
James Naughton
Acting
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.
TV Shows(30)

Command Z
Justice Frank Richardson
2023

And Just Like That…
Big's Brother
2021

Stars in the House
Self
2020

The Romanoffs
Dmitri
2018

The Affair
Rodney Callahan
2014

Golden Boy
Marvin Drexler
2013

Blue Bloods
Chief Bell
2010

Warehouse 13
Gilbert Radburn
2009

Gossip Girl
William van der Bilt
2007

Damages
Sam Arsenault
2007

Out of Practice
2005

Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Roger Buckman
2001

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Charlie Moss
1999

Liberty!
Patrick Henry
1997

Ally McBeal
George McBeal
1997

The Cosby Mysteries
1994

Brooklyn Bridge
1991

Law & Order
Barry Taggert
1990
Raising Miranda
1988

CBS Summer Playhouse
John Dockery
1987

Who's the Boss?
1984

Trauma Center
Michael Royce
1983

Nature
Narrator (voice)
1982
Making the Grade
1982

Cagney & Lacey
Michael Bower
1982

Joe Forrester
1975

Planet of the Apes
Pete Burke
1974

Faraday and Company
Steve Faraday
1973

Great Performances
Haemon
1971

Mannix
Dr. Hanson
1967
Movies(66)

SilverSizzle
Jamie
2024

Not the Same Clarence
Clarence
2023

Past Prologue
Robert
2022

Paul Newman, Behind Blue Eyes
Himself
2021

Mooseltoe
Snowball
2021

Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
Self
2021

The Independents
Officer Sanders
2021

Equity
John
2016

Childless
Harvey
2015

Turks & Caicos
Frank Church
2014

The Word
2013

Creepy Carrots
Narrator
2013

Robot Zot!
2011
Nature Amazing Places Hawaii
Narrates Program Two
2010

What Do You Do With A Tail Like This?
2008

Suburban Girl
Robert Eisenberg
2007

Factory Girl
Fuzzy Sedgwick
2006

Hacking Democracy
Narrator
2006

The Devil Wears Prada
Stephen
2006

Shining Soul: Helen Keller's Spiritual Life and Legacy
Narrator
2006

Ernest Hemingway: Rivers to the Sea
Ernest Hemingway (voice)
2005

Fascination
Patrick Doherty
2004

The Littlest Light on the Christmas Tree
Tim Wiggins/Narrator
2004

Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
Self
2003

Henry Builds a Cabin
2003

E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial 20th Anniversary Special
Narrator (voice)
2002
Labor Pains
Dr. Senior
2000

The Truth About Jane
Robert
2000

Oxygen
Clark Hannon
1999

Behind the Planet of the Apes
Self
1998

Without Memory
Self - Narrator (voice: English version)
1996

The First Wives Club
Gill Griffin
1996

The Proprietor
Texan
1996

First Kid
President Paul Davenport
1996

Mixed Blessings
Brad Coleman
1995

Cagney & Lacey: Together Again
James Burton
1995

Cagney & Lacey: The Return
James Burton
1994

The Birds II: Land's End
Frank
1994

Sondheim: A Celebration at Carnegie Hall
Self
1992

Memorial: Letters from American Soldiers
Reader
1991
Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre
Self
1989

The Good Mother
Brian Dunlop
1988

Necessity
Rick LaSalle
1988

The Glass Menagerie
Jim O'Connor
1987

Sin of Innocence
Andy Colleran
1986

Between the Darkness and the Dawn
Jack Parrish
1985

Cat's Eye
Hugh
1985

Last of the Great Survivors
Richard Wylie
1984

Parole
Andy Driscoll
1982

My Body, My Child
Dr. Dan Berensen
1982

A Stranger Is Watching
Steve Peterson
1982

The Bunker
James O'Donnell
1981

Farewell to the Planet of the Apes
Pete Burke
1980

Life, Liberty and Pursuit on the Planet of the Apes
Pete Burke
1980

Treachery and Greed on the Planet of the Apes
Pete Burke
1980

The Forgotten City of the Planet of the Apes
Peter Burke
1980

Back to the Planet of the Apes
Pete Burke
1980

Second Wind
Roger
1976

Diary of the Dead
George
1976

The First 36 Hours of Dr. Durant
Dr. Baxter
1975

Antigone
Haemon
1974

F. Scott Fitzgerald and the Last of the Belles
Capt. John Haines
1974

The Paper Chase
Kevin Brooks
1973
Look Homeward, Angel
Ben Gant
1972

Broadway: The Next Generation
Self

Sit with Me While I Die
Father Ethan