Dick Cavett
Acting
Born: November 19, 1936 (age 89) · Gibbon, Nebraska, USA
Highest Rated
Biography
Richard Alva Cavett (born November 19, 1936) is an American television personality and former talk show host. He appeared regularly on nationally broadcast television in the United States for five decades, from the 1960s through the 2000s. In later years, Cavett has written an online column for The New York Times, promoted DVDs of his former shows as well as a book of his Times columns, and hosted replays of his TV interviews with Bette Davis, Lucille Ball, Salvador Dalí, Lee Marvin, Groucho Marx, Katharine Hepburn, Judy Garland, Marlon Brando, Orson Welles, Woody Allen, Ingmar Bergman, Jean-Luc Godard, Robert Mitchum, John Lennon, George Harrison, Jimi Hendrix, Richard Burton, Sophia Loren, Marcello Mastroianni, Kirk Douglas and others on Turner Classic Movies.
Photos (1)
Movies (26)
Forrest Gump
Dick Cavett
Beetlejuice
Bernard
Annie Hall
Dick Cavett
A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
Dick Cavett
Year of the Gun
Ben Gershon
River of Fundament
Wake Guest
Mike Wallace Is Here
(archive footage)
Elvis Meets Nixon
Narrator
Excuse Me for Living
Reverend Pilatus
Power Play
Dick Cavett
HealtH
Dick Cavett
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
Narrator (voice)
Penn & Teller's Invisible Thread
Dick Cavett
Driving Me Crazy
Mr. Johnson
Behind the Seams
Detective
Nightside
Dick Cavett
Playhouse 90: The Hiding Place
1960
Dick Cavett's Vietnam
2015
Duane Hopwood
2005
My Guest is Orson Welles
2021
Dick Cavett Meets ABBA
Host
Remember Me
Narrator
Frontier University Dreams
Narrator
Deceptive Practice: The Mysteries and Mentors of Ricky Jay
Narrator
On the Sly: In Search of the Family Stone
2017
Janis
1974
TV Shows (6)
Self / Appearances (117)
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest · 1 eps
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self · 3 eps
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self · 1 eps
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self - Guest · 1 eps
Saturday Night Live
Self (uncredited) · 1 eps
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host · 2 eps
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self - Guest · 1 eps
Late Night with David Letterman
Self - Guest · 1 eps
The Merv Griffin Show
Self · 4 eps
Cheers
Himself · 1 eps
Gossip Girl
Self · 1 eps
The Dick Cavett Show
Self - Host · 470 eps
Dinah!
Self · 3 eps
Celebrity Ghost Stories
Self · 1 eps
Kraft Music Hall
Self · 5 eps
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Self · 2 eps
Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues
Self (archive footage)
Jim Henson Idea Man
Self (archive footage)
John Candy: I Like Me
Self - Host, The Dick Cavett Show (archive footage)
It's Garry Shandling's Show
Self (archive footage) (audio) (uncredited) · 1 eps
Frequency
Himself
1971: The Year That Music Changed Everything
Self (archive footage) · 1 eps
Moonage Daydream
Self (archive footage)
ABC Stage 67
Self - Host · 1 eps
The Phil Donahue Show
Self · 1 eps
Mel Brooks: The 99 Year Old Man!
Self - Talk Show Host · 1 eps
What's My Name | Muhammad Ali
Self (archive footage) · 2 eps
George Harrison: Living in the Material World
Self (archive footage) · 2 eps
Bergman: A Year in a Life
Self
Inside Deep Throat
Self
SLY LIVES! (aka The Burden of Black Genius)
Self
The New Yorker at 100
Self (archive footage)
This Is Tom Jones
Self · 1 eps
The Story of Late Night
Self · 6 eps
Remembering Gene Wilder
Self (archive footage)
Koyaanisqatsi
Self (archive footage)
From Roger Moore with Love
Self
Listen to Me Marlon
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Janis: Little Girl Blue
Himself
Moon Over Parador
Self
One to One: John & Yoko
Self (archive footage)
2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
Self (archive footage)
The Lost Weekend: A Love Story
Self (archive footage)
Woody Allen: A Documentary
Self
Truman & Tennessee: An Intimate Conversation
Self - TV Host (archive footage)
Lucy and Desi
Self (archive footage)
Remember When
Self - Host · 8 eps
Imagine
Self
Barbarians at the Gate
Self
All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone
Self
From Darkness to Light
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Jimi Hendrix
Self (archive footage)
An American Family at 50
Self
Boulevard! A Hollywood Story
Self (archive footage)
Best of Enemies
Self
Godard Cinema
Self (archive footage)
Paul Newman: The Restless
Self (archive footage)
Gore Vidal: The United States of Amnesia
Self (archive footage)
Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am
Self (archive footage)
What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael
Self
Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast
Self - TV Host (archive footage)
Jack Paar: Smart Television
Self
The Education of Gore Vidal
Self (archive footage)
Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired
Self (archive footage)
Celsius 41.11
Self (archive footage)
The Capote Tapes
Self
After School
Himself
Alan Pakula: Going for Truth
Self
Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel
Self (archive footage)
The Ghost of Richard Harris
Self
Night of 100 Stars III
Self
Dick Cavett's Watergate
Himself
Live at Mister Kelly's
Self
Godard by Godard
Self (archive footage)
NASA, Nazis and the Space Race
Self (archive footage)
Yesteryear
Self - Host · 6 eps
Funny Girl to Funny Lady
Self
Stardust: The Bette Davis Story
Self (archive footage)
Cocksucker Blues
Self
The One, the Only... Groucho
Self
Time Was
Self - Host · 6 eps
David Bowie: Five Years
Self (archive footage)
The Marx Brothers in a Nutshell
Self
The Fred Astaire Songbook
Self (archive footage)
Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage
Self (archive footage)
Kyoko
Self (archive footage)
Norman Mailer: The American
Self
Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice
Self (archive footage)
Joni Mitchell, Lady Blue
Self (archive footage)
Smash His Camera
Self
Group Therapy
Self - Host, The Dick Cavett Show (archive footage)
Ali & Cavett: The Tale of the Tapes
Self
This Is Bob Hope...
Self
Jimi Hendrix: Hear My Train a Comin'
Self - TV Host (archive footage)
A Clockwork Orange: The Prophecy
Self (archive footage)
Groucho & Cavett
Self
Yoko Ono: This Is Not Here
Self
Fight of the Century
Self-(Audience Member)
Jimi Hendrix: The Dick Cavett Show
Self
Robert Redford & Sydney Pollack: The Men and Their Movies
Self
Simon
Himself
Unforgettable
Self
The Video Wine Guide with Dick Cavett
Self
Stewart & Mitchum: The Two Faces of America
Self
James Brown - The Man, The Music & The Message
Self
Katharine Hepburn: The Great Kate
Self - Chat-Show Host
Nureyev
Self, Archive Footage
Black White + Gray: A Portrait of Sam Wagstaff and Robert Mapplethorpe
Self (archive footage)
Bravo Profiles: Penn and Teller
Self
Friars Club Roast of Don Rickles
Self
Mel Brooks and Dick Cavett Together Again
Self
A Venue For The End Of The World
Himself
Doctor Duck's Super Secret All-Purpose Sauce
Self
The Dick Cavett Show with Mel Brooks
Self
Funny
Self
Simon & Garfunkel: Across the Airwaves
Self
Bye Bye Kipling
Self
