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
The First Wives Club (1996)
as Gill Griffin
Cat's Eye (1985)
as Hugh
Turks & Caicos (2014)
as Frank Church
Suburban Girl (2007)
as Robert Eisenberg
Factory Girl (2006)
as Fuzzy Sedgwick
First Kid (1996)
as President Paul Davenport
Equity (2016)
as John
The Bunker (1981)
as James O'Donnell
The Paper Chase (1973)
as Kevin Brooks
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age (2021)
as Self
The Birds II: Land's End (1994)
as Frank
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There (2003)
as Self
The Good Mother (1988)
as Brian Dunlop
Oxygen (1999)
as Clark Hannon
F. Scott Fitzgerald and the Last of the Belles (1974)
as Capt. John Haines
Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre (1989)
as Self
Broadway: The Next Generation (—)
as Self
Behind the Planet of the Apes (1998)
as Self
The Proprietor (1996)
as Texan
Treachery and Greed on the Planet of the Apes (1980)
as Pete Burke
The Glass Menagerie (1987)
as Jim O'Connor
A Stranger Is Watching (1982)
as Steve Peterson
My Body, My Child (1982)
as Dr. Dan Berensen
The Truth About Jane (2000)
as Robert
Sondheim: A Celebration at Carnegie Hall (1992)
as Self
Diary of the Dead (1976)
as George
The Forgotten City of the Planet of the Apes (1980)
as Peter Burke
Back to the Planet of the Apes (1980)
as Pete Burke
The Littlest Light on the Christmas Tree (2004)
as Tim Wiggins/Narrator
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial 20th Anniversary Special (2002)
as Narrator (voice)
Cagney & Lacey: The Return (1994)
as James Burton
Mixed Blessings (1995)
as Brad Coleman
Paul Newman, Behind Blue Eyes (2021)
as Himself
Farewell to the Planet of the Apes (1980)
as Pete Burke
Cagney & Lacey: Together Again (1995)
as James Burton
Fascination (2004)
as Patrick Doherty
Memorial: Letters from American Soldiers (1991)
as Reader
Labor Pains (2000)
as Dr. Senior
Life, Liberty and Pursuit on the Planet of the Apes (1980)
as Pete Burke
Sin of Innocence (1986)
as Andy Colleran
The First 36 Hours of Dr. Durant (1975)
as Dr. Baxter
Between the Darkness and the Dawn (1985)
as Jack Parrish
The Independents (2021)
as Officer Sanders
Second Wind (1976)
as Roger
Look Homeward, Angel (1972)
as Ben Gant
Without Memory (1996)
as Self - Narrator (voice: English version)
Parole (1982)
as Andy Driscoll
Blown Away (1990)
as Rick LaSalle
Last of the Great Survivors (1984)
as Richard Wylie
Robot Zot! (2011)
Actor
Antigone (1974)
as Haemon
Nature Amazing Places Hawaii (2010)
as Narrates Program Two
Childless (2015)
as Harvey
Necessity (1988)
as Rick LaSalle
What Do You Do With A Tail Like This? (2008)
Actor
Mooseltoe (2021)
as Snowball
Hacking Democracy (2006)
as Narrator
SilverSizzle (2024)
as Jamie
Ernest Hemingway: Rivers to the Sea (2005)
as Ernest Hemingway (voice)
Sit with Me While I Die (2025)
as Father Ethan
Not the Same Clarence (2023)
as Clarence
Past Prologue (2022)
as Robert
The Word (2013)
Actor
Henry Builds a Cabin (2003)
Actor
Creepy Carrots (2013)
as Narrator
Shining Soul: Helen Keller's Spiritual Life and Legacy (2006)
as Narrator