James Naughton

Personal Info

Birthday

December 6, 1945

(79 years old)

Place of Birth

Middletown - Connecticut - USA

Also Known As

James J. Naughton

James 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

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Law & Order

Blue Bloods

Nature

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

Gossip Girl

Mannix

Great Performances

Filmography

2024
SilverSizzle
as Jamie
2023
Not the Same Clarence
as Clarence
2022
Past Prologue
as Robert
2021
Paul Newman, Behind Blue Eyes
as Himself
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
as Self
The Independents
as Officer Sanders
2017
Broadway: The Next Generation
as Self
2016
Equity
as John
2015
Childless
as Harvey
2014
Turks & Caicos
as Frank Church
2013
Creepy Carrots
as Narrator
2010
Nature Amazing Places Hawaii
as Narrates Program Two
2007
Suburban Girl
as Robert Eisenberg
2006
Factory Girl
as Fuzzy Sedgwick
Hacking Democracy
as Narrator
The Devil Wears Prada
as Stephen
Shining Soul: Helen Keller's Spiritual Life and Legacy
as Narrator
2005
Ernest Hemingway: Rivers to the Sea
as Ernest Hemingway (voice)
2004
Fascination
as Patrick Doherty
The Littlest Light on the Christmas Tree
as Tim Wiggins/Narrator
2003
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
as Self
2002
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial 20th Anniversary Special
as Narrator (voice)
2000
Labor Pains
as Dr. Senior
The Truth About Jane
as Robert
1999
Oxygen
as Clark Hannon
1998
Behind the Planet of the Apes
as Self
1996
Without Memory
as Narrator
The First Wives Club
as Gill Griffin
The Proprietor
as Texan
First Kid
as President Paul Davenport
1995
Mixed Blessings
as Brad Coleman
Cagney & Lacey: Together Again
as James Burton
1994
Cagney & Lacey: The Return
as James Burton
The Birds II: Land's End
as Frank
1992
Sondheim: A Celebration at Carnegie Hall
as Self
1991
Memorial: Letters from American Soldiers
as Reader
1989
Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre
as Self
1988
The Good Mother
as Brian Dunlop
Necessity
as Rick LaSalle
1987
The Glass Menagerie
as Jim O'Connor
1986
Sin of Innocence
as Andy Colleran
1985
Between the Darkness and the Dawn
as Jack Parrish
Cat's Eye
as Hugh
1984
Last of the Great Survivors
as Richard Wylie
1982
A Stranger Is Watching
as Steve Peterson
Parole
as Andy Driscoll
My Body, My Child
as Dr. Dan Berensen
1981
The Bunker
as James O'Donnell
1980
Farewell to the Planet of the Apes
as Pete Burke
Life, Liberty and Pursuit on the Planet of the Apes
as Pete Burke
Treachery and Greed on the Planet of the Apes
as Pete Burke
The Forgotten City of the Planet of the Apes
as Peter Burke
Back to the Planet of the Apes
as Pete Burke
1976
Second Wind
as Roger
Diary of the Dead
as George
1975
The First 36 Hours of Dr. Durant
as Dr. Baxter
1974
Antigone
as Haemon
F. Scott Fitzgerald and the Last of the Belles
as Capt. John Haines
1973
The Paper Chase
as Kevin Brooks
1972
Look Homeward, Angel
as Ben Gant