James Naughton

Acting

James Naughton

Born 6 December 1945 · Middletown - Connecticut - USA · 80

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

Highlights

The Devil Wears Prada2006 · Film · Stephen
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit1999 · Series · Charlie Moss
Gossip Girl2007 · Series · William van der Bilt
Blue Bloods2010 · Series · Chief Bell
Warehouse 132009 · Series · Gilbert Radburn
Law & Order1990 · Series · Barry Taggert

Filmography

Movies

55 films

Sit with Me While I Die2025 · Film · Father Ethan
SilverSizzle2024 · Film · Jamie
Not the Same Clarence2023 · Film · Clarence
Past Prologue2022 · Film · Robert
Mooseltoe2021 · Film · Snowball
The Independents2021 · Film · Officer Sanders
Equity2016 · Film · John
Childless2015 · Film · Harvey
Turks & Caicos2014 · Film · Frank Church
The Word2013 · Film
Robot Zot!2011 · Film
Nature Amazing Places Hawaii2010 · Film · Narrates Program Two
What Do You Do With A Tail Like This?2008 · Film
Suburban Girl2007 · Film · Robert Eisenberg
Factory Girl2006 · Film · Fuzzy Sedgwick
The Devil Wears Prada2006 · Film · Stephen
Ernest Hemingway: Rivers to the Sea2005 · Film · Ernest Hemingway (voice)
Fascination2004 · Film · Patrick Doherty
The Littlest Light on the Christmas Tree2004 · Film · Tim Wiggins/Narrator
Our Town2003 · Film · Director
Henry Builds a Cabin2003 · Film
The Truth About Jane2000 · Film · Robert
Oxygen1999 · Film · Clark Hannon
The First Wives Club1996 · Film · Gill Griffin
The Proprietor1996 · Film · Texan
First Kid1996 · Film · President Paul Davenport
Mixed Blessings1995 · Film · Brad Coleman
Cagney & Lacey: Together Again1995 · Film · James Burton
Cagney & Lacey: The Return1994 · Film · James Burton
The Birds II: Land's End1994 · Film · Frank
Memorial: Letters from American Soldiers1991 · Film · Reader
Blown Away1990 · Film · Rick LaSalle
The Good Mother1988 · Film · Brian Dunlop
Necessity1988 · Film · Rick LaSalle
The Glass Menagerie1987 · Film · Jim O'Connor
Sin of Innocence1986 · Film · Andy Colleran
Between the Darkness and the Dawn1985 · Film · Jack Parrish
Cat's Eye1985 · Film · Hugh
Last of the Great Survivors1984 · Film · Richard Wylie
Parole1982 · Film · Andy Driscoll
My Body, My Child1982 · Film · Dr. Dan Berensen
A Stranger Is Watching1982 · Film · Steve Peterson
The Bunker1981 · Film · James O'Donnell
Farewell to the Planet of the Apes1980 · Film · Pete Burke
Life, Liberty and Pursuit on the Planet of the Apes1980 · Film · Pete Burke
Treachery and Greed on the Planet of the Apes1980 · Film · Pete Burke
The Forgotten City of the Planet of the Apes1980 · Film · Peter Burke
Back to the Planet of the Apes1980 · Film · Pete Burke
Second Wind1976 · Film · Roger
Diary of the Dead1976 · Film · George
The First 36 Hours of Dr. Durant1975 · Film · Dr. Baxter
Antigone1974 · Film · Haemon
F. Scott Fitzgerald and the Last of the Belles1974 · Film · Capt. John Haines
The Paper Chase1973 · Film · Kevin Brooks
Look Homeward, Angel1972 · Film · Ben Gant

Filmography

Series

27 shows

Command Z2023 · Series · Justice Frank Richardson
And Just Like That…2021 · Series · Big's Brother
The Romanoffs2018 · Series · Dmitri
The Affair2014 · Series · Rodney Callahan
Golden Boy2013 · Series · Marvin Drexler
Blue Bloods2010 · Series · Chief Bell
Warehouse 132009 · Series · Gilbert Radburn
Gossip Girl2007 · Series · William van der Bilt
Damages2007 · Series · Sam Arsenault
Out of Practice2005 · Series
Law & Order: Criminal Intent2001 · Series · Roger Buckman
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit1999 · Series · Charlie Moss
Liberty!1997 · Series · Patrick Henry
Ally McBeal1997 · Series · George McBeal
The Cosby Mysteries1994 · Series
Brooklyn Bridge1991 · Series
Law & Order1990 · Series · Barry Taggert
CBS Summer Playhouse1987 · Series · John Dockery
Who's the Boss?1984 · Series
Trauma Center1983 · Series · Michael Royce
Making the Grade1982 · Series · Harry Barnes
Cagney & Lacey1982 · Series · Michael Bower
Joe Forrester1975 · Series
Planet of the Apes1974 · Series · Pete Burke
Faraday and Company1973 · Series · Steve Faraday
Great Performances1971 · Series · Haemon
Mannix1967 · Series · Dr. Hanson