In the mid-1960s, wealthy debutant Edie Sedgwick meets artist Andy Warhol. She joins Warhol's famous
Suburban Girl
2007-04-27
Publishing assistant Brett Eisenberg wants to be a big-time editor. However, she lacks self-confiden
The Bunker
1981-04-15
Dramatization depicting the events surrounding Adolf Hitler's last weeks in and around his undergrou
The Paper Chase
1973-10-16
A first-year law student struggles with balancing his coursework and his relationship with the daugh
Shining Soul: Helen Keller's Spiritual Life and Legacy
2006-01-01
SHINING SOUL examines Helen Keller's rich spiritual life and the influence she received from the wri
The Glass Menagerie
1987-05-27
An aging Southern Belle makes life horrible for her ambitious son and crippled daughter because of h
The Truth About Jane
2000-08-07
High schooler Jane struggles with the self-discovery that she is a lesbian after developing an inten
The Forgotten City of the Planet of the Apes
1980-11-18
Human astronauts Burke and Virdon, with their chimp companion Galen, are forced to become involved i
Mixed Blessings
1995-12-11
Three couples are followed as they struggle to have children. Pilar and Brad Coleman are both very
Antigone
1974-02-13
A 1974 PBS production of Jean Anouilh's 1944 play "Antigone" adapted from the original Sophocles.
Between the Darkness and the Dawn
1985-12-23
A 17-year-old girl lapses into a coma and wakes up 20 years later.
The First 36 Hours of Dr. Durant
1975-05-13
A young doctor fresh out of medical school takes a job at a big-city hospital, and on his first day
Sondheim: A Celebration at Carnegie Hall
1992-06-10
This program features the music of Broadway composer Stephen Sondheim in a 1992 performance at Carne
Sin of Innocence
1986-03-26
When two single parents remarry, their teenaged son and daughter begin developing an unexpected attr
What Do You Do With A Tail Like This?
2008-01-01
A nose for digging? Ears for seeing? Eyes that squirt blood? Explore the many amazing things animals
Robot Zot!
2011-01-01
Robot Zot is a fearsome and fearless robot from a planet far away. He comes to earth to crush and co
Not the Same Clarence
2023-08-12
A man must come to terms with his father's Alzheimer's disease. A father and son story, by a father
The Word
2013-07-22
The film follows a single father, Tom Hawkins (Kevin O’Donnell) whose life is destroyed when his son
The Littlest Light on the Christmas Tree
2004-09-21
Set after the Second World War, Timothy, an eight year old boy, befriends an abandoned, broken light
Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre
1989-06-26
A study of the Group Theatre, a company that changed the face of American drama. The Group was found
Past Prologue
2022-11-16
Robert and Claudette have a chance encounter in a coffee shop, their first meeting since they dated
Parole
1982-04-19
High school dropout Jimmy McCusick goes to prison for robbery. After suffering a gang-rape and then
Labor Pains
2000-11-07
A New York City columnist falls in love with -- and quickly gets pregnant by -- a free-spirited arti
First Kid
1996-08-30
Some say that to be the leader of a country is one of the loneliest jobs in the world. But being the
Oxygen
1999-11-12
When housewife Frances Hannon is abducted and buried alive, detective Madeline Foster is brought in.
Childless
2015-04-03
Katherine is a typical teenager. Today's her funeral. The four adults in her life have a lot on thei
Broadway: The Next Generation
2017-11-16
A look at the past, present and future of the Great White Way.
My Body, My Child
1982-04-11
A woman must choose between having an abortion or giving birth to a deformed child.
SilverSizzle
2024-04-07
A cemetery caretaker embarks on a quest to help two recent widowers find new love among widows visit
Fascination
2004-10-13
Young Scott Doherty (Adam Garcia) gets suspicious when his mother (Jacqueline Bisset) plans to wed O
Equity
2016-07-29
Senior investment banker Naomi Bishop’s world of high-power big money is brutal and fierce, and one
Farewell to the Planet of the Apes
1980-11-21
When the astronauts Burke and Virdon, with their chimp companion Galen, are captured in a fishing vi
Life, Liberty and Pursuit on the Planet of the Apes
1980-11-20
When fugitive human astronaut Virdon is shot, his chimp companion Galen must charm an old flame into
Treachery and Greed on the Planet of the Apes
1980-11-19
The fugitives Burke, Virdon and Galen try to save the life of a human blacksmith and his son, whom g
Necessity
1988-05-03
A model discovers her wealthy husband is a dangerous drug dealer. She leaves him, taking along two m
Turks & Caicos
2014-03-20
The second movie in David Hare's Johnny Worricker trilogy. Loose-limbed spy Johnny Worricker, last s
Second Wind
1976-04-08
A successful executive and family man takes up jogging for a hobby. Soon his desire to excel as a lo
Last of the Great Survivors
1984-01-03
A dedicated social worker joins forces with a group of senior citizens fighting City Hall to prevent
F. Scott Fitzgerald and the Last of the Belles
1974-01-07
A semi-fictional account of how writer F. Scott Fitzgerald met his wife while he was in the army and
Nature Amazing Places Hawaii
2010-04-20
Program One KILAUEA: MOUNTAIN OF FIRE Ecosystems on Big Island Face No Small Challenge Kilauea, vi
Back to the Planet of the Apes
1980-11-17
Astronauts Pete Burke and Allan Virdon crash on Earth in the far future and are captured by the apes
The First Wives Club
1996-09-20
After years of helping their hubbies climb the ladder of success, three mid-life Manhattanites have
Behind the Planet of the Apes
1998-09-05
Roddy McDowall takes you, film by film, from production meetings to make-up sessions, then right ont
The Devil Wears Prada
2006-06-29
Andy moves to New York to work in the fashion industry. Her boss is extremely demanding, cruel and w
Creepy Carrots
2013-07-01
In this hilarious picture book, The Twilight Zone comes to the carrot patch as a rabbit fears his fa
Ernest Hemingway: Rivers to the Sea
2005-09-14
More than 40 years after his death, Hemingway is one of the most widely read, and widely written abo
The Proprietor
1996-09-09
An expatriated French novelist returns to Paris when she learns that her childhood home is being pla
Diary of the Dead
1976-01-01
An unemployed man who lives with his wife and overbearing mother-in-law sees an opportunity to relie
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
2003-04-03
Broadway: The Golden Age is the most important, ambitious and comprehensive film ever made about Ame
The Good Mother
1988-11-04
After finding a sexually liberated boyfriend, a divorced woman gets sued over daughter's custody, by
Cagney & Lacey: The Return
1994-11-06
1994. Cagney, now a Lieutenant, re-teams with Lacey, who has left the force, to search for a cache
Cagney & Lacey: Together Again
1995-05-02
New York's toughest lady detectives re-team to solve the murder of a homeless transient who had been
The Independents
2021-02-26
Three solo-artists who collide at the same crossroads and discover harmony. Thus is born “RGB” (at
Look Homeward, Angel
1972-02-25
The life of a young man growing up in a small town in the mountains of North Carolina during the ear
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
2021-08-14
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age explores the world of Broadway from 1959 through the early 1980s as
Paul Newman, Behind Blue Eyes
2021-12-04
From the very beginning, actor Paul Newman captivated the cinema audience with his exceptional azure
Sit with Me While I Die
A priest must reconcile his lifelong dogmatic views on suffering with real life pain.
Mooseltoe
2021-11-24
Mooseltoe, the Moose with a Dream, and his friends come to life in this colorful, magical and whimsi
Without Memory
1996-12-28
A father loses his short-term memory as a result of a botched medical procedure, which causes him to