Dick Cavett

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

11/19/1936

Place of Birth

Gibbon, Nebraska, USA

Also Known As

Richard Alva Cavett

Dick Cavett

Biography

Richard Alva Cavett (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-...

Career Timeline

2025

From Darkness to Light

as Self (archive footage)

One to One: John & Yoko

as Self (archive footage)

SLY LIVES! (aka The Burden of Black Genius)

as Self

2024

From Roger Moore with Love

as Self

Jim Henson Idea Man

as Self (archive footage)

2023

Godard Cinema

as Self (archive footage)

Godard by Godard

as Self (archive footage)

The Lost Weekend: A Love Story

as Self (archive footage)

2022

Groucho & Cavett

as Self

2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony

as Self (archive footage)

Moonage Daydream

as Self (archive footage)

Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

as Self (archive footage)

The Ghost of Richard Harris

as Self

Joni Mitchell, Lady Blue

as Self (archive footage)

Lucy and Desi

as Self (archive footage)

2021

Live at Mister Kelly's

as Self

The Capote Tapes

as Self

Boulevard! A Hollywood Story

as Self (archive footage)

Truman & Tennessee: An Intimate Conversation

as Self - TV Host (archive footage)

1971: The Year That Music Changed Everything

as Self (archive footage)

The Story of Late Night

as Self

2019

Alan Pakula: Going for Truth

as Self

Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice

as Self (archive footage)

Mike Wallace Is Here

as (archive footage)

Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am

as Self (archive footage)

What's My Name | Muhammad Ali

as Self (archive footage)

What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael

as Self

Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast

as Self - TV Host (archive footage)

2018

Nureyev

as Self, Archive Footage

Ali & Cavett: The Tale of the Tapes

as Self

Bergman: A Year in a Life

as Self

2017

This Is Bob Hope...

as Self

Stewart & Mitchum: The Two Faces of America

as Self

Kyoko

as Self (archive footage)

On the Sly: In Search of the Family Stone

Role unknown

2016

All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone

as Self

2015

Janis: Little Girl Blue

as Himself

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

as Self

Best of Enemies

as Self

Listen to Me Marlon

as Self (archive footage)

Dick Cavett's Vietnam

Role unknown

2014

James Brown - The Man, The Music & The Message

as Self

A Venue For The End Of The World

as Himself

Dick Cavett's Watergate

as Himself

Katharine Hepburn: The Great Kate

as Self - Chat-Show Host

Late Night with Seth Meyers

as Self

River of Fundament

as Wake Guest

2013

Jimi Hendrix: Hear My Train a Comin'

as Self - TV Host (archive footage)

Gore Vidal: The United States of Amnesia

as Self (archive footage)

David Bowie: Five Years

as Self (archive footage)

2012

Excuse Me for Living

as Reverend Pilatus

Deceptive Practice: The Mysteries and Mentors of Ricky Jay

as Narrator

Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel

as Self (archive footage)

Norman Mailer: The American

as Self

Driving Me Crazy

as Mr. Johnson

2011

Woody Allen: A Documentary

as Self

George Harrison: Living in the Material World

as Self (archive footage)

Mel Brooks and Dick Cavett Together Again

as Self

2010

Simon & Garfunkel: Across the Airwaves

as Self

Unforgettable

as Self

Smash His Camera

as Self

2009

Celebrity Ghost Stories

as Self

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

as Self - Guest

2008

Childrens Hospital

as Dick Cavett

Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired

as Self (archive footage)

2007

Gossip Girl

as Self

To My Great Chagrin: The Unbelievable Story of Brother Theodore

as Himself

Tension: Who's Guilty Now?

as Self

Decoy: A Map to Nowhere

as Self

Where Danger Lives: White Rose for Julie

Role unknown

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

Role unknown

Frontier University Dreams

as Narrator

Inside Deep Throat

as Self

2004

Celsius 41.11

as Self (archive footage)

2003

Jack Paar: Smart Television

as Self

The Education of Gore Vidal

as Self (archive footage)

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

as Self

2001

Bravo Profiles: Penn and Teller

as Self

2000

Lucille Ball: Finding Lucy

as Self (archive footage)

Behind the Seams

as Detective

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

1994

Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage

as Self (archive footage)

Forrest Gump

as Dick Cavett

1993

Barbarians at the Gate

as Self

1991

Year of the Gun

as Ben Gershon

The One, the Only... Groucho

as Self

The Fred Astaire Songbook

as Self (archive footage)

1990

Robert Redford & Sydney Pollack: The Men and Their Movies

as Self

Night of 100 Stars III

as Self

Spy Magazine Presents How to Be Famous

as Self

1989

The Simpsons

as Dick Cavett (voice)

1988

Moon Over Parador

as Self

After School

as Himself

Funny

as Self

Beetlejuice

as Bernard

1987

Penn & Teller's Invisible Thread

as Dick Cavett

A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors

as Dick Cavett

1986

It's Garry Shandling's Show

as Self (archive footage) (audio) (uncredited)

Doctor Duck's Super Secret All-Purpose Sauce

as Self

Bye Bye Kipling

as Self

1985

Amazing Stories

as Dick Cavett

1982

Cheers

as Himself

Hotel

Role unknown

Yesteryear

as Self - Host

The Video Wine Guide with Dick Cavett

as Self

The Marx Brothers in a Nutshell

as Self

1981

Dick Cavett Meets ABBA

as Host

Remember When

as Self - Host

1980

HealtH

as Dick Cavett

Simon

as Himself

1979

Time Was

as Self - Host

Remember Me

as Narrator

1978

Power Play

as Dick Cavett

Hocus Pocus, It's Magic

as Self - Host

1977

Annie Hall

as Dick Cavett

1975

Saturday Night Live

as Self - Cameo (uncredited)

Saturday Night Live

as Self - Host

Funny Girl to Funny Lady

as Self

1974

Dinah!

as Self

Janis

Role unknown

1973

Jimi Hendrix

as Self (archive footage)

Nightside

as Dick Cavett

1972

Imagine

as Self

Cocksucker Blues

as Self

Yoko Ono: This Is Not Here

as Self

Hollywood: The Dream Factory

as Narrator (voice)

1971

Festival at Ford's

as Self

Fight of the Century

as Self-(Audience Member)

Alias Smith and Jones

Role unknown

1970

Friars Club Roast of Don Rickles

as Self

The Odd Couple

as Dick Cavett

1969

Jimi Hendrix: The Dick Cavett Show

as Self

This Is Tom Jones

as Self

1968

The Dick Cavett Show

as Self - Host

Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

as Self

1967

The Phil Donahue Show

as Self

1966

ABC Stage 67

as Self - Host

1962

The Merv Griffin Show

as Self

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

as Self

1960

The Hiding Place

Role unknown

1958

Kraft Music Hall

as Self