
James Naughton
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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
Credits

The Devil Wears Prada (2006)
as Stephen

Cat's Eye (1985)
as Hugh

The First Wives Club (1996)
as Gill Griffin

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

First Kid (1996)
as President Paul Davenport

Factory Girl (2006)
as Fuzzy Sedgwick

The Bunker (1981)
as James O'Donnell

Turks & Caicos (2014)
as Frank Church

Suburban Girl (2007)
as Robert Eisenberg

A Stranger Is Watching (1982)
as Steve Peterson

Equity (2016)
as John

Oxygen (1999)
as Clark Hannon

The Good Mother (1988)
as Brian Dunlop

Broadway: The Next Generation (—)
as Self

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

Behind the Planet of the Apes (1998)
as Self

The Glass Menagerie (1987)
as Jim O'Connor

The Paper Chase (1973)
as Kevin Brooks

The Birds II: Land's End (1994)
as Frank

The Truth About Jane (2000)
as Robert
Labor Pains (2000)
as Dr. Senior

Sin of Innocence (1986)
as Andy Colleran

Farewell to the Planet of the Apes (1980)
as Pete Burke

Memorial: Letters from American Soldiers (1991)
as Reader

Back to the Planet of the Apes (1980)
as Pete Burke
Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre (1989)
as Self

Second Wind (1976)
as Roger

Sondheim: A Celebration at Carnegie Hall (1992)
as Self

Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age (2021)
as Self
Look Homeward, Angel (1972)
as Ben Gant

Cagney & Lacey: Together Again (1995)
as James Burton

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

Diary of the Dead (1976)
as George

The Proprietor (1996)
as Texan

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

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

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

Mixed Blessings (1995)
as Brad Coleman

Cagney & Lacey: The Return (1994)
as James Burton

Parole (1982)
as Andy Driscoll

Paul Newman, Behind Blue Eyes (2021)
as Himself

Fascination (2004)
as Patrick Doherty

My Body, My Child (1982)
as Dr. Dan Berensen

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

Antigone (1974)
as Haemon

Blown Away (1990)
as Rick LaSalle

Last of the Great Survivors (1984)
as Richard Wylie

Necessity (1988)
as Rick LaSalle

Between the Darkness and the Dawn (1985)
as Jack Parrish

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

Hacking Democracy (2006)
as Narrator

The Independents (2021)
as Officer Sanders

Not the Same Clarence (2023)
as Clarence

Childless (2015)
as Harvey
Nature Amazing Places Hawaii (2010)
as Narrates Program Two

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

Mooseltoe (2021)
as Snowball

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

Sit with Me While I Die (—)
as Father Ethan

The Word (2013)
Actor

Robot Zot! (2011)
Actor

Creepy Carrots (2013)
as Narrator

SilverSizzle (2024)
as Jamie

Past Prologue (2022)
as Robert

Shining Soul: Helen Keller's Spiritual Life and Legacy (2006)
as Narrator

Henry Builds a Cabin (2003)
Actor

What Do You Do With A Tail Like This? (2008)
Actor





