James Naughton
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.
Known for
Acting97
movieSit with Me While I Die
2025
Father Ethan
movieNot the Same Clarence
2023
Clarence
tvCommand Z
2023
Justice Frank Richardson
moviePast Prologue
2022
Robert
tvAnd Just Like That…
2021
Big's Brother
movieMooseltoe
2021
Snowball
movieThe Independents
2021
Officer Sanders
tvThe Romanoffs
2018
Dmitri
movieEquity
2016
John
movieChildless
2015
Harvey
tvThe Affair
2014
Rodney Callahan
movieTurks & Caicos
2014
Frank Church
movieCreepy Carrots
2013
Narrator
tvGolden Boy
2013
Marvin Drexler
tvBlue Bloods
2010
Chief Bell
Nature Amazing Places Hawaii
2010
Narrates Program Two
tvWarehouse 13
2009
Gilbert Radburn
tvGossip Girl
2007
William van der Bilt
tvDamages
2007
Sam Arsenault
movieSuburban Girl
2007
Robert Eisenberg
movieFactory Girl
2006
Fuzzy Sedgwick
movieHacking Democracy
2006
Narrator
movieErnest Hemingway: Rivers to the Sea
2005
Ernest Hemingway (voice)
movieFascination
2004
Patrick Doherty
movieThe Littlest Light on the Christmas Tree
2004
Tim Wiggins/Narrator
movieE.T. the Extra-Terrestrial 20th Anniversary Special
2002
Narrator (voice)
tvLaw & Order: Criminal Intent
2001
Roger Buckman
Labor Pains
2000
Dr. Senior
movieOxygen
1999
Clark Hannon
tvLaw & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
Charlie Moss
tvLiberty!
1997
Patrick Henry
tvAlly McBeal
1997
George McBeal
movieWithout Memory
1996
Self - Narrator (voice: English version)
movieThe First Wives Club
1996
Gill Griffin
movieFirst Kid
1996
President Paul Davenport
movieMixed Blessings
1995
Brad Coleman
movieCagney & Lacey: Together Again
1995
James Burton
movieCagney & Lacey: The Return
1994
James Burton
tvLaw & Order
1990
Barry Taggert
movieBlown Away
1990
Rick LaSalle
movieThe Good Mother
1988
Brian Dunlop
movieNecessity
1988
Rick LaSalle
tvCBS Summer Playhouse
1987
John Dockery
movieThe Glass Menagerie
1987
Jim O'Connor
movieSin of Innocence
1986
Andy Colleran
movieBetween the Darkness and the Dawn
1985
Jack Parrish
tvWho's the Boss?
1984
Michael Bower
movieLast of the Great Survivors
1984
Richard Wylie
tvTrauma Center
1983
Michael Royce
tvNature
1982
Narrator (voice)
movieParole
1982
Andy Driscoll
movieMy Body, My Child
1982
Dr. Dan Berensen
tvCagney & Lacey
1982
Michael Bower
movieA Stranger Is Watching
1982
Steve Peterson
movieThe Bunker
1981
James O'Donnell
movieBack to the Planet of the Apes
1980
Pete Burke
movieSecond Wind
1976
Roger
tvPlanet of the Apes
1974
Pete Burke
movieAntigone
1974
Haemon
movieF. Scott Fitzgerald and the Last of the Belles
1974
Capt. John Haines
movieThe Paper Chase
1973
Kevin Brooks
tvFaraday and Company
1973
Steve Faraday
tvGreat Performances
1971
Haemon
tvMannix
1967
Dr. Hanson
Directing1
movieOur Town
2003
Stage Director, Director
Production1
movieSit with Me While I Die
2025
Executive Co-Producer