Dick Cavett
Birthdate
November 19, 1936 (88 years old)
Place of Birth
Gibbon, Nebraska, USA
Known For
Acting
Details
Birthdate
November 19, 1936 (88 years old)
Place of Birth
Gibbon, Nebraska, USA
Known For
Acting
Biography
Richard Alva Cavett (/ˈkævɪt/; 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.
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.
Dick Cavett's LGBTQ+ Titles
Truman & Tennessee: An Intimate Conversation
Self - TV Host (archive footage)
Acting (141)
The Kraft Music Hall as Self (1 episode)
From the Ashes: The Life and Times of Tick Hall as Self
I Refuse to Kill: He Went to War with War as Self
2024
From Roger Moore with Love as Self
2024
Faye as Self (archive footage)
2023
Godard Cinema as Self (archive footage)
2023
Godard by Godard as Self (archive footage)
2023
The Lost Weekend: A Love Story as Self (archive footage)
2022
Groucho & Cavett as Self
2022
2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony as Self (archive footage)
2022
Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues as Self (archive footage)
2022
Moonage Daydream as Self (archive footage)
2022
The Ghost of Richard Harris as Self
2022
Joni Mitchell, Lady Blue as Self (archive footage)
2022
Lucy and Desi as Self (archive footage)
2021
Live at Mister Kelly's as Self
2021
The Capote Tapes as Self
2021
Truman & Tennessee: An Intimate Conversation as Self - TV Host (archive footage)
2021
1971: The Year That Music Changed Everything as Self (archive footage) (1 episode)
2021
The Story of Late Night as Self (6 episodes)
2019
Alan Pakula: Going for Truth as Self
2019
Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice as Self (archive footage)
2019
Mike Wallace Is Here as (archive footage)
2019
Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am as Self (archive footage)
2019
What's My Name | Muhammad Ali as Self (archive footage) (2 episodes)
2019
What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael as Self
2019
Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast as Self - TV Host (archive footage)
2018
Nureyev as Self, Archive Footage
2018
Ali & Cavett: The Tale of the Tapes as Self
2018
Bergman: A Year in a Life as Self
2017
This Is Bob Hope... as Self
2017
Stewart & Mitchum: The Two Faces of America as Self
2017
Kyoko as Self (archive footage)
2017
I Am Not Your Negro as Self (archive footage)
2017
On the Sly: In Search of the Family Stone
2016
All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone as Self
2015
Janis: Little Girl Blue as Himself
2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self (1 episode)
2015
Best of Enemies as Self
2015
Listen to Me Marlon as Self (archive footage)
2015
Dick Cavett's Vietnam
2014
James Brown - The Man, The Music & The Message as Self
2014
A Venue For The End Of The World as Himself
2014
Dick Cavett's Watergate as Himself
2014
Katharine Hepburn: The Great Kate as Self - Chat-Show Host
2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self (1 episode)
2014
River of Fundament as Wake Guest
2013
Jimi Hendrix: Hear My Train a Comin' as Self - TV Host (archive footage)
2013
David Bowie: Five Years as Self (archive footage)
2012
Excuse Me for Living as Reverend Pilatus
2012
Deceptive Practice: The Mysteries and Mentors of Ricky Jay as Narrator
2012
Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel as Self (archive footage)
2012
Norman Mailer: The American as Self
2012
Driving Me Crazy as Mr. Johnson
2011
Woody Allen: A Documentary as Self
2011
Mel Brooks and Dick Cavett Together Again as Self
2010
Simon & Garfunkel: Across the Airwaves as Self
2010
Unforgettable
2010
Smash His Camera as Self
2010
Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy as Self (archive footage)
2009
Celebrity Ghost Stories as Self (1 episode)
2009
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen as Self - Guest (1 episode)
2008
Childrens Hospital as Dick Cavett (1 episode)
2008
Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired as Self (archive footage)
2007
Gossip Girl as Self (1 episode)
2007
To My Great Chagrin: The Unbelievable Story of Brother Theodore as Himself
2007
Where Danger Lives: White Rose for Julie
2007
Tension: Who's Guilty Now? as Self
2007
Decoy: A Map to Nowhere as Self
2007
Black White + Gray: A Portrait of Sam Wagstaff and Robert Mapplethorpe as Self (archive footage)
2006
The Dick Cavett Show with Mel Brooks as Self
2005
Duane Hopwood
2005
Frontier University Dreams as Narrator
2005
Inside Deep Throat as Self
2004
Celsius 41.11 as Self (archive footage)
2003
Jack Paar: Smart Television as Self
2003
The Education of Gore Vidal as Self (archive footage)
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live! (1 episode)
2000
Behind the Seams as Detective
2000
Once Upon a Sleigh Ride: The Music & Life of Leon Anderson as Narrator
1999
Sell & Spin: A History of Advertising as Narrator
1997
Elvis Meets Nixon as Narrator
1995
The History of Rock 'n' Roll as Self
1994
Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage as Self (archive footage)
1994
Forrest Gump as Dick Cavett
1993
Barbarians at the Gate as Self
1991
Year of the Gun as Ben Gershon
1991
The One, the Only... Groucho as Self
1991
The Fred Astaire Songbook as Self (archive footage)
1990
Robert Redford & Sydney Pollack: The Men and Their Movies as Self
1990
Night of 100 Stars III as Self
1990
Spy Magazine Presents How to Be Famous as himself
1989
The Simpsons as Dick Cavett (voice) (1 episode)
1988
Moon Over Parador as Self
1988
After School as Himself
1988
Funny as Self
1988
Beetlejuice as Bernard
1987
Penn & Teller's Invisible Thread as Himself
1987
A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors as Dick Cavett
1986
Bye Bye Kipling as Self
1986
Doctor Duck's Super Secret All-Purpose Sauce as Self
1985
Amazing Stories as Dick Cavett (1 episode)
1982
Cheers as Himself (1 episode)
1982
Hotel (1 episode)
1982
Yesteryear as Self - Host (6 episodes)
1982
The Video Wine Guide with Dick Cavett as Self
1982
The Marx Brothers in a Nutshell as Self
1981
Remember When as Self - Host (8 episodes)
1980
HealtH as Dick Cavett
1980
Simon as Himself
1979
Time Was as Self - Host (6 episodes)
1979
Remember Me as Narrator
1978
Power Play as Dick Cavett
1977
Annie Hall as Dick Cavett
1975
Saturday Night Live as Self - Cameo (uncredited) (1 episode)
1975
Saturday Night Live as Self - Host (2 episodes)
1975
Funny Girl to Funny Lady as Self
1974
Dinah! as Self (3 episodes)
1974
Janis
1973
Jimi Hendrix as Self (archive footage)
1973
Nightside as Dick Cavett
1972
Imagine as Self
1972
Cocksucker Blues as Self
1972
Yoko Ono: This Is Not Here as Self
1972
Hollywood: The Dream Factory as Narrator (voice)
1971
Festival at Ford's as Self
1971
Fight of the Century as Self-(Audience Member)
1971
Alias Smith and Jones (1 episode)
1970
Friars Club Roast of Don Rickles as Self
1970
The Odd Couple as Dick Cavett (1 episode)
1969
Jimi Hendrix: The Dick Cavett Show as Self
1969
This Is Tom Jones as Self (1 episode)
1968
The Dick Cavett Show as Self - Host (468 episodes)
1967
The Phil Donahue Show as Self (1 episode)
1967
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In as Self (2 episodes)
1966
ABC Stage 67 as Self - Host (1 episode)
1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self (2 episodes)
1962
The Merv Griffin Show as Self (3 episodes)
1958
Kraft Music Hall as Self (5 episodes)
1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Self (1 episode)
1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Self - Presenter (1 episode)
Writing (1)
2018
Ali & Cavett: The Tale of the Tapes
• Writer
Crew (1)
1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1 episode)
• Presenter (1 episode)