Director · Actor

James Naughton

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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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Biggest hit

Standout efficiency

Primer · gross ÷ budget

Commercial performance

Associated lifetime gross

$12M

Combined reported budget

$17M

Gross / budget

0.7x

Bankability Index

10 / 100

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