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.
2025Sit with Me While I DieMovieas Father Ethan · Executive Co-Producer
2024SilverSizzleMovieas Jamie
2023Not the Same ClarenceMovieas Clarence
2023Command ZTV showas Justice Frank Richardson · 1 episodes
2022Past PrologueMovieas Robert2021And Just Like That…TV showas Big's Brother · 2 episodes
2021Paul Newman, Behind Blue EyesMovieas Himself
2021MooseltoeMovieas Snowball
2021Broadway: Beyond the Golden AgeMovieas Self
2021The IndependentsMovieas Officer Sanders
2020Stars in the HouseTV showas Self · 1 episodes
2018The RomanoffsTV showas Dmitri · 1 episodes
2016EquityMovieas John
2015ChildlessMovieas Harvey2014The AffairTV showas Rodney Callahan · 1 episodes2014Turks & CaicosMovieas Frank Church
2013The WordMovie
2013Creepy CarrotsMovieas Narrator
2013Golden BoyTV showas Marvin Drexler · 1 episodes
2011Robot Zot!Movie2010Blue BloodsTV showas Chief Bell · 1 episodes
2010Nature Amazing Places HawaiiMovieas Narrates Program Two2009Warehouse 13TV showas Gilbert Radburn · 1 episodes
2008What Do You Do With A Tail Like This?Movie2007Gossip GirlTV showas William van der Bilt · 10 episodes2007DamagesTV showas Sam Arsenault · 2 episodes2007Suburban GirlMovieas Robert Eisenberg2006Factory GirlMovieas Fuzzy Sedgwick
2006Hacking DemocracyMovieas Narrator2006The Devil Wears PradaMovieas Stephen
2006Shining Soul: Helen Keller's Spiritual Life and LegacyMovieas Narrator
2005Out of PracticeTV show1 episodes
2005Ernest Hemingway: Rivers to the SeaMovieas Ernest Hemingway (voice)
2004FascinationMovieas Patrick Doherty
2004The Littlest Light on the Christmas TreeMovieas Tim Wiggins/Narrator
2003Our TownMovieStage Director · Director
2003Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were ThereMovieas Self
2003Henry Builds a CabinMovie
2002E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial 20th Anniversary SpecialMovieas Narrator (voice)2001Law & Order: Criminal IntentTV showas Roger Buckman · 1 episodes
2000The Truth About JaneMovieas Robert
1999OxygenMovieas Clark Hannon1999Law & Order: Special Victims UnitTV showas Charlie Moss · 2 episodes
1998Behind the Planet of the ApesMovieas Self
1997Liberty!TV showas Patrick Henry · 6 episodes1997Ally McBealTV showas George McBeal · 4 episodes
1996Without MemoryMovieas Self - Narrator (voice: English version)1996The First Wives ClubMovieas Gill Griffin
1996The ProprietorMovieas Texan1996First KidMovieas President Paul Davenport
1995Mixed BlessingsMovieas Brad Coleman
1995Cagney & Lacey: Together AgainMovieas James Burton
1994Cagney & Lacey: The ReturnMovieas James Burton
1994The Cosby MysteriesTV show18 episodes
1994The Birds II: Land's EndMovieas Frank
1992Sondheim: A Celebration at Carnegie HallMovieas Self
1991Brooklyn BridgeTV show3 episodes
1991Memorial: Letters from American SoldiersMovieas Reader1990Law & OrderTV showas Barry Taggert · 1 episodes
1990Blown AwayMovieas Rick LaSalle
1989Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group TheatreMovieas Self
1988The Good MotherMovieas Brian Dunlop
1988NecessityMovieas Rick LaSalle
1987CBS Summer PlayhouseTV showas John Dockery · 1 episodes
1987The Glass MenagerieMovieas Jim O'Connor
1986Sin of InnocenceMovieas Andy Colleran
1985Between the Darkness and the DawnMovieas Jack Parrish1985Cat's EyeMovieas Hugh1984Who's the Boss?TV showas Michael Bower · 3 episodes
1984Last of the Great SurvivorsMovieas Richard Wylie
1983Trauma CenterTV showas Michael Royce · 13 episodes
1982NatureTV showas Narrator (voice) · 2 episodes
1982ParoleMovieas Andy Driscoll
1982My Body, My ChildMovieas Dr. Dan Berensen
1982Making the GradeTV showas Harry Barnes · 6 episodes
1982Cagney & LaceyTV showas Michael Bower · 1 episodes
1982A Stranger Is WatchingMovieas Steve Peterson
1981The BunkerMovieas James O'Donnell
1980Farewell to the Planet of the ApesMovieas Pete Burke
1980Life, Liberty and Pursuit on the Planet of the ApesMovieas Pete Burke
1980Treachery and Greed on the Planet of the ApesMovieas Pete Burke
1980The Forgotten City of the Planet of the ApesMovieas Peter Burke
1980Back to the Planet of the ApesMovieas Pete Burke
1976Second WindMovieas Roger
1976Diary of the DeadMovieas George
1975Joe ForresterTV show1 episodes
1975The First 36 Hours of Dr. DurantMovieas Dr. Baxter1974Planet of the ApesTV showas Pete Burke · 14 episodes
1974AntigoneMovieas Haemon
1974F. Scott Fitzgerald and the Last of the BellesMovieas Capt. John Haines1973The Paper ChaseMovieas Kevin Brooks
1973Faraday and CompanyTV showas Steve Faraday · 4 episodes
1972Look Homeward, AngelMovieas Ben Gant
1971Great PerformancesTV showas Haemon · 1 episodes
1967MannixTV showas Dr. Hanson · 1 episodes
—Broadway: The Next GenerationMovieas Self
—Beer and Hot ChocolateMovieas Len