James Naughton

Acting • 1945-12-06 • 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.

Known For

6.5

Ally McBeal

1997

8.1

Gossip Girl

2007

7.4

Who's the Boss?

1984

7.4

The Devil Wears Prada

2006

6.9

Planet of the Apes

1974

6.8

Cat's Eye

1985

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Filmography

2025
Sit with Me While I DieFilm
Father Ethan
2024
SilverSizzleFilm
Jamie
2023
Command ZTV
Justice Frank Richardson • 1 episodes
★ 5.2
2023
Not the Same ClarenceFilm
Clarence
2022
Past PrologueFilm
Robert
2021
And Just Like That…TV
Big's Brother • 2 episodes
★ 7.2
2021
Paul Newman, Behind Blue EyesFilm
Himself
★ 8.0
2021
The IndependentsFilm
Officer Sanders
★ 6.0
2021
Broadway: Beyond the Golden AgeFilm
Self
2021
MooseltoeFilm
Snowball
2020
Stars in the HouseTV
Self • 1 episodes
2018
The RomanoffsTV
Dmitri • 1 episodes
★ 6.4
2016
EquityFilm
John
★ 5.6
2015
ChildlessFilm
Harvey
★ 4.5
2014
The AffairTV
Rodney Callahan • 1 episodes
★ 6.7
2014
Turks & CaicosFilm
Frank Church
★ 6.3
2013
Golden BoyTV
Marvin Drexler • 1 episodes
★ 6.1
2013
The WordFilm
★ 6.3
2013
Creepy CarrotsFilm
Narrator
2011
Robot Zot!Film
2010
Blue BloodsTV
Chief Bell • 1 episodes
★ 7.8
2010
Nature Amazing Places HawaiiFilm
Narrates Program Two
2009
Warehouse 13TV
Gilbert Radburn • 1 episodes
★ 7.7
2009
Possible Side EffectsTV
Fedderden • 1 episodes
★ 10.0
2008
What Do You Do With A Tail Like This?Film
2007
Gossip GirlTV
William van der Bilt • 10 episodes
★ 8.1
2007
DamagesTV
Sam Arsenault • 2 episodes
★ 7.5
2007
Suburban GirlFilm
Robert Eisenberg
★ 5.5
2006
The Devil Wears PradaFilm
Stephen
★ 7.4
2006
Factory GirlFilm
Fuzzy Sedgwick
★ 6.0
2006
Hacking DemocracyFilm
Narrator
★ 7.6
2006
Shining Soul: Helen Keller's Spiritual Life and LegacyFilm
Narrator
★ 10.0
2005
Out of PracticeTV
★ 7.4
2005
Ernest Hemingway: Rivers to the SeaFilm
Ernest Hemingway (voice)
★ 6.0
2004
FascinationFilm
Patrick Doherty
★ 4.1
2004
The Littlest Light on the Christmas TreeFilm
Tim Wiggins/Narrator
★ 4.8
2003
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were ThereFilm
Self
★ 7.0
2003
Henry Builds a CabinFilm
2002
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial 20th Anniversary SpecialFilm
Narrator (voice)
★ 7.3
2001
Law & Order: Criminal IntentTV
Roger Buckman • 1 episodes
★ 7.6
2000
The Truth About JaneFilm
Robert
★ 6.3
2000
Labor PainsFilm
Dr. Senior
★ 4.0
1999
Law & Order: Special Victims UnitTV
Charlie Moss • 2 episodes
★ 8.0
1999
OxygenFilm
Clark Hannon
★ 6.0
1998
Behind the Planet of the ApesFilm
Self
★ 7.1
1997
Ally McBealTV
George McBeal • 4 episodes
★ 6.5
1997
Liberty!TV
Patrick Henry • 6 episodes
★ 7.8
1996
The First Wives ClubFilm
Gill Griffin
★ 6.7
1996
First KidFilm
President Paul Davenport
★ 5.8
1996
Without MemoryFilm
Self - Narrator (voice: English version)
★ 6.5
1996
The ProprietorFilm
Texan
★ 6.3
1995
Mixed BlessingsFilm
Brad Coleman
★ 6.1
1995
Cagney & Lacey: Together AgainFilm
James Burton
★ 7.8
1994
The Birds II: Land's EndFilm
Frank
★ 4.0
1994
The Cosby MysteriesTV
★ 6.0
1994
Cagney & Lacey: The ReturnFilm
James Burton
★ 6.8
1992
Sondheim: A Celebration at Carnegie HallFilm
Self
★ 9.0
1991
Brooklyn BridgeTV
★ 7.8
1991
Memorial: Letters from American SoldiersFilm
Reader
★ 6.2
1990
Law & OrderTV
Barry Taggert • 1 episodes
★ 7.3
1989
Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group TheatreFilm
Self
1988
The Good MotherFilm
Brian Dunlop
★ 5.7
1988
Raising MirandaTV
★ 6.7
1988
NecessityFilm
Rick LaSalle
★ 5.3
1987
The Glass MenagerieFilm
Jim O'Connor
★ 6.2
1987
CBS Summer PlayhouseTV
John Dockery • 1 episodes
★ 7.0
1986
Sin of InnocenceFilm
Andy Colleran
★ 5.1
1985
Cat's EyeFilm
Hugh
★ 6.8
1985
Between the Darkness and the DawnFilm
Jack Parrish
★ 6.6
1984
Who's the Boss?TV
★ 7.4
1984
Who's the Boss?TV
Michael Bower • 1 episodes
★ 7.4
1984
Last of the Great SurvivorsFilm
Richard Wylie
★ 7.5
1983
Trauma CenterTV
Michael Royce • 13 episodes
★ 7.0
1982
NatureTV
Narrator (voice) • 2 episodes
★ 7.9
1982
Cagney & LaceyTV
Michael Bower • 1 episodes
★ 7.0
1982
A Stranger Is WatchingFilm
Steve Peterson
★ 4.6
1982
Making the GradeTV
Harry Barnes • 6 episodes
★ 6.5
1982
My Body, My ChildFilm
Dr. Dan Berensen
★ 9.0
1982
ParoleFilm
Andy Driscoll
★ 7.0
1981
The BunkerFilm
James O'Donnell
★ 6.3
1980
Back to the Planet of the ApesFilm
Pete Burke
★ 6.0
1980
The Forgotten City of the Planet of the ApesFilm
Peter Burke
★ 7.4
1980
Farewell to the Planet of the ApesFilm
Pete Burke
★ 6.3
1980
Life, Liberty and Pursuit on the Planet of the ApesFilm
Pete Burke
★ 7.3
1980
Treachery and Greed on the Planet of the ApesFilm
Pete Burke
★ 7.3
1976
Diary of the DeadFilm
George
★ 7.1
1976
Second WindFilm
Roger
★ 6.5
1975
Joe ForresterTV
★ 7.0
1975
The First 36 Hours of Dr. DurantFilm
Dr. Baxter
★ 8.0
1974
Planet of the ApesTV
Pete Burke • 14 episodes
★ 6.9
1974
F. Scott Fitzgerald and the Last of the BellesFilm
Capt. John Haines
★ 5.2
1974
AntigoneFilm
Haemon
1973
The Paper ChaseFilm
Kevin Brooks
★ 6.8
1973
Faraday and CompanyTV
Steve Faraday • 4 episodes
★ 7.0
1972
Look Homeward, AngelFilm
Ben Gant
★ 9.0
1971
Great PerformancesTV
Haemon • 1 episodes
★ 6.1
1967
MannixTV
Dr. Hanson • 1 episodes
★ 6.9