James Naughton

James Naughton

Known for
Acting
Born
December 6, 1945 (age 80)
Birthplace
Middletown - Connecticut - USA

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.

Known For

Filmography

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Broadway: The Next Generation poster

Broadway: The Next Generation

Movie · as Self

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Beer and Hot Chocolate poster

Beer and Hot Chocolate

Movie · as Len

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Presenting Geraldine Page

Presenting Geraldine Page

Movie

2025
Sit with Me While I Die poster

Sit with Me While I Die

Movie · as Father Ethan

2024
SilverSizzle poster

SilverSizzle

Movie · as Jamie

2023
Not the Same Clarence poster

Not the Same Clarence

Movie · as Clarence

2023
Command Z poster

Command Z

TV · as Justice Frank Richardson · 1 ep

2022
Past Prologue poster

Past Prologue

Movie · as Robert

2021
The Independents poster

The Independents

Movie · as Officer Sanders

2021
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age poster

Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age

Movie · as Self

2021
Paul Newman, Behind Blue Eyes poster

Paul Newman, Behind Blue Eyes

Movie · as Himself

2021
Mooseltoe poster

Mooseltoe

Movie · as Snowball

2021
And Just Like That… poster

And Just Like That…

TV · as Big's Brother · 2 eps

2020
Stars in the House poster

Stars in the House

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2018
The Romanoffs poster

The Romanoffs

TV · as Dmitri · 1 ep

2016
Equity poster

Equity

Movie · as John

2015
Childless poster

Childless

Movie · as Harvey

2014
Turks & Caicos poster

Turks & Caicos

Movie · as Frank Church

2014
The Affair poster

The Affair

TV · as Rodney Callahan · 1 ep

2013
The Word poster

The Word

Movie

2013
Creepy Carrots poster

Creepy Carrots

Movie · as Narrator

2013
Golden Boy poster

Golden Boy

TV · as Marvin Drexler · 1 ep

2011
Robot Zot! poster

Robot Zot!

Movie

2010
Nature Amazing Places Hawaii

Nature Amazing Places Hawaii

Movie · as Narrates Program Two

2010
Blue Bloods poster

Blue Bloods

TV · as Chief Bell · 1 ep

2009
Warehouse 13 poster

Warehouse 13

TV · as Gilbert Radburn · 1 ep

2009
Possible Side Effects

Possible Side Effects

TV · as Fedderden · 1 ep

2008
What Do You Do With A Tail Like This? poster

What Do You Do With A Tail Like This?

Movie

2007
Suburban Girl poster

Suburban Girl

Movie · as Robert Eisenberg

2007
Gossip Girl poster

Gossip Girl

TV · as William van der Bilt · 10 eps

2007
Damages poster

Damages

TV · as Sam Arsenault · 2 eps

2006
Hacking Democracy poster

Hacking Democracy

Movie · as Narrator

2006
Factory Girl poster

Factory Girl

Movie · as Fuzzy Sedgwick

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

Shining Soul: Helen Keller's Spiritual Life and Legacy

Movie · as Narrator

2006
The Devil Wears Prada poster

The Devil Wears Prada

Movie · as Stephen

2005
Ernest Hemingway: Rivers to the Sea poster

Ernest Hemingway: Rivers to the Sea

Movie · as Ernest Hemingway (voice)

2005
Out of Practice poster

Out of Practice

TV · 1 ep

2004
The Littlest Light on the Christmas Tree poster

The Littlest Light on the Christmas Tree

Movie · as Tim Wiggins/Narrator

2004
Fascination poster

Fascination

Movie · as Patrick Doherty

2003
Henry Builds a Cabin poster

Henry Builds a Cabin

Movie

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

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

Movie · as Self

2002
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial 20th Anniversary Special poster

E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial 20th Anniversary Special

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

2001
Law & Order: Criminal Intent poster

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

TV · as Roger Buckman · 1 ep

2000
The Truth About Jane poster

The Truth About Jane

Movie · as Robert

2000
Labor Pains

Labor Pains

Movie · as Dr. Senior

1999
Oxygen poster

Oxygen

Movie · as Clark Hannon

1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit poster

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

TV · as Charlie Moss · 2 eps

1998
Behind the Planet of the Apes poster

Behind the Planet of the Apes

Movie · as Self

1997
Ally McBeal poster

Ally McBeal

TV · as George McBeal · 4 eps

1997
Liberty! poster

Liberty!

TV · as Patrick Henry · 6 eps

1996
First Kid poster

First Kid

Movie · as President Paul Davenport

1996
The First Wives Club poster

The First Wives Club

Movie · as Gill Griffin

1996
The Proprietor poster

The Proprietor

Movie · as Texan

1996
Without Memory poster

Without Memory

Movie · as Self - Narrator (voice: English version)

1995
Mixed Blessings poster

Mixed Blessings

Movie · as Brad Coleman

1995
Cagney & Lacey: Together Again poster

Cagney & Lacey: Together Again

Movie · as James Burton

1994
The Birds II: Land's End poster

The Birds II: Land's End

Movie · as Frank

1994
Cagney & Lacey: The Return poster

Cagney & Lacey: The Return

Movie · as James Burton

1994
The Cosby Mysteries poster

The Cosby Mysteries

TV · 18 eps

1992
Sondheim: A Celebration at Carnegie Hall poster

Sondheim: A Celebration at Carnegie Hall

Movie · as Self

1991
Memorial: Letters from American Soldiers poster

Memorial: Letters from American Soldiers

Movie · as Reader

1991
Brooklyn Bridge poster

Brooklyn Bridge

TV · 3 eps

1990
Law & Order poster

Law & Order

TV · as Barry Taggert · 1 ep

1989
Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre

Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre

Movie · as Self

1988
Necessity poster

Necessity

Movie · as Rick LaSalle

1988
The Good Mother poster

The Good Mother

Movie · as Brian Dunlop

1988
Raising Miranda

Raising Miranda

TV · 9 eps

1987
The Glass Menagerie poster

The Glass Menagerie

Movie · as Jim O'Connor

1987
CBS Summer Playhouse poster

CBS Summer Playhouse

TV · as John Dockery · 1 ep

1986
Sin of Innocence poster

Sin of Innocence

Movie · as Andy Colleran

1985
Cat's Eye poster

Cat's Eye

Movie · as Hugh

1985
Between the Darkness and the Dawn poster

Between the Darkness and the Dawn

Movie · as Jack Parrish

1984
Last of the Great Survivors poster

Last of the Great Survivors

Movie · as Richard Wylie

1984
Who's the Boss? poster

Who's the Boss?

TV · as Michael Bower · 3 eps

1983
Trauma Center poster

Trauma Center

TV · as Michael Royce · 13 eps

1982
A Stranger Is Watching poster

A Stranger Is Watching

Movie · as Steve Peterson

1982
Parole poster

Parole

Movie · as Andy Driscoll

1982
My Body, My Child poster

My Body, My Child

Movie · as Dr. Dan Berensen

1982
Nature poster

Nature

TV · as Narrator (voice) · 2 eps

1982
Making the Grade

Making the Grade

TV · as Harry Barnes · 6 eps

1982
Cagney & Lacey poster

Cagney & Lacey

TV · as Michael Bower · 1 ep

1981
The Bunker poster

The Bunker

Movie · as James O'Donnell

1980
The Forgotten City of the Planet of the Apes poster

The Forgotten City of the Planet of the Apes

Movie · as Peter Burke

1980
Farewell to the Planet of the Apes poster

Farewell to the Planet of the Apes

Movie · as Pete Burke

1980
Life, Liberty and Pursuit on the Planet of the Apes poster

Life, Liberty and Pursuit on the Planet of the Apes

Movie · as Pete Burke

1980
Treachery and Greed on the Planet of the Apes poster

Treachery and Greed on the Planet of the Apes

Movie · as Pete Burke

1980
Back to the Planet of the Apes poster

Back to the Planet of the Apes

Movie · as Pete Burke

1976
Second Wind poster

Second Wind

Movie · as Roger

1976
Diary of the Dead poster

Diary of the Dead

Movie · as George

1975
The First 36 Hours of Dr. Durant poster

The First 36 Hours of Dr. Durant

Movie · as Dr. Baxter

1975
Joe Forrester poster

Joe Forrester

TV · 1 ep

1974
Antigone poster

Antigone

Movie · as Haemon

1974
F. Scott Fitzgerald and the Last of the Belles poster

F. Scott Fitzgerald and the Last of the Belles

Movie · as Capt. John Haines

1974
Planet of the Apes poster

Planet of the Apes

TV · as Pete Burke · 14 eps

1973
The Paper Chase poster

The Paper Chase

Movie · as Kevin Brooks

1973
Faraday and Company poster

Faraday and Company

TV · as Steve Faraday · 4 eps

1972
Look Homeward, Angel poster

Look Homeward, Angel

Movie · as Ben Gant

1971
Great Performances poster

Great Performances

TV · as Haemon · 1 ep

1967
Mannix poster

Mannix

TV · as Dr. Hanson · 1 ep