James Naughton
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 6 December 1945 · 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.
Known for
Acting 68
- 2026Beer and Hot Chocolate as Len
- 2026Broadway: The Next Generation as Self
- 2025Sit with Me While I Die as Father Ethan
- 2024SilverSizzle as Jamie
- 2023Not the Same Clarence as Clarence
- 2022Past Prologue as Robert
- 2021Paul Newman, Behind Blue Eyes as Himself
- 2021Mooseltoe as Snowball
- 2021Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age as Self
- 2021The Independents as Officer Sanders
- 2016Equity as John
- 2015Childless as Harvey
- 2014Turks & Caicos as Frank Church
- 2013The Word
- 2013Creepy Carrots as Narrator
- 2011Robot Zot!
- 2010Nature Amazing Places Hawaii as Narrates Program Two
- 2008What Do You Do With A Tail Like This?
- 2007Suburban Girl as Robert Eisenberg
- 2006Factory Girl as Fuzzy Sedgwick
- 2006Hacking Democracy as Narrator
- 2006The Devil Wears Prada as Stephen
- 2006Shining Soul: Helen Keller's Spiritual Life and Legacy as Narrator
- 2005Ernest Hemingway: Rivers to the Sea as Ernest Hemingway (voice)
- 2004Fascination as Patrick Doherty
- 2004The Littlest Light on the Christmas Tree as Tim Wiggins/Narrator
- 2003Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There as Self
- 2003Henry Builds a Cabin
- 2002E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial 20th Anniversary Special as Narrator (voice)
- 2000Labor Pains as Dr. Senior
- 2000The Truth About Jane as Robert
- 1999Oxygen as Clark Hannon
- 1998Behind the Planet of the Apes as Self
- 1996Without Memory as Self - Narrator (voice: English version)
- 1996The First Wives Club as Gill Griffin
- 1996The Proprietor as Texan
- 1996First Kid as President Paul Davenport
- 1995Mixed Blessings as Brad Coleman
- 1995Cagney & Lacey: Together Again as James Burton
- 1994Cagney & Lacey: The Return as James Burton
- 1994The Birds II: Land's End as Frank
- 1992Sondheim: A Celebration at Carnegie Hall as Self
- 1991Memorial: Letters from American Soldiers as Reader
- 1990Blown Away as Rick LaSalle
- 1989Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre as Self
- 1988The Good Mother as Brian Dunlop
- 1988Necessity as Rick LaSalle
- 1987The Glass Menagerie as Jim O'Connor
- 1986Sin of Innocence as Andy Colleran
- 1985Between the Darkness and the Dawn as Jack Parrish
- 1985Cat's Eye as Hugh
- 1984Last of the Great Survivors as Richard Wylie
- 1982Parole as Andy Driscoll
- 1982My Body, My Child as Dr. Dan Berensen
- 1982A Stranger Is Watching as Steve Peterson
- 1981The Bunker as James O'Donnell
- 1980Farewell to the Planet of the Apes as Pete Burke
- 1980Life, Liberty and Pursuit on the Planet of the Apes as Pete Burke
- 1980Treachery and Greed on the Planet of the Apes as Pete Burke
- 1980The Forgotten City of the Planet of the Apes as Peter Burke
- 1980Back to the Planet of the Apes as Pete Burke
- 1976Second Wind as Roger
- 1976Diary of the Dead as George
- 1975The First 36 Hours of Dr. Durant as Dr. Baxter
- 1974Antigone as Haemon
- 1974F. Scott Fitzgerald and the Last of the Belles as Capt. John Haines
- 1973The Paper Chase as Kevin Brooks
- 1972Look Homeward, Angel as Ben Gant
Production 1
- 2025Sit with Me While I Die · executive co-producer
Directing 1
- 2003Our Town · director