Dick Cavett
November 19, 1936 (88 years old) in Gibbon, Nebraska, USA
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
- 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 · 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)
- 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 · 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)
- 2019 · What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael as Self
- 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 · Kyoko as Self (archive footage)
- 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
- 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
- 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 as
- 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
- 2008 · Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired as Self (archive footage)
- 2007 · Gossip Girl as Self
- 2007 · To My Great Chagrin: The Unbelievable Story of Brother Theodore as Himself
- 2007 · Black White + Gray: A Portrait of Sam Wagstaff and Robert Mapplethorpe as Self (archive footage)
- 2005 · Duane Hopwood as
- 2005 · Inside Deep Throat as Self
- 2004 · Celsius 41.11 as Self (archive footage)
- 2003 · Jack Paar: Smart Television as Self
- 2003 · Jimmy Kimmel Live! as
- 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
- 1989 · The Simpsons as Dick Cavett (voice)
- 1988 · Moon Over Parador as Self
- 1988 · After School as Himself
- 1988 · Beetlejuice as Bernard
- 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
- 1982 · Cheers as Himself
- 1982 · Hotel as
- 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
- 1980 · HealtH as Dick Cavett
- 1980 · Simon as Himself
- 1978 · Power Play as Dick Cavett
- 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
- 1973 · Jimi Hendrix as Self (archive footage)
- 1972 · Imagine as Self
- 1972 · Cocksucker Blues as Self
- 1972 · Hollywood: The Dream Factory as Narrator (voice)
- 1971 · Alias Smith and Jones as
- 1970 · The Odd Couple as Dick Cavett
- 1969 · This Is Tom Jones as Self
- 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
- 1955 · Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Self - Presenter
- Future · I Refuse to Kill: He Went to War with War as Self
- Future · The Kraft Music Hall as Self
- 2022 · Groucho & Cavett as Self
- 2017 · Stewart & Mitchum: The Two Faces of America as Self
- 2017 · On the Sly: In Search of the Family Stone as
- 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 · Katharine Hepburn: The Great Kate as Self - Chat-Show Host
- 2012 · Driving Me Crazy as Mr. Johnson
- 2007 · Decoy: A Map to Nowhere as Self
- 2007 · Tension: Who's Guilty Now? as Self
- 2007 · Where Danger Lives: White Rose for Julie as
- 2006 · The Dick Cavett Show with Mel Brooks as Self
- 2005 · Frontier University Dreams as Narrator
- 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
- 1997 · Elvis Meets Nixon as Narrator
- 1990 · Night of 100 Stars III as Self
- 1990 · Spy Magazine Presents How to Be Famous as himself
- 1988 · Funny as Self
- 1987 · Penn & Teller's Invisible Thread as Himself
- 1982 · Yesteryear as Self - Host
- 1979 · Time Was as Self - Host
- 1979 · Remember Me as Narrator
- 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
- 1971 · Festival at Ford's as Self
- 1971 · Fight of the Century as Self-(Audience Member)
- 1970 · Friars Club Roast of Don Rickles as Self
- 1969 · Jimi Hendrix: The Dick Cavett Show as Self