James Naughton
Acting • Born 1945-12-06
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.
Filmography
97 credits
Memorial: Letters from American Soldiers
Movie • 1991
Reader
Cat's Eye
Movie • 1985
Hugh
Henry Builds a Cabin
Movie • 2003
The Birds II: Land's End
Movie • 1994
Frank
A Stranger Is Watching
Movie • 1982
Steve Peterson
Hacking Democracy
Movie • 2006
Narrator
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial 20th Anniversary Special
Movie • 2002
Narrator (voice)
Factory Girl
Movie • 2006
Fuzzy Sedgwick
Suburban Girl
Movie • 2007
Robert Eisenberg
The Bunker
Movie • 1981
James O'Donnell
The Paper Chase
Movie • 1973
Kevin Brooks
Shining Soul: Helen Keller's Spiritual Life and Legacy
Movie • 2006
Narrator
The Glass Menagerie
Movie • 1987
Jim O'Connor
The Truth About Jane
Movie • 2000
Robert
The Forgotten City of the Planet of the Apes
Movie • 1980
Peter Burke
Mixed Blessings
Movie • 1995
Brad Coleman
Antigone
Movie • 1974
Haemon
Between the Darkness and the Dawn
Movie • 1985
Jack Parrish
The First 36 Hours of Dr. Durant
Movie • 1975
Dr. Baxter
Sondheim: A Celebration at Carnegie Hall
Movie • 1992
Self
Sin of Innocence
Movie • 1986
Andy Colleran
What Do You Do With A Tail Like This?
Movie • 2008
Robot Zot!
Movie • 2011
Not the Same Clarence
Movie • 2023
Clarence
The Word
Movie • 2013
The Littlest Light on the Christmas Tree
Movie • 2004
Tim Wiggins/Narrator
Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre
Movie • 1989
Self
Past Prologue
Movie • 2022
Robert
Parole
Movie • 1982
Andy Driscoll
Labor Pains
Movie • 2000
Dr. Senior
First Kid
Movie • 1996
President Paul Davenport
Oxygen
Movie • 1999
Clark Hannon
Childless
Movie • 2015
Harvey
Broadway: The Next Generation
Movie
Self
My Body, My Child
Movie • 1982
Dr. Dan Berensen
SilverSizzle
Movie • 2024
Jamie
Fascination
Movie • 2004
Patrick Doherty
Equity
Movie • 2016
John
Farewell to the Planet of the Apes
Movie • 1980
Pete Burke
Life, Liberty and Pursuit on the Planet of the Apes
Movie • 1980
Pete Burke
Treachery and Greed on the Planet of the Apes
Movie • 1980
Pete Burke
Necessity
Movie • 1988
Rick LaSalle
Turks & Caicos
Movie • 2014
Frank Church
Second Wind
Movie • 1976
Roger
Last of the Great Survivors
Movie • 1984
Richard Wylie
F. Scott Fitzgerald and the Last of the Belles
Movie • 1974
Capt. John Haines
Nature Amazing Places Hawaii
Movie • 2010
Narrates Program Two
Back to the Planet of the Apes
Movie • 1980
Pete Burke
The First Wives Club
Movie • 1996
Gill Griffin
Behind the Planet of the Apes
Movie • 1998
Self
The Devil Wears Prada
Movie • 2006
Stephen
Creepy Carrots
Movie • 2013
Narrator
Ernest Hemingway: Rivers to the Sea
Movie • 2005
Ernest Hemingway (voice)
The Proprietor
Movie • 1996
Texan
Diary of the Dead
Movie • 1976
George
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
Movie • 2003
Self
The Good Mother
Movie • 1988
Brian Dunlop
Cagney & Lacey: The Return
Movie • 1994
James Burton
Cagney & Lacey: Together Again
Movie • 1995
James Burton
The Independents
Movie • 2021
Officer Sanders
Look Homeward, Angel
Movie • 1972
Ben Gant
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
Movie • 2021
Self
Paul Newman, Behind Blue Eyes
Movie • 2021
Himself
Sit with Me While I Die
Movie
Father Ethan
Mooseltoe
Movie • 2021
Snowball
Without Memory
Movie • 1996
Self - Narrator (voice: English version)
Planet of the Apes
TV • 1974
Pete Burke
Who's the Boss?
TV • 1984
Ally McBeal
TV • 1997
George McBeal
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
TV • 1999
Charlie Moss
Out of Practice
TV • 2005
CBS Summer Playhouse
TV • 1987
John Dockery
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
TV • 2001
Roger Buckman
Raising Miranda
TV • 1988
Brooklyn Bridge
TV • 1991
Nature
TV • 1982
Narrator (voice)
The Cosby Mysteries
TV • 1994
Trauma Center
TV • 1983
Michael Royce
Warehouse 13
TV • 2009
Gilbert Radburn
Making the Grade
TV • 1982
Faraday and Company
TV • 1973
Steve Faraday
Joe Forrester
TV • 1975
Gossip Girl
TV • 2007
William van der Bilt
Golden Boy
TV • 2013
Marvin Drexler
Blue Bloods
TV • 2010
Chief Bell
And Just Like That…
TV • 2021
Big's Brother
Law & Order
TV • 1990
Barry Taggert
Liberty!
TV • 1997
Patrick Henry
Stars in the House
TV • 2020
Self
The Romanoffs
TV • 2018
Dmitri
Great Performances
TV • 1971
Haemon
Command Z
TV • 2023
Justice Frank Richardson
Mannix
TV • 1967
Dr. Hanson
Damages
TV • 2007
Sam Arsenault
Who's the Boss?
TV • 1984
Michael Bower
Cagney & Lacey
TV • 1982
Michael Bower
The Affair
TV • 2014
Rodney Callahan