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