Dick Cavett
November 19, 1936 (88 years old) in Gibbon, Nebraska, USA
Richard Alva Cavett 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
Credits
- 2025 · From Darkness to Light as Self (archive footage)
- 2025 · One to One: John & Yoko as Self (archive footage)
- 2025 · SLY LIVES! (aka The Burden of Black Genius) as Self
- 2024 · From Roger Moore with Love as Self
- 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 · 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 · 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
- 2019 · Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast as Self - TV Host (archive footage)
- 2018 · Nureyev as Self, Archive Footage
- 2018 · Bergman: A Year in a Life as Self
- 2017 · Stewart & Mitchum: The Two Faces of America as Self
- 2017 · Kyoko 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
- 2014 · A Venue For The End Of The World as Himself
- 2014 · Katharine Hepburn: The Great Kate as Self - Chat-Show Host
- 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 · Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel as Self (archive footage)
- 2012 · Driving Me Crazy as Mr. Johnson
- 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
- 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 · Decoy: A Map to Nowhere as Self
- 2007 · Tension: Who's Guilty Now? as Self
- 2007 · Where Danger Lives: White Rose for Julie as
- 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 · The Education of Gore Vidal as Self (archive footage)
- 2003 · Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self
- 2000 · Behind the Seams as Detective
- 2000 · Once Upon a Sleigh Ride: The Music & Life of Leon Anderson 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 · Night of 100 Stars III as Self
- 1989 · The Simpsons as Dick Cavett (voice)
- 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 Dick Cavett
- 1987 · A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors as Dick Cavett
- 1986 · It's Garry Shandling's Show as Self (archive footage) (audio) (uncredited)
- 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 · Yesteryear as Self - Host
- 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
- 1974 · Janis as
- 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 · Fight of the Century as Self-(Audience Member)
- 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
- 1968 · Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In as Self
- 1967 · The Phil Donahue Show 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
- Future · From the Ashes: The Life and Times of Tick Hall as Self
- 2021 · Live at Mister Kelly's as Self
- 2019 · Alan Pakula: Going for Truth as Self
- 2018 · Ali & Cavett: The Tale of the Tapes as Self
- 2017 · This Is Bob Hope... as Self
- 2017 · On the Sly: In Search of the Family Stone as
- 2015 · Listen to Me Marlon as Self (archive footage)
- 2015 · Dick Cavett's Vietnam as
- 2014 · James Brown - The Man, The Music & The Message as Self
- 2014 · Dick Cavett's Watergate as Himself
- 2013 · Gore Vidal: The United States of Amnesia as Self (archive footage)
- 2012 · Deceptive Practice: The Mysteries and Mentors of Ricky Jay as Narrator
- 2012 · Norman Mailer: The American as Self
- 2011 · Mel Brooks and Dick Cavett Together Again as Self
- 2010 · Simon & Garfunkel: Across the Airwaves as Self
- 2010 · Unforgettable as
- 2007 · To My Great Chagrin: The Unbelievable Story of Brother Theodore as Himself
- 2006 · The Dick Cavett Show with Mel Brooks as Self
- 2005 · Frontier University Dreams as Narrator
- 2003 · Jack Paar: Smart Television as Self
- 2000 · Lucille Ball: Finding Lucy as Self (archive footage)
- 1999 · Sell & Spin: A History of Advertising as Narrator
- 1990 · Robert Redford & Sydney Pollack: The Men and Their Movies as Self
- 1990 · Spy Magazine Presents How to Be Famous as Self
- 1986 · Bye Bye Kipling as Self
- 1982 · The Video Wine Guide with Dick Cavett as Self
- 1981 · Dick Cavett Meets ABBA as Host
- 1979 · Time Was as Self - Host
- 1979 · Remember Me as Narrator
- 1975 · Funny Girl to Funny Lady as Self
- 1973 · Nightside as Dick Cavett
- 1972 · Yoko Ono: This Is Not Here as Self
- Future · I Refuse to Kill: He Went to War with War as Self
- 1971 · Festival at Ford's as Self
- 1970 · Friars Club Roast of Don Rickles as Self
- 1969 · Jimi Hendrix: The Dick Cavett Show as Self
- 1958 · Kraft Music Hall as Self