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