
James Naughton
Known for Acting · 96 credits
- Born
- 1945-12-06 (age 80)
- Place of birth
- Middletown - Connecticut - USA
- Also known as
- James J. Naughton
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.
Known For
TV Shows (30)

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
as Charlie Moss

Law & Order
1990
as Barry Taggert

Blue Bloods
2010
as Chief Bell

Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001
as Roger Buckman

Gossip Girl
2007
as William van der Bilt

Mannix
1967
as Dr. Hanson

Great Performances
1971
as Haemon

Nature
1982
as Narrator (voice)

Warehouse 13
2009
as Gilbert Radburn

Damages
2007
as Sam Arsenault

Cagney & Lacey
1982
as Michael Bower

The Affair
2014
as Rodney Callahan

Who's the Boss?
1984
as Michael Bower

Stars in the House
2020
as Self

And Just Like That…
2021
as Big's Brother

Ally McBeal
1997
as George McBeal

Golden Boy
2013
as Marvin Drexler

The Romanoffs
2018
as Dmitri

CBS Summer Playhouse
1987
as John Dockery

Brooklyn Bridge
1991

Out of Practice
2005

Planet of the Apes
1974
as Pete Burke

Trauma Center
1983
as Michael Royce

Joe Forrester
1975

Command Z
2023
as Justice Frank Richardson

Liberty!
1997
as Patrick Henry

The Cosby Mysteries
1994

Faraday and Company
1973
as Steve Faraday
Raising Miranda
1988
Making the Grade
1982
Movies (66)

The Devil Wears Prada
2006
as Stephen

The First Wives Club
1996
as Gill Griffin

Suburban Girl
2007
as Robert Eisenberg

First Kid
1996
as President Paul Davenport

Cat's Eye
1985
as Hugh

Factory Girl
2006
as Fuzzy Sedgwick
Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre
1989
as Self

Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
2021
as Self

Turks & Caicos
2014
as Frank Church

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

Equity
2016
as John

Broadway: The Next Generation
as Self

The Truth About Jane
2000
as Robert

The Bunker
1981
as James O'Donnell

Oxygen
1999
as Clark Hannon

Memorial: Letters from American Soldiers
1991
as Reader

The Good Mother
1988
as Brian Dunlop

Behind the Planet of the Apes
1998
as Self

Farewell to the Planet of the Apes
1980
as Pete Burke

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

Cagney & Lacey: Together Again
1995
as James Burton

Back to the Planet of the Apes
1980
as Pete Burke

The Glass Menagerie
1987
as Jim O'Connor

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

Sondheim: A Celebration at Carnegie Hall
1992
as Self

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

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

The Paper Chase
1973
as Kevin Brooks

The Birds II: Land's End
1994
as Frank

E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial 20th Anniversary Special
2002
as Narrator (voice)

Cagney & Lacey: The Return
1994
as James Burton

A Stranger Is Watching
1982
as Steve Peterson

Last of the Great Survivors
1984
as Richard Wylie

Mixed Blessings
1995
as Brad Coleman

Fascination
2004
as Patrick Doherty

Diary of the Dead
1976
as George

Second Wind
1976
as Roger

Sin of Innocence
1986
as Andy Colleran

The Proprietor
1996
as Texan

Necessity
1988
as Rick LaSalle

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

Childless
2015
as Harvey
Look Homeward, Angel
1972
as Ben Gant

Parole
1982
as Andy Driscoll

Paul Newman, Behind Blue Eyes
2021
as Himself

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

Between the Darkness and the Dawn
1985
as Jack Parrish
Labor Pains
2000
as Dr. Senior

My Body, My Child
1982
as Dr. Dan Berensen

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

Antigone
1974
as Haemon

Shining Soul: Helen Keller's Spiritual Life and Legacy
2006
as Narrator
Nature Amazing Places Hawaii
2010
as Narrates Program Two

Mooseltoe
2021
as Snowball

The Word
2013

The Independents
2021
as Officer Sanders

SilverSizzle
2024
as Jamie

Hacking Democracy
2006
as Narrator

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

Creepy Carrots
2013
as Narrator

Robot Zot!
2011

Past Prologue
2022
as Robert

What Do You Do With A Tail Like This?
2008

Sit with Me While I Die
as Father Ethan

Not the Same Clarence
2023
as Clarence

Henry Builds a Cabin
2003
About 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. With 96 credits spanning from 1967 to 2024, James Naughton has appeared in 66 films and 30 TV shows.
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- The Devil Wears Prada (2006) — as Stephen
- The First Wives Club (1996) — as Gill Griffin
- Suburban Girl (2007) — as Robert Eisenberg
- First Kid (1996) — as President Paul Davenport
- Cat's Eye (1985) — as Hugh
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