James Naughton
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.
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Movies (69)

Sit with Me While I Die
2025 · Father Ethan, Executive Co-Producer

SilverSizzle
2024 · Jamie

Not the Same Clarence
2023 · Clarence

Past Prologue
2022 · Robert

Paul Newman, Behind Blue Eyes
2021 · Himself

Mooseltoe
2021 · Snowball

Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
2021 · Self

The Independents
2021 · Officer Sanders

Equidad
2016 · John

Childless
2015 · Harvey

Turks & Caicos
2014 · Frank Church

The Word
2013

Creepy Carrots
2013 · Narrator

Robot Zot!
2011
Nature Amazing Places Hawaii
2010 · Narrates Program Two

What Do You Do With A Tail Like This?
2008

Cómo atrapar a un millonario
2007 · Robert Eisenberg

Factory Girl
2006 · Fuzzy Sedgwick

Hacking Democracy
2006 · Narrator

El diablo viste a la moda
2006 · Stephen

Shining Soul: Helen Keller's Spiritual Life and Legacy
2006 · Narrator

Ernest Hemingway: Rivers to the Sea
2005 · Ernest Hemingway (voice)

Fascination
2004 · Patrick Doherty

The Littlest Light on the Christmas Tree
2004 · Tim Wiggins/Narrator

Our Town
2003 · Stage Director, Director

Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
2003 · Self

Henry Builds a Cabin
2003

E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial 20th Anniversary Special
2002 · Narrator (voice)
Labor Pains
2000 · Dr. Senior

The Truth About Jane
2000 · Robert

Oxygen
1999 · Clark Hannon

Behind the Planet of the Apes
1998 · Self

Without Memory
1996 · Self - Narrator (voice: English version)

The First Wives Club
1996 · Gill Griffin

The Proprietor
1996 · Texan

First Kid
1996 · President Paul Davenport

Mixed Blessings
1995 · Brad Coleman

Cagney & Lacey: Together Again
1995 · James Burton

Cagney & Lacey: The Return
1994 · James Burton

The Birds II: Land's End
1994 · Frank

Sondheim: A Celebration at Carnegie Hall
1992 · Self

Memorial: Letters from American Soldiers
1991 · Reader
Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre
1989 · Self

The Good Mother
1988 · Brian Dunlop

Necessity
1988 · Rick LaSalle

The Glass Menagerie
1987 · Jim O'Connor

Sin of Innocence
1986 · Andy Colleran

Between the Darkness and the Dawn
1985 · Jack Parrish

Cat's Eye
1985 · Hugh

Last of the Great Survivors
1984 · Richard Wylie

Parole
1982 · Andy Driscoll

My Body, My Child
1982 · Dr. Dan Berensen

A Stranger Is Watching
1982 · Steve Peterson

The Bunker
1981 · James O'Donnell

Farewell to the Planet of the Apes
1980 · Pete Burke

Life, Liberty and Pursuit on the Planet of the Apes
1980 · Pete Burke

Treachery and Greed on the Planet of the Apes
1980 · Pete Burke

The Forgotten City of the Planet of the Apes
1980 · Peter Burke

Back to the Planet of the Apes
1980 · Pete Burke

Second Wind
1976 · Roger

Diary of the Dead
1976 · George

The First 36 Hours of Dr. Durant
1975 · Dr. Baxter

Antigone
1974 · Haemon

F. Scott Fitzgerald and the Last of the Belles
1974 · Capt. John Haines

The Paper Chase
1973 · Kevin Brooks

Look Homeward, Angel
1972 · Ben Gant

Broadway: The Next Generation
· Self

Beer and Hot Chocolate
· Len
Presenting Geraldine Page
TV shows (31)

Command Z
2023 · Justice Frank Richardson

And Just Like That… Un nuevo capítulo de Sex and the City
2021 · Big's Brother

Stars in the House
2020 · Self

The Romanoffs
2018 · Dmitri

The Affair
2014 · Rodney Callahan

Resumen semanal - Golden Boy
2013 · Marvin Drexler

Sangre Azul
2010 · Chief Bell

Almacén 13
2009 · Gilbert Radburn
Possible Side Effects
2009 · Fedderden

Gossip Girl
2007 · William van der Bilt

Damages
2007 · Sam Arsenault

Out of Practice
2005

Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001 · Roger Buckman

La Ley y el Orden: Unidad de Víctimas Especiales
1999 · Charlie Moss

Liberty!
1997 · Patrick Henry

Ally McBeal
1997 · George McBeal

The Cosby Mysteries
1994

Brooklyn Bridge
1991

Law & Order
1990 · Barry Taggert
Raising Miranda
1988

CBS Summer Playhouse
1987 · John Dockery

Who's the Boss?
1984 · Michael Bower

Trauma Center
1983 · Michael Royce

Nature
1982 · Narrator (voice)
Making the Grade
1982 · Harry Barnes

Cagney & Lacey
1982 · Michael Bower

Joe Forrester
1975

Planet of the Apes
1974 · Pete Burke

Faraday and Company
1973 · Steve Faraday

Great Performances
1971 · Haemon

Mannix
1967 · Dr. Hanson
