Dick Cavett
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- November 19, 1936 (age 89)
- Birthplace
- Gibbon, Nebraska, USA
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.
Known For
Filmography
From the Ashes: The Life and Times of Tick Hall
Movie · as Self
I Refuse to Kill: He Went to War with War
Movie · as Self
My Life As Roger Moore
Movie · as Self
Mel Brooks: The 99 Year Old Man!
TV · as Self - Talk Show Host · 1 ep
One to One: John & Yoko
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
From Darkness to Light
Movie · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
SLY LIVES! (aka The Burden of Black Genius)
Movie · as Self
The New Yorker at 100
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
John Candy: I Like Me
Movie · as Self - Host, The Dick Cavett Show (archive footage)
NASA, Nazis and the Space Race
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
From Roger Moore with Love
Movie · as Self
Jim Henson Idea Man
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
An American Family at 50
Movie · as Self
Group Therapy
Movie · as Self - Host, The Dick Cavett Show (archive footage)
Remembering Gene Wilder
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
A Clockwork Orange: The Prophecy
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
The Lost Weekend: A Love Story
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Godard Cinema
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Godard by Godard
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Paul Newman: The Restless
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Lucy and Desi
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
The Ghost of Richard Harris
Movie · as Self
Moonage Daydream
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Groucho & Cavett
Movie · as Self
Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Joni Mitchell, Lady Blue
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Each Day in a Moment
Movie · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Live at Mister Kelly's
Movie · as Self
The Capote Tapes
Movie · as Self
Truman & Tennessee: An Intimate Conversation
Movie · as Self - TV Host (archive footage)
Boulevard! A Hollywood Story
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
My Guest is Orson Welles
Movie
The Story of Late Night
TV · as Self · 6 eps
1971: The Year That Music Changed Everything
TV · as Self (archive footage) · 1 ep
Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael
Movie · as Self
Mike Wallace Is Here
Movie · as (archive footage)
Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Alan Pakula: Going for Truth
Movie · as Self
Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast
Movie · as Self - TV Host (archive footage)
What's My Name | Muhammad Ali
TV · as Self (archive footage) · 2 eps
Bergman: A Year in a Life
Movie · as Self
Ali & Cavett: The Tale of the Tapes
Movie · as Self
Nureyev
Movie · as Self, Archive Footage
On the Sly: In Search of the Family Stone
Movie
This Is Bob Hope...
Movie · as Self
Stewart & Mitchum: The Two Faces of America
Movie · as Self
Kyoko
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone
Movie · as Self
Best of Enemies
Movie · as Self
Janis: Little Girl Blue
Movie · as Self
Listen to Me Marlon
Movie · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Dick Cavett's Vietnam
Movie
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
River of Fundament
Movie · as Wake Guest
A Venue For The End Of The World
Movie · as Himself
James Brown - The Man, The Music & The Message
Movie · as Self
Dick Cavett's Watergate
Movie · as Himself
Katharine Hepburn: The Great Kate
Movie · as Self - Chat-Show Host
Late Night with Seth Meyers
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
David Bowie: Five Years
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Jimi Hendrix: Hear My Train a Comin'
Movie · as Self - TV Host (archive footage)
Gore Vidal: The United States of Amnesia
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Norman Mailer: The American
Movie · as Self
Deceptive Practice: The Mysteries and Mentors of Ricky Jay
Movie · as Narrator
Driving Me Crazy
Movie · as Mr. Johnson
Excuse Me for Living
Movie · as Reverend Pilatus
Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Woody Allen: A Documentary
Movie · as Self
Mel Brooks and Dick Cavett Together Again
Movie · as Self
George Harrison: Living in the Material World
TV · as Self (archive footage) · 2 eps
Smash His Camera
Movie · as Self
Simon & Garfunkel: Across the Airwaves
Movie · as Self
Unforgettable
Movie · as Self
Celebrity Ghost Stories
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Childrens Hospital
TV · as Dick Cavett · 1 ep
To My Great Chagrin: The Unbelievable Story of Brother Theodore
Movie · as Self
Tension: Who's Guilty Now?
Movie · as Self
Decoy: A Map to Nowhere
Movie · as Self
Where Danger Lives: White Rose for Julie
Movie
Black White + Gray: A Portrait of Sam Wagstaff and Robert Mapplethorpe
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Gossip Girl
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Dick Cavett Show with Mel Brooks
Movie · as Self
Stardust: The Bette Davis Story
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Duane Hopwood
Movie
Frontier University Dreams
Movie · as Narrator
Inside Deep Throat
Movie · as Self
Celsius 41.11
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
The Education of Gore Vidal
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Jack Paar: Smart Television
Movie · as Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Bravo Profiles: Penn and Teller
Movie · as Self
Behind the Seams
Movie · as Detective
Once Upon a Sleigh Ride: The Music & Life of Leon Anderson
Movie · as Narrator
Lucille Ball: Finding Lucy
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Frequency
Movie · as Himself
Sell & Spin: A History of Advertising
Movie · as Narrator
Elvis Meets Nixon
Movie · as Narrator
Forrest Gump
Movie · as Dick Cavett
Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Barbarians at the Gate
Movie · as Self
The One, the Only... Groucho
Movie · as Self
Year of the Gun
Movie · as Ben Gershon
The Fred Astaire Songbook
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Night of 100 Stars III
Movie · as Self
Robert Redford & Sydney Pollack: The Men and Their Movies
Movie · as Self
Spy Magazine Presents How to Be Famous
Movie · as Self
The Simpsons
TV · as Dick Cavett (voice) · 1 ep
Moon Over Parador
Movie · as Self
Funny
Movie · as Self
After School
Movie · as Himself
Beetlejuice
Movie · as Bernard
A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
Movie · as Dick Cavett
Penn & Teller's Invisible Thread
Movie · as Dick Cavett
Doctor Duck's Super Secret All-Purpose Sauce
Movie · as Self
Bye Bye Kipling
Movie · as Self
It's Garry Shandling's Show
TV · as Self (archive footage) (audio) (uncredited) · 1 ep
Amazing Stories
TV · as Dick Cavett · 1 ep
Koyaanisqatsi
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
The Marx Brothers in a Nutshell
Movie · as Self
The Video Wine Guide with Dick Cavett
Movie · as Self
Cheers
TV · as Himself · 1 ep
Hotel
TV · 1 ep
Yesteryear
TV · as Self - Host · 6 eps
Late Night with David Letterman
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Dick Cavett Meets ABBA
Movie · as Host
Remember When
TV · as Self - Host · 8 eps
HealtH
Movie · as Dick Cavett
Simon
Movie · as Himself
Remember Me
Movie · as Narrator
Time Was
TV · as Self - Host · 6 eps
Power Play
Movie · as Dick Cavett
Hocus Pocus, It's Magic
Movie · as Self - Host
Annie Hall
Movie · as Dick Cavett
Funny Girl to Funny Lady
Movie · as Self
Saturday Night Live
TV · as Self (uncredited), Self - Host · 1 ep
Janis
Movie
Dinah!
TV · as Self · 3 eps
Jimi Hendrix
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Nightside
Movie · as Dick Cavett
Cocksucker Blues
Movie · as Self
Yoko Ono: This Is Not Here
Movie · as Self
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Imagine
Movie · as Self
Fight of the Century
Movie · as Self-(Audience Member)
Festival at Ford's
Movie · as Self
Alias Smith and Jones
TV · 1 ep
Friars Club Roast of Don Rickles
Movie · as Self
The Odd Couple
TV · as Dick Cavett · 1 ep
Jimi Hendrix: The Dick Cavett Show
Movie · as Self
This Is Tom Jones
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
TV · as Self · 2 eps
The Dick Cavett Show
TV · as Self - Host · 470 eps
The Phil Donahue Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
ABC Stage 67
TV · as Self - Host · 1 ep
The Merv Griffin Show
TV · as Self · 4 eps
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV · as Self · 3 eps
Playhouse 90: The Hiding Place
Movie
Kraft Music Hall
TV · as Self · 5 eps