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James Naughton

James Naughton

Actor · Born December 6, 1945 · Middletown - Connecticut - USA

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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.

Acted in 79

2020s

  1. 2025

    Sit with Me While I Die

    Father Ethan

  2. 2024

    SilverSizzle

    Jamie

  3. 2023

    Not the Same Clarence

    Clarence

  4. Command Z

    Justice Frank Richardson · 1 episode

  5. 2022

    Past Prologue

    Robert

  6. 2021

    And Just Like That…

    Big's Brother · 2 episodes

    61

  7. Mooseltoe

    Snowball

  8. The Independents

    Officer Sanders

2010s

  1. 2018

    The Romanoffs

    Dmitri · 1 episode

    68
  2. 2016

    Equity

    John

    64
  3. 2015

    Childless

    Harvey

  4. 2014

    The Affair

    Rodney Callahan · 1 episode

    76

  5. Turks & Caicos

    Frank Church

  6. 2013

    The Word

    Movie

  7. Golden Boy

    Marvin Drexler · 1 episode

    69
  8. 2011

    Robot Zot!

    Movie

  9. 2010

    Blue Bloods

    Chief Bell · 1 episode

    77

2000s

  1. 2009

    Warehouse 13

    Gilbert Radburn · 1 episode

    76
  2. 2008

    What Do You Do With A Tail Like This?

    Movie

  3. 2007

    Gossip Girl

    William van der Bilt · 10 episodes

    77

  4. Damages

    Sam Arsenault · 2 episodes

    79

  5. Suburban Girl

    Robert Eisenberg

    53
  6. 2006

    Factory Girl

    Fuzzy Sedgwick

    50

  7. The Devil Wears Prada

    Stephen

    70
  8. 2005

    Out of Practice

    TV · 1 Season · Comedy

    75

  9. Ernest Hemingway: Rivers to the Sea

    Ernest Hemingway (voice)

  10. 2004

    Fascination

    Patrick Doherty

  11. The Littlest Light on the Christmas Tree

    Tim Wiggins/Narrator

  12. 2003

    Henry Builds a Cabin

    Movie

  13. 2001

    Law & Order: Criminal Intent

    Roger Buckman · 1 episode

    76
  14. 2000

    The Truth About Jane

    Robert

    66

1990s

  1. 1999

    Oxygen

    Clark Hannon

    65

  2. Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

    Charlie Moss · 2 episodes

    81
  3. 1997

    Liberty!

    Patrick Henry · 6 episodes

  4. Ally McBeal

    George McBeal · 4 episodes

    68
  5. 1996

    The First Wives Club

    Gill Griffin

    62

  6. The Proprietor

    Texan

  7. First Kid

    President Paul Davenport

    46
  8. 1995

    Mixed Blessings

    Brad Coleman

  9. Cagney & Lacey: Together Again

    James Burton

  10. 1994

    Cagney & Lacey: The Return

    James Burton

  11. The Cosby Mysteries

    TV

  12. The Birds II: Land's End

    Frank

  13. 1991

    Brooklyn Bridge

    TV · 2 Seasons · Drama · Comedy

  14. Memorial: Letters from American Soldiers

    Reader

  15. 1990

    Law & Order

    Barry Taggert · 1 episode

    77

1980s

  1. 1988

    The Good Mother

    Brian Dunlop

  2. Necessity

    Rick LaSalle

  3. 1987

    CBS Summer Playhouse

    John Dockery · 1 episode

  4. The Glass Menagerie

    Jim O'Connor

    70
  5. 1986

    Sin of Innocence

    Andy Colleran

  6. 1985

    Between the Darkness and the Dawn

    Jack Parrish

  7. Cat's Eye

    Hugh

    67
  8. 1984

    Who's the Boss?

    Michael Bower · 3 episodes

    68

  9. Last of the Great Survivors

    Richard Wylie

  10. 1983

    Trauma Center

    Michael Royce · 13 episodes

  11. 1982

    Parole

    Andy Driscoll

  12. My Body, My Child

    Dr. Dan Berensen

  13. Cagney & Lacey

    Michael Bower · 1 episode

    69

  14. A Stranger Is Watching

    Steve Peterson

  15. 1981

    The Bunker

    James O'Donnell

    67
  16. 1980

    Farewell to the Planet of the Apes

    Pete Burke

  17. Life, Liberty and Pursuit on the Planet of the Apes

    Pete Burke

  18. Treachery and Greed on the Planet of the Apes

    Pete Burke

  19. The Forgotten City of the Planet of the Apes

    Peter Burke

  20. Back to the Planet of the Apes

    Pete Burke

1970s

  1. 1976

    Second Wind

    Roger

  2. Diary of the Dead

    George

  3. 1975

    Joe Forrester

    TV · 1 Season · Drama · Crime

  4. The First 36 Hours of Dr. Durant

    Dr. Baxter

  5. 1974

    Planet of the Apes

    Pete Burke · 14 episodes

    70

  6. Antigone

    Haemon

  7. F. Scott Fitzgerald and the Last of the Belles

    Capt. John Haines

  8. 1973

    The Paper Chase

    Kevin Brooks

  9. Faraday and Company

    Steve Faraday · 4 episodes

  10. 1972

    Look Homeward, Angel

    Ben Gant

  11. 1971

    Great Performances

    Haemon · 1 episode

    74

No release date

  1. Beer and Hot Chocolate

    Len

Directed 1

2000s

  1. 2003

    Our Town

    Stage Director, Director

Produced 1

2020s

  1. 2025

    Sit with Me While I Die

    Executive Co-Producer

Appearances13

2020s

  1. 2021

    Paul Newman, Behind Blue Eyes

    Himself

  2. Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age

    Self

  3. 2020

    Stars in the House

    Self · 1 episode

2010s

  1. 2013

    Creepy Carrots

    Narrator

2000s

  1. 2006

    Hacking Democracy

    Narrator

  2. Shining Soul: Helen Keller's Spiritual Life and Legacy

    Narrator

  3. 2003

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

    Self

  4. 2002

    E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial 20th Anniversary Special

    Narrator (voice)

1990s

  1. 1998

    Behind the Planet of the Apes

    Self

  2. 1996

    Without Memory

    Self - Narrator (voice: English version)

  3. 1992

    Sondheim: A Celebration at Carnegie Hall

    Self

No release date

  1. Broadway: The Next Generation

    Self