James Naughton

Known for: Acting

Born: 1945-12-06 (age 80)

From: Middletown - Connecticut - USA

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)

MOVIE
Sit with Me While I Die
2025
as Father Ethan
MOVIE
SilverSizzle
2024
as Jamie
MOVIE
Not the Same Clarence
2023
as Clarence
TV★ 5.3
Command Z
2023
as Justice Frank Richardson
MOVIE
Past Prologue
2022
as Robert
TV★ 7.2
And Just Like That…
2021
as Big's Brother
MOVIE★ 8.0
Paul Newman, Behind Blue Eyes
2021
as Himself
MOVIE
Mooseltoe
2021
as Snowball
MOVIE
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
2021
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.0
The Independents
2021
as Officer Sanders
TV
Stars in the House
2020
as Self
TV★ 6.4
The Romanoffs
2018
as Dmitri
MOVIE★ 5.6
Equity
2016
as John
MOVIE★ 4.5
Childless
2015
as Harvey
TV★ 6.7
The Affair
2014
as Rodney Callahan
MOVIE★ 6.3
Turks & Caicos
2014
as Frank Church
MOVIE★ 6.3
The Word
2013
MOVIE
Creepy Carrots
2013
as Narrator
TV★ 6.1
Golden Boy
2013
as Marvin Drexler
MOVIE
Robot Zot!
2011
TV★ 7.8
Blue Bloods
2010
as Chief Bell
MOVIE
Nature Amazing Places Hawaii
2010
as Narrates Program Two
TV★ 7.7
Warehouse 13
2009
as Gilbert Radburn
MOVIE
What Do You Do With A Tail Like This?
2008
TV★ 8.2
Gossip Girl
2007
as William van der Bilt
TV★ 7.4
Damages
2007
as Sam Arsenault
MOVIE★ 5.5
Suburban Girl
2007
as Robert Eisenberg
MOVIE★ 6.0
Factory Girl
2006
as Fuzzy Sedgwick
MOVIE★ 7.6
Hacking Democracy
2006
as Narrator
MOVIE★ 7.4
The Devil Wears Prada
2006
as Stephen
MOVIE★ 10.0
Shining Soul: Helen Keller's Spiritual Life and Legacy
2006
as Narrator
TV★ 7.4
Out of Practice
2005
MOVIE★ 6.0
Ernest Hemingway: Rivers to the Sea
2005
as Ernest Hemingway (voice)
MOVIE★ 4.0
Fascination
2004
as Patrick Doherty
MOVIE★ 4.8
The Littlest Light on the Christmas Tree
2004
as Tim Wiggins/Narrator
MOVIE★ 7.0
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
2003
as Self
MOVIE
Henry Builds a Cabin
2003
MOVIE★ 7.3
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial 20th Anniversary Special
2002
as Narrator (voice)
TV★ 7.6
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001
as Roger Buckman
MOVIE★ 4.0
Labor Pains
2000
as Dr. Senior
MOVIE★ 6.2
The Truth About Jane
2000
as Robert
MOVIE★ 6.1
Oxygen
1999
as Clark Hannon
TV★ 8.0
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
as Charlie Moss
MOVIE★ 7.1
Behind the Planet of the Apes
1998
as Self
TV★ 7.8
Liberty!
1997
as Patrick Henry
TV★ 6.5
Ally McBeal
1997
as George McBeal
MOVIE★ 6.5
Without Memory
1996
as Self - Narrator (voice: English version)
MOVIE★ 6.7
The First Wives Club
1996
as Gill Griffin
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Proprietor
1996
as Texan
MOVIE★ 5.8
First Kid
1996
as President Paul Davenport
MOVIE★ 6.1
Mixed Blessings
1995
as Brad Coleman
MOVIE★ 7.8
Cagney & Lacey: Together Again
1995
as James Burton
MOVIE★ 6.8
Cagney & Lacey: The Return
1994
as James Burton
TV★ 6.0
The Cosby Mysteries
1994
MOVIE★ 4.0
The Birds II: Land's End
1994
as Frank
MOVIE★ 9.0
Sondheim: A Celebration at Carnegie Hall
1992
as Self
TV★ 7.8
Brooklyn Bridge
1991
MOVIE★ 6.3
Memorial: Letters from American Soldiers
1991
as Reader
TV★ 7.3
Law & Order
1990
as Barry Taggert
MOVIE★ 9.0
Blown Away
1990
as Rick LaSalle
MOVIE
Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre
1989
as Self
TV★ 6.0
Raising Miranda
1988
MOVIE★ 5.7
The Good Mother
1988
as Brian Dunlop
MOVIE★ 5.3
Necessity
1988
as Rick LaSalle
TV★ 7.0
CBS Summer Playhouse
1987
as John Dockery
MOVIE★ 6.3
The Glass Menagerie
1987
as Jim O'Connor
MOVIE★ 4.9
Sin of Innocence
1986
as Andy Colleran
MOVIE★ 6.6
Between the Darkness and the Dawn
1985
as Jack Parrish
MOVIE★ 6.7
Cat's Eye
1985
as Hugh
TV★ 7.4
Who's the Boss?
1984
MOVIE★ 7.5
Last of the Great Survivors
1984
as Richard Wylie
TV★ 7.0
Trauma Center
1983
as Michael Royce
TV★ 7.9
Nature
1982
as Narrator (voice)
MOVIE★ 7.0
Parole
1982
as Andy Driscoll
MOVIE★ 9.0
My Body, My Child
1982
as Dr. Dan Berensen
TV★ 6.5
Making the Grade
1982
TV★ 6.9
Cagney & Lacey
1982
as Michael Bower
MOVIE★ 4.6
A Stranger Is Watching
1982
as Steve Peterson
MOVIE★ 6.3
The Bunker
1981
as James O'Donnell
MOVIE★ 6.4
Farewell to the Planet of the Apes
1980
as Pete Burke
MOVIE★ 7.5
Life, Liberty and Pursuit on the Planet of the Apes
1980
as Pete Burke
MOVIE★ 7.5
Treachery and Greed on the Planet of the Apes
1980
as Pete Burke
MOVIE★ 7.5
The Forgotten City of the Planet of the Apes
1980
as Peter Burke
MOVIE★ 6.0
Back to the Planet of the Apes
1980
as Pete Burke
MOVIE★ 6.5
Second Wind
1976
as Roger
MOVIE★ 7.1
Diary of the Dead
1976
as George
TV★ 7.0
Joe Forrester
1975
MOVIE★ 8.0
The First 36 Hours of Dr. Durant
1975
as Dr. Baxter
TV★ 6.9
Planet of the Apes
1974
as Pete Burke
MOVIE
Antigone
1974
as Haemon
MOVIE★ 5.2
F. Scott Fitzgerald and the Last of the Belles
1974
as Capt. John Haines
MOVIE★ 6.8
The Paper Chase
1973
as Kevin Brooks
TV★ 7.0
Faraday and Company
1973
as Steve Faraday
MOVIE★ 9.0
Look Homeward, Angel
1972
as Ben Gant
TV★ 6.1
Great Performances
1971
as Haemon
TV★ 6.8
Mannix
1967
as Dr. Hanson
MOVIE
Broadway: The Next Generation
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as Self