Dick Cavett
Birthday
1936/11/19 (88 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Gibbon, Nebraska, USA
Also know as
Richard Alva Cavett
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, ...Read more
Acting
(1977) Annie Hall
as Dick Cavett
From the Ashes: The Life and Times of Tick Hall
as Self
(1987) A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
as Dick Cavett
(2018) Bergman: A Year in a Life
as Self
(1972) Cocksucker Blues
as Self
(2021) Live at Mister Kelly's
as Self
(1986) Doctor Duck's Super Secret All-Purpose Sauce
as Self
(2023) The Lost Weekend: A Love Story
as Self (archive footage)
(2023) Godard Cinema
as Self (archive footage)
(1988) Moon Over Parador
as Self
(1988) Funny
as Self
(1972) Yoko Ono: This Is Not Here
as Self
(2011) Woody Allen: A Documentary
as Self
(1995) The History of Rock 'n' Roll
as Self
(2013) David Bowie: Five Years
as Self (archive footage)
(1980) HealtH
as Dick Cavett
(2010) Smash His Camera
as Self
(1982) The Marx Brothers in a Nutshell
as Self
(2012) Norman Mailer: The American
as Self
(2022) Lucy and Desi
as Self (archive footage)
(1982) The Video Wine Guide with Dick Cavett
as Self
(2021) The Capote Tapes
as Self
(2012) Deceptive Practice: The Mysteries and Mentors of Ricky Jay
as Narrator
(2008) Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired
as Self (archive footage)
(2007) To My Great Chagrin: The Unbelievable Story of Brother Theodore
as Himself
(2023) Godard by Godard
as Self (archive footage)
(1988) After School
as Himself
(2014) River of Fundament
as Wake Guest
(2022) The Ghost of Richard Harris
as Self
(2007) Tension: Who's Guilty Now?
as Self
(2007) Decoy: A Map to Nowhere
as Self
(2014) A Venue For The End Of The World
as Himself
(2014) James Brown - The Man, The Music & The Message
as Self
(1990) Night of 100 Stars III
as Self
(2022) Moonage Daydream
as Self (archive footage)
(1988) Beetlejuice
as Bernard
(1997) Elvis Meets Nixon
as Narrator
(1990) Robert Redford & Sydney Pollack: The Men and Their Movies
as Self
(1972) Hollywood: The Dream Factory
as Narrator (voice)
(2000) Behind the Seams
as Detective
(2011) Mel Brooks and Dick Cavett Together Again
as Self
(2019) Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am
as Self (archive footage)
(2019) What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael
as Self
(2022) 2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
as Self (archive footage)
(2019) Mike Wallace Is Here
as (archive footage)
(2015) Best of Enemies
as Self
(2012) Driving Me Crazy
as Mr. Johnson
(2022) Groucho & Cavett
as Self
(1994) Forrest Gump
as Dick Cavett
(1973) Jimi Hendrix
as Self (archive footage)
(2022) Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues
as Self (archive footage)
I Refuse to Kill: He Went to War with War
as Self
(2005) Duane Hopwood
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(2015) Janis: Little Girl Blue
as Himself
(1990) Spy Magazine Presents How to Be Famous
as himself
(1986) Bye Bye Kipling
as Self
(2017) On the Sly: In Search of the Family Stone
as ---
(2006) The Dick Cavett Show with Mel Brooks
as Self
(2024) Faye
as Self (archive footage)
(1970) Friars Club Roast of Don Rickles
as Self
(1971) Fight of the Century
as Self-(Audience Member)
(2015) Listen to Me Marlon
as Self (archive footage)
(1987) Penn & Teller's Invisible Thread
as Dick Cavett
(1969) Jimi Hendrix: The Dick Cavett Show
as Self
(2016) All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone
as Self
(2014) Dick Cavett's Watergate
as Himself
(2005) Frontier University Dreams
as Narrator
(1980) Simon
as Himself
(2017) This Is Bob Hope...
as Self
(1979) Remember Me
as Narrator
(2018) Ali & Cavett: The Tale of the Tapes
as Self
(2014) Katharine Hepburn: The Great Kate
as Self - Chat-Show Host
(2017) Stewart & Mitchum: The Two Faces of America
as Self
(1972) Imagine
as Self
(1994) Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage
as Self (archive footage)
(1975) Funny Girl to Funny Lady
as Self
(2005) Inside Deep Throat
as Self
(2003) The Education of Gore Vidal
as Self (archive footage)
(2018) Nureyev
as Self, Archive Footage
(2003) Jack Paar: Smart Television
as Self
(2019) Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice
as Self (archive footage)
(2017) Kyoko
as Self (archive footage)
(1991) The One, the Only... Groucho
as Self
(2015) Dick Cavett's Vietnam
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(1974) Janis
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(2012) Excuse Me for Living
as Reverend Pilatus
(1991) Year of the Gun
as Ben Gershon
(1999) Sell & Spin: A History of Advertising
as Narrator
(2010) Simon & Garfunkel: Across the Airwaves
as Self
(2019) Alan Pakula: Going for Truth
as Self
(2013) Jimi Hendrix: Hear My Train a Comin'
as Self - TV Host (archive footage)
(2007) Where Danger Lives: White Rose for Julie
as ---
(2000) Once Upon a Sleigh Ride: The Music & Life of Leon Anderson
as Narrator
(2017) I Am Not Your Negro
as Self (archive footage)
(1991) The Fred Astaire Songbook
as Self (archive footage)
(2012) Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel
as Self (archive footage)
(2004) Celsius 41.11
as Self (archive footage)
(1993) Barbarians at the Gate
as Self
(1973) Nightside
as Dick Cavett
(1978) Power Play
as Dick Cavett
(2007) Black White + Gray: A Portrait of Sam Wagstaff and Robert Mapplethorpe
as Self (archive footage)
(2021) Truman & Tennessee: An Intimate Conversation
as Self - TV Host (archive footage)
(2010) Unforgettable
as ---
(2010) Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy
as Self (archive footage)
(1971) Festival at Ford's
as Self
(2022) Joni Mitchell, Lady Blue
as Self (archive footage)
(2019) Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast
as Self - TV Host (archive footage)
(2024) From Roger Moore with Love
as Self
(1983) Koyaanisqatsi
as Self - On TV (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1982) Cheers
as Himself
(1989) The Simpsons
as Dick Cavett (voice)
(2003) Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as ---
(1970) The Odd Couple
as Dick Cavett
(1971) Alias Smith and Jones
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(1962) The Merv Griffin Show
as Self
(1982) Hotel
as ---
(2007) Gossip Girl
as Self
(1979) Time Was
as Self - Host
(1955) Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Self
(1968) Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
as Self
(2021) The Story of Late Night
as Self
(1966) ABC Stage 67
as Self - Host
(1969) This Is Tom Jones
as Self
(1975) Saturday Night Live
as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
(1985) Amazing Stories
as Dick Cavett
(1962) The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
(2008) Childrens Hospital
as Dick Cavett
(1974) Dinah!
as Self
(2014) Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self
(1967) The Phil Donahue Show
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(2021) 1971: The Year That Music Changed Everything
as Self (archive footage)
(1968) The Dick Cavett Show
as Self - Host
(2009) Celebrity Ghost Stories
as Self
(2019) What's My Name | Muhammad Ali
as Self (archive footage)
(1975) Saturday Night Live
as Self - Host
(2009) Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
as Self - Guest
(2015) The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self
(1981) Remember When
as Self - Host
(1982) Yesteryear
as Self - Host
(1955) Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Self - Presenter
(1958) Kraft Music Hall
as Self
(1986) It's Garry Shandling's Show
as Self (archive footage) (audio) (uncredited)
(2011) George Harrison: Living in the Material World
as Self (archive footage)