
James Naughton
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- December 6, 1945
- Birthplace
- Middletown - Connecticut - USA
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.
Filmography
- Presenting Geraldine Page
Presenting Geraldine Page TBA
Actor

Beer and Hot Chocolate TBA
as Len

Broadway: The Next Generation TBA
as Self

Sit with Me While I Die 2025
as Father Ethan, Executive Co-Producer

SilverSizzle 2024
as Jamie

Not the Same Clarence 2023
as Clarence

Past Prologue 2022
as Robert

Paul Newman, Behind Blue Eyes 2021
as Himself

Mooseltoe 2021
as Snowball

Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age 2021
as Self

The Independents 2021
as Officer Sanders

Equity 2016
as John

Childless 2015
as Harvey

Turks & Caicos 2014
as Frank Church

The Word 2013
Actor

Creepy Carrots 2013
as Narrator

Robot Zot! 2011
Actor
- Nature Amazing Places Hawaii
Nature Amazing Places Hawaii 2010
as Narrates Program Two

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

Suburban Girl 2007
as Robert Eisenberg

Factory Girl 2006
as Fuzzy Sedgwick

Hacking Democracy 2006
as Narrator

The Devil Wears Prada 2006
as Stephen

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

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

Fascination 2004
as Patrick Doherty

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

Our Town 2003
Stage Director, Director

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

Henry Builds a Cabin 2003
Actor

E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial 20th Anniversary Special 2002
as Narrator (voice)
- Labor Pains
Labor Pains 2000
as Dr. Senior

The Truth About Jane 2000
as Robert

Oxygen 1999
as Clark Hannon

Behind the Planet of the Apes 1998
as Self

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

The First Wives Club 1996
as Gill Griffin

The Proprietor 1996
as Texan

First Kid 1996
as President Paul Davenport

Mixed Blessings 1995
as Brad Coleman

Cagney & Lacey: Together Again 1995
as James Burton

Cagney & Lacey: The Return 1994
as James Burton

The Birds II: Land's End 1994
as Frank

Sondheim: A Celebration at Carnegie Hall 1992
as Self

Memorial: Letters from American Soldiers 1991
as Reader
- Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre
Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre 1989
as Self

The Good Mother 1988
as Brian Dunlop

Necessity 1988
as Rick LaSalle

The Glass Menagerie 1987
as Jim O'Connor

Sin of Innocence 1986
as Andy Colleran

Between the Darkness and the Dawn 1985
as Jack Parrish

Cat's Eye 1985
as Hugh

Last of the Great Survivors 1984
as Richard Wylie

Parole 1982
as Andy Driscoll

My Body, My Child 1982
as Dr. Dan Berensen

A Stranger Is Watching 1982
as Steve Peterson

The Bunker 1981
as James O'Donnell

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

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

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

Back to the Planet of the Apes 1980
as Pete Burke

Second Wind 1976
as Roger

Diary of the Dead 1976
as George

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

Antigone 1974
as Haemon

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

The Paper Chase 1973
as Kevin Brooks

Look Homeward, Angel 1972
as Ben Gant
Credits from TMDB.