Dick Cavett
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. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Known For
Credits
- 2023 · The Lost Weekend: A Love Story as Self (archive footage)
- 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 · Lucy and Desi as Self (archive footage)
- 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)
- 2021 · The Story of Late Night as Self
- 2019 · Alan Pakula: Going for Truth as Self
- 2019 · Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice as Self (archive footage)
- 2019 · Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am as Self (archive footage)
- 2019 · What's My Name | Muhammad Ali as Self (archive footage)
- 2018 · Ali & Cavett: The Tale of the Tapes as Self
- 2017 · I Am Not Your Negro as Self (archive footage)
- 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
- 2015 · Best of Enemies as Self
- 2015 · Listen to Me Marlon as Self (archive footage)
- 2014 · James Brown - The Man, The Music & The Message as Self
- 2014 · Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
- 2013 · Jimi Hendrix: Hear My Train a Comin' as Self - TV Host (archive footage)
- 2012 · Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel as Self (archive footage)
- 2012 · Norman Mailer: The American as Self
- 2011 · Woody Allen: A Documentary as Self
- 2011 · George Harrison: Living in the Material World as Self (archive footage)
- 2010 · Smash His Camera as Self
- 2010 · Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy as Self (archive footage)
- 2009 · Celebrity Ghost Stories as Self
- 2009 · Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen as Self - Guest
- 2008 · Childrens Hospital as Dick Cavett
- 2007 · Gossip Girl as Self
- 2005 · Inside Deep Throat as Self
- 2003 · Jimmy Kimmel Live! as
- 1994 · Forrest Gump as Dick Cavett
- 1991 · Year of the Gun as Ben Gershon
- 1989 · The Simpsons as Dick Cavett (voice)
- 1988 · Moon Over Parador as Self
- 1988 · Beetlejuice as Bernard
- 1987 · A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors as Dick Cavett
- 1985 · Amazing Stories as Dick Cavett
- 1982 · Cheers as Himself
- 1982 · Hotel as
- 1977 · Annie Hall as Dick Cavett
- 1975 · Saturday Night Live as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
- 1975 · Saturday Night Live as Self - Host
- 1974 · Dinah! as Self
- 1971 · Alias Smith and Jones as
- 1970 · The Odd Couple as Dick Cavett
- 1969 · This Is Tom Jones as
- 1968 · The Dick Cavett Show as Self - Host
- 1967 · The Phil Donahue Show as Self
- 1967 · Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In as Self
- 1966 · ABC Stage 67 as Self - Host
- 1962 · The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self
- 1962 · The Merv Griffin Show as Self
- 1958 · Kraft Music Hall as Self
- 1955 · Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Self - Presenter
- 1955 · Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Self
- Future · The Kraft Music Hall as Self
- 2023 · Godard Cinema as Self (archive footage)
- 2023 · Godard by Godard as Self (archive footage)
- 2019 · Mike Wallace Is Here as (archive footage)
- 2019 · What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael as Self
- 2018 · Nureyev as Self, Archive Footage
- 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
- 2015 · Dick Cavett's Vietnam as
- 2014 · A Venue For The End Of The World as Himself
- 2014 · Dick Cavett's Watergate as Himself
- 2014 · River of Fundament as Wake Guest
- 2013 · David Bowie: Five Years as Self (archive footage)
- 2012 · Excuse Me for Living as Reverend Pilatus
- 2012 · Driving Me Crazy as Mr. Johnson
- 2010 · Simon & Garfunkel: Across the Airwaves as Self
- 2008 · Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired as Self (archive footage)
- 2007 · Where Danger Lives: White Rose for Julie as
- 2005 · Duane Hopwood as
- 2004 · Celsius 41.11 as Self (archive footage)
- 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)
- 1991 · The One, the Only... Groucho as Self
- 1991 · The Fred Astaire Songbook as Self (archive footage)
- 1990 · Night of 100 Stars III as Self
- 1988 · After School as Himself
- 1987 · Penn & Teller's Invisible Thread as Himself
- 1986 · Doctor Duck's Super Secret All-Purpose Sauce as Self
- 1980 · Simon as Himself
- 1979 · Remember Me as Narrator
- 1973 · Jimi Hendrix as Self (archive footage)
- 1972 · Hollywood: The Dream Factory as Narrator (voice)
- Future · I Refuse to Kill: He Went to War with War as Self
- 2022 · Groucho & Cavett as Self
- 2022 · The Ghost of Richard Harris as Self
- 2021 · Live at Mister Kelly's as Self
- 2017 · Kyoko as Himself (archive footage)
- 2014 · Katharine Hepburn: The Great Kate as Self - Chat-Show Host
- 2012 · Deceptive Practice: The Mysteries and Mentors of Ricky Jay as Narrator
- 2011 · Mel Brooks and Dick Cavett Together Again as Self
- 2010 · Unforgettable as
- 2007 · To My Great Chagrin as Himself
- 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 · Frontier University Dreams as Narrator
- 2003 · Jack Paar: Smart Television as Self
- 2003 · The Education of Gore Vidal as Self (archive footage)
- 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
- 1993 · Barbarians at the Gate as Self
- 1990 · Robert Redford & Sydney Pollack: The Men and Their Movies as Self
- 1990 · Spy Magazine Presents How to Be Famous as himself
- 1988 · Funny as Self
- 1986 · Bye Bye Kipling as Self
- 1982 · The Video Wine Guide with Dick Cavett as Self
- 1982 · The Marx Brothers in a Nutshell as Self
- 1980 · Health as Dick Cavett
- 1979 · Time Was as Host
- 1978 · Power Play as Dick Cavett
- 1975 · Funny Girl to Funny Lady as Self
- 1974 · Janis as
- 1972 · Yoko Ono: This Is Not Here as Self
- Future · From the Ashes: The Life and Times of Tick Hall as Self
- 1973 · Nightside as Dick Cavett
- 1972 · Imagine as Self
- 1972 · Cocksucker Blues as Self
- 1969 · Jimi Hendrix: The Dick Cavett Show as Himself