James Naughton
Known for acting · Born 6 December 1945 · 80 · Middletown - Connecticut - USA
100 credits
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
Gossip Girl
2007
Planet of the Apes
1974
Oxygen
1999
The Truth About Jane
2000
The Birds II: Land's End
1994
Suburban Girl
2007
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
The Paper Chase
1973
Cat's Eye
1985
The Cosby Mysteries
1994
Back to the Planet of the Apes
1980
A Stranger Is Watching
1982
Acting (98)
2025Sit with Me While I DieFather EthanFilm
2024SilverSizzleJamieFilm
2023Command ZJustice Frank RichardsonSeries
2023Not the Same ClarenceClarenceFilm
2022Past PrologueRobertFilm
2021And Just Like That…Big's Brother · 2 episodesSeries
2021Paul Newman, Behind Blue EyesHimselfFilm
2021The IndependentsOfficer SandersFilm
2021Broadway: Beyond the Golden AgeSelfFilm
2021MooseltoeSnowballFilm
2020Stars in the HouseSelfSeries
2018The RomanoffsDmitriSeries
2016EquityJohnFilm
2015ChildlessHarveyFilm
2014The AffairRodney CallahanSeries
2014Turks & CaicosFrank ChurchFilm
2013Golden BoyMarvin DrexlerSeries
2013The WordFilm
2013Creepy CarrotsNarratorFilm
2011Robot Zot!Film
2010Blue BloodsChief BellSeries
2010Nature Amazing Places HawaiiNarrates Program TwoFilm
2009Warehouse 13Gilbert RadburnSeries
2008What Do You Do With A Tail Like This?Film
2007Gossip GirlWilliam van der Bilt · 10 episodesSeries
2007DamagesSam Arsenault · 2 episodesSeries
2007Suburban GirlRobert EisenbergFilm
2006The Devil Wears PradaStephenFilm
2006Factory GirlFuzzy SedgwickFilm
2006Hacking DemocracyNarratorFilm
2006Shining Soul: Helen Keller's Spiritual Life and LegacyNarratorFilm
2005Out of PracticeSeries
2005Ernest Hemingway: Rivers to the SeaErnest Hemingway (voice)Film
2004FascinationPatrick DohertyFilm
2004The Littlest Light on the Christmas TreeTim Wiggins/NarratorFilm
2003Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were ThereSelfFilm
2003Henry Builds a CabinFilm
2002E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial 20th Anniversary SpecialNarrator (voice)Film
2001Law & Order: Criminal IntentRoger BuckmanSeries
2000The Truth About JaneRobertFilm
2000Labor PainsDr. SeniorFilm
1999Law & Order: Special Victims UnitCharlie Moss · 2 episodesSeries
1999OxygenClark HannonFilm
1998Behind the Planet of the ApesSelfFilm
1997Ally McBealGeorge McBeal · 4 episodesSeries
1997Liberty!Patrick Henry · 6 episodesSeries
1996The First Wives ClubGill GriffinFilm
1996First KidPresident Paul DavenportFilm
1996Without MemorySelf - Narrator (voice: English version)Film
1996The ProprietorTexanFilm
1995Mixed BlessingsBrad ColemanFilm
1995Cagney & Lacey: Together AgainJames BurtonFilm
1994The Birds II: Land's EndFrankFilm
1994The Cosby Mysteries · 18 episodesSeries
1994Cagney & Lacey: The ReturnJames BurtonFilm
1992Sondheim: A Celebration at Carnegie HallSelfFilm
1991Brooklyn Bridge · 3 episodesSeries
1991Memorial: Letters from American SoldiersReaderFilm
1990Law & OrderBarry TaggertSeries
1990Blown AwayRick LaSalleFilm
1989Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group TheatreSelfFilm
1988The Good MotherBrian DunlopFilm
1988NecessityRick LaSalleFilm
1988Raising Miranda · 9 episodesSeries
1987The Glass MenagerieJim O'ConnorFilm
1987CBS Summer PlayhouseJohn DockerySeries
1986Sin of InnocenceAndy ColleranFilm
1985Cat's EyeHughFilm
1985Between the Darkness and the DawnJack ParrishFilm
1984Who's the Boss? · 3 episodes, Michael BowerSeries
1984Last of the Great SurvivorsRichard WylieFilm
1983Trauma CenterMichael Royce · 13 episodesSeries
1982Cagney & LaceyMichael BowerSeries
1982NatureNarrator (voice) · 2 episodesSeries
1982A Stranger Is WatchingSteve PetersonFilm
1982Making the GradeHarry Barnes · 6 episodesSeries
1982ParoleAndy DriscollFilm
1982My Body, My ChildDr. Dan BerensenFilm
1981The BunkerJames O'DonnellFilm
1980Back to the Planet of the ApesPete BurkeFilm
1980Farewell to the Planet of the ApesPete BurkeFilm
1980The Forgotten City of the Planet of the ApesPeter BurkeFilm
1980Life, Liberty and Pursuit on the Planet of the ApesPete BurkeFilm
1980Treachery and Greed on the Planet of the ApesPete BurkeFilm
1976Diary of the DeadGeorgeFilm
1976Second WindRogerFilm
1975Joe ForresterSeries
1975The First 36 Hours of Dr. DurantDr. BaxterFilm
1974Planet of the ApesPete Burke · 14 episodesSeries
1974F. Scott Fitzgerald and the Last of the BellesCapt. John HainesFilm
1974AntigoneHaemonFilm
1973The Paper ChaseKevin BrooksFilm
1973Faraday and CompanySteve Faraday · 4 episodesSeries
1972Look Homeward, AngelBen GantFilm
1971Great PerformancesHaemonSeries
1967MannixDr. HansonSeries
—Broadway: The Next GenerationSelfFilm
—Beer and Hot ChocolateLenFilm
Directing (1)
2003Our TownStage DirectorFilm
Production (1)
2025Sit with Me While I DieExecutive Co-ProducerFilm