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Dick Cavett

Dick Cavett

Acting November 19, 1936 (89 years old) Gibbon, Nebraska, USA

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-Luc Godard, Robert Mitchum, John Lennon, George Harrison, Jimi Hendrix, Richard Burton, Sophia Loren, Marcello Mastroianni, Kirk Douglas and others on Turner Classic Movies.

Movies 129

Forrest Gump 8.5

Forrest Gump

as Dick Cavett

1994
Beetlejuice 7.4

Beetlejuice

as Bernard

1988
Frequency 7.3

Frequency

as Himself

2000
Annie Hall 7.7

Annie Hall

as Dick Cavett

1977
A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors 6.7

A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors

as Dick Cavett

1987
Koyaanisqatsi 7.9

Koyaanisqatsi

as Self (archive footage)

1983
John Candy: I Like Me 7.9

John Candy: I Like Me

as Self - Host, The Dick Cavett Show (archive footage)

2025
Jim Henson Idea Man 7.8

Jim Henson Idea Man

as Self (archive footage)

2024
Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues 6.6

Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

as Self (archive footage)

2022
Inside Deep Throat 6.4

Inside Deep Throat

as Self

2005
The New Yorker at 100 7.0

The New Yorker at 100

as Self (archive footage)

2025
Moonage Daydream 7.4

Moonage Daydream

as Self (archive footage)

2022
2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony 8.2

2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony

as Self (archive footage)

2022
Bergman: A Year in a Life 7.4

Bergman: A Year in a Life

as Self

2018
Year of the Gun 5.0

Year of the Gun

as Ben Gershon

1991
Boulevard! A Hollywood Story 6.2

Boulevard! A Hollywood Story

as Self (archive footage)

2021
Barbarians at the Gate 6.9

Barbarians at the Gate

as Self

1993
Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am 7.4

Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am

as Self (archive footage)

2019
Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast 5.3

Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast

as Self - TV Host (archive footage)

2019
Woody Allen: A Documentary 6.9

Woody Allen: A Documentary

as Self

2011
One to One: John & Yoko 7.1

One to One: John & Yoko

as Self (archive footage)

2025
The Lost Weekend: A Love Story 7.0

The Lost Weekend: A Love Story

as Self (archive footage)

2023
Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired 6.4

Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired

as Self (archive footage)

2008
SLY LIVES! (aka The Burden of Black Genius) 7.1

SLY LIVES! (aka The Burden of Black Genius)

as Self

2025
River of Fundament 6.0

River of Fundament

as Wake Guest

2014
Night of 100 Stars III 4.3

Night of 100 Stars III

as Self

1990
Listen to Me Marlon 7.5

Listen to Me Marlon

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

2015
Moon Over Parador 5.8

Moon Over Parador

as Self

1988
Janis: Little Girl Blue 7.3

Janis: Little Girl Blue

as Self

2015
Smash His Camera 6.9

Smash His Camera

as Self

2010
Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel 7.0

Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel

as Self (archive footage)

2012
What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael 6.7

What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael

as Self

2019
Simon 6.3

Simon

as Himself

1980
The Capote Tapes 5.9

The Capote Tapes

as Self

2021
Godard Cinema 5.6

Godard Cinema

as Self (archive footage)

2023
Alan Pakula: Going for Truth 6.5

Alan Pakula: Going for Truth

as Self

2019
Jimi Hendrix: Hear My Train a Comin' 7.4

Jimi Hendrix: Hear My Train a Comin'

as Self - TV Host (archive footage)

2013
Elvis Meets Nixon 7.0

Elvis Meets Nixon

as Narrator

1997
Stardust: The Bette Davis Story 6.7

Stardust: The Bette Davis Story

as Self (archive footage)

2006
Jack Paar: Smart Television 8.0

Jack Paar: Smart Television

as Self

2003
This Is Bob Hope... 7.7

This Is Bob Hope...

as Self

2017
After School 3.0

After School

as Himself

1988
Paul Newman: The Restless 7.5

Paul Newman: The Restless

as Self (archive footage)

2023
Mike Wallace Is Here 6.5

Mike Wallace Is Here

as (archive footage)

2019
Hollywood: The Dream Factory 7.4

Hollywood: The Dream Factory

as Narrator (voice)

1972
The Ghost of Richard Harris 7.5

The Ghost of Richard Harris

as Self

2022
Power Play 7.2

Power Play

as Dick Cavett

1978
Imagine 7.1

Imagine

as Self

1972
From Roger Moore with Love 8.0

From Roger Moore with Love

as Self

2024
From Darkness to Light 6.7

From Darkness to Light

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

2025
Best of Enemies 7.2

Best of Enemies

as Self

2015
Remembering Gene Wilder 7.3

Remembering Gene Wilder

as Self (archive footage)

2024
A Clockwork Orange: The Prophecy 7.5

A Clockwork Orange: The Prophecy

as Self (archive footage)

2024
My Life As Roger Moore

My Life As Roger Moore

as Self

2026
Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice 7.6

Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice

as Self (archive footage)

2019
NASA, Nazis and the Space Race 5.8

NASA, Nazis and the Space Race

as Self (archive footage)

2025
Truman & Tennessee: An Intimate Conversation 2.5

Truman & Tennessee: An Intimate Conversation

as Self - TV Host (archive footage)

2021
David Bowie: Five Years 7.5

David Bowie: Five Years

as Self (archive footage)

2013
HealtH 5.4

HealtH

as Dick Cavett

1980
The Fred Astaire Songbook

The Fred Astaire Songbook

as Self (archive footage)

1991
All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone 7.4

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

as Self

2016
Stewart & Mitchum: The Two Faces of America 6.0

Stewart & Mitchum: The Two Faces of America

as Self

2017
Black White + Gray: A Portrait of Sam Wagstaff and Robert Mapplethorpe 5.0

Black White + Gray: A Portrait of Sam Wagstaff and Robert Mapplethorpe

as Self (archive footage)

2007
Norman Mailer: The American 7.0

Norman Mailer: The American

as Self

2012
An American Family at 50

An American Family at 50

as Self

2024
Cocksucker Blues 5.8

Cocksucker Blues

as Self

1972
Ali & Cavett: The Tale of the Tapes 7.2

Ali & Cavett: The Tale of the Tapes

as Self

2018
Funny Girl to Funny Lady 6.0

Funny Girl to Funny Lady

as Self

1975
Dick Cavett Meets ABBA

Dick Cavett Meets ABBA

as Host

1981
Duane Hopwood 5.9

Duane Hopwood

2005
Lucy and Desi 7.1

Lucy and Desi

as Self (archive footage)

2022
Jimi Hendrix 7.7

Jimi Hendrix

as Self (archive footage)

1973
Excuse Me for Living 4.0

Excuse Me for Living

as Reverend Pilatus

2012
Group Therapy 7.8

Group Therapy

as Self - Host, The Dick Cavett Show (archive footage)

2024
Robert Redford & Sydney Pollack: The Men and Their Movies

Robert Redford & Sydney Pollack: The Men and Their Movies

as Self

1990
The One, the Only... Groucho 10.0

The One, the Only... Groucho

as Self

1991
Godard by Godard 7.2

Godard by Godard

as Self (archive footage)

2023
James Brown - The Man, The Music & The Message 8.0

James Brown - The Man, The Music & The Message

as Self

2014
Groucho & Cavett 7.0

Groucho & Cavett

as Self

2022
Fight of the Century

Fight of the Century

as Self-(Audience Member)

1971
Friars Club Roast of Don Rickles

Friars Club Roast of Don Rickles

as Self

1970
Gore Vidal: The United States of Amnesia 7.7

Gore Vidal: The United States of Amnesia

as Self (archive footage)

2013
To My Great Chagrin: The Unbelievable Story of Brother Theodore 4.0

To My Great Chagrin: The Unbelievable Story of Brother Theodore

as Self

2007
The Education of Gore Vidal 8.7

The Education of Gore Vidal

as Self (archive footage)

2003
The Marx Brothers in a Nutshell 9.0

The Marx Brothers in a Nutshell

as Self

1982
Live at Mister Kelly's

Live at Mister Kelly's

as Self

2021
Celsius 41.11 5.5

Celsius 41.11

as Self (archive footage)

2004
Dick Cavett's Watergate 7.0

Dick Cavett's Watergate

as Himself

2014
The Video Wine Guide with Dick Cavett

The Video Wine Guide with Dick Cavett

as Self

1982
Each Day in a Moment

Each Day in a Moment

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

2022
Mel Brooks and Dick Cavett Together Again 6.1

Mel Brooks and Dick Cavett Together Again

as Self

2011
Funny 8.0

Funny

as Self

1988
Yoko Ono: This Is Not Here 6.0

Yoko Ono: This Is Not Here

as Self

1972
Joni Mitchell, Lady Blue 8.0

Joni Mitchell, Lady Blue

as Self (archive footage)

2022
Doctor Duck's Super Secret All-Purpose Sauce 6.3

Doctor Duck's Super Secret All-Purpose Sauce

as Self

1986
I Refuse to Kill: He Went to War with War

I Refuse to Kill: He Went to War with War

as Self

Bravo Profiles: Penn and Teller

Bravo Profiles: Penn and Teller

as Self

2001
Jimi Hendrix: The Dick Cavett Show 8.0

Jimi Hendrix: The Dick Cavett Show

as Self

1969
Festival at Ford's

Festival at Ford's

as Self

1971
My Guest is Orson Welles

My Guest is Orson Welles

2021
Kyoko 6.0

Kyoko

as Self (archive footage)

2017
The Dick Cavett Show with Mel Brooks

The Dick Cavett Show with Mel Brooks

as Self

2006
Nureyev 7.3

Nureyev

as Self, Archive Footage

2018
Lucille Ball: Finding Lucy 7.0

Lucille Ball: Finding Lucy

as Self (archive footage)

2000
Driving Me Crazy

Driving Me Crazy

as Mr. Johnson

2012
Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage 9.0

Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage

as Self (archive footage)

1994
Where Danger Lives: White Rose for Julie

Where Danger Lives: White Rose for Julie

2007
Sell & Spin: A History of Advertising 10.0

Sell & Spin: A History of Advertising

as Narrator

1999
Simon & Garfunkel: Across the Airwaves

Simon & Garfunkel: Across the Airwaves

as Self

2010
Katharine Hepburn: The Great Kate 6.5

Katharine Hepburn: The Great Kate

as Self - Chat-Show Host

2014
Bye Bye Kipling

Bye Bye Kipling

as Self

1986
Penn & Teller's Invisible Thread 5.5

Penn & Teller's Invisible Thread

as Dick Cavett

1987
Hocus Pocus, It's Magic

Hocus Pocus, It's Magic

as Self - Host

1978
Dick Cavett's Vietnam 7.0

Dick Cavett's Vietnam

2015
A Venue For The End Of The World 6.0

A Venue For The End Of The World

as Himself

2014
Behind the Seams 10.0

Behind the Seams

as Detective

2000
Nightside 10.0

Nightside

as Dick Cavett

1973
Decoy: A Map to Nowhere

Decoy: A Map to Nowhere

as Self

2007
Once Upon a Sleigh Ride: The Music & Life of Leon Anderson

Once Upon a Sleigh Ride: The Music & Life of Leon Anderson

as Narrator

2000
Janis 7.6

Janis

1974
Playhouse 90: The Hiding Place

Playhouse 90: The Hiding Place

1960
Tension: Who's Guilty Now?

Tension: Who's Guilty Now?

as Self

2007
Spy Magazine Presents How to Be Famous

Spy Magazine Presents How to Be Famous

as Self

1990
Unforgettable 5.0

Unforgettable

as Self

2010
From the Ashes: The Life and Times of Tick Hall

From the Ashes: The Life and Times of Tick Hall

as Self

Deceptive Practice: The Mysteries and Mentors of Ricky Jay 7.0

Deceptive Practice: The Mysteries and Mentors of Ricky Jay

as Narrator

2012
Remember Me 8.0

Remember Me

as Narrator

1979
Frontier University Dreams

Frontier University Dreams

as Narrator

2005
On the Sly: In Search of the Family Stone 7.0

On the Sly: In Search of the Family Stone

2017

TV Shows 34

The Simpsons 8.0

The Simpsons

as Dick Cavett (voice)

1989
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen 4.9

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

as Self - Guest

2009
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson 7.6

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

as Self

1962
Late Night with Seth Meyers 5.1

Late Night with Seth Meyers

as Self - Guest

2014
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert 6.1

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

as Self - Guest

2015
Saturday Night Live 6.9

Saturday Night Live

as Self (uncredited)

1975
Saturday Night Live 6.9

Saturday Night Live

as Self - Host

1975
Jimmy Kimmel Live! 5.3

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

as Self - Guest

2003
Late Night with David Letterman 6.2

Late Night with David Letterman

as Self - Guest

1982
The Merv Griffin Show 6.8

The Merv Griffin Show

as Self

1962
Cheers 7.6

Cheers

as Himself

1982
Gossip Girl 8.1

Gossip Girl

as Self

2007
The Dick Cavett Show 6.8

The Dick Cavett Show

as Self - Host

1968
Hotel 6.7

Hotel

1982
The Odd Couple 7.8

The Odd Couple

as Dick Cavett

1970
Dinah! 7.0

Dinah!

as Self

1974
Childrens Hospital 7.0

Childrens Hospital

as Dick Cavett

2008
Kraft Music Hall 5.4

Kraft Music Hall

as Self

1958
Amazing Stories 7.5

Amazing Stories

as Dick Cavett

1985
Celebrity Ghost Stories 7.3

Celebrity Ghost Stories

as Self

2009
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In 6.8

Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

as Self

1968
Alias Smith and Jones 6.9

Alias Smith and Jones

1971
It's Garry Shandling's Show 7.1

It's Garry Shandling's Show

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

1986
The Phil Donahue Show

The Phil Donahue Show

as Self

1967
ABC Stage 67 6.8

ABC Stage 67

as Self - Host

1966
This Is Tom Jones 6.7

This Is Tom Jones

as Self

1969
1971: The Year That Music Changed Everything 7.6

1971: The Year That Music Changed Everything

as Self (archive footage)

2021
Mel Brooks: The 99 Year Old Man! 7.8

Mel Brooks: The 99 Year Old Man!

as Self - Talk Show Host

2026
George Harrison: Living in the Material World 7.5

George Harrison: Living in the Material World

as Self (archive footage)

2011
The Story of Late Night 5.7

The Story of Late Night

as Self

2021
What's My Name | Muhammad Ali 7.4

What's My Name | Muhammad Ali

as Self (archive footage)

2019
Remember When

Remember When

as Self - Host

1981
Yesteryear

Yesteryear

as Self - Host

1982
Time Was

Time Was

as Self - Host

1979

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