Dick Cavett
Born: 1936-11-19 in Gibbon, Nebraska, USA
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2026
- Mel Brooks: The 99 Year Old Man! as Self - Talk Show Host
2025
- John Candy: I Like Me as Self - Host, The Dick Cavett Show (archive footage)
- One to One: John & Yoko as Self (archive footage)
- SLY LIVES! (aka The Burden of Black Genius) as Self
- The New Yorker at 100 as Self (archive footage)
- From Darkness to Light as Self (archive footage)
2024
- Jim Henson Idea Man as Self (archive footage)
- From Roger Moore with Love as Self
- Group Therapy as Self - Host, The Dick Cavett Show (archive footage)
- An American Family at 50 as Self
2023
- Godard Cinema as Self (archive footage)
- The Lost Weekend: A Love Story as Self (archive footage)
- Godard by Godard as Self (archive footage)
2022
- Moonage Daydream as Self (archive footage)
- Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues as Self (archive footage)
- 2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony as Self (archive footage)
- The Ghost of Richard Harris as Self
- Lucy and Desi as Self (archive footage)
- Joni Mitchell, Lady Blue as Self (archive footage)
- Groucho & Cavett as Self
2021
- 1971: The Year That Music Changed Everything as Self (archive footage)
- The Story of Late Night as Self
- Boulevard! A Hollywood Story as Self (archive footage)
- The Capote Tapes as Self
- Live at Mister Kelly's as Self
- Truman & Tennessee: An Intimate Conversation as Self - TV Host (archive footage)
2019
- Alan Pakula: Going for Truth as Self
- What's My Name | Muhammad Ali as Self (archive footage)
- What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael as Self
- Mike Wallace Is Here as (archive footage)
- Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice as Self (archive footage)
- Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am as Self (archive footage)
- Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast as Self - TV Host (archive footage)
2018
- Bergman: A Year in a Life as Self
- Nureyev as Self, Archive Footage
- Ali & Cavett: The Tale of the Tapes 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
2015
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self - Guest
- Listen to Me Marlon as Self (archive footage)
- Janis: Little Girl Blue as Himself
- Best of Enemies as Self
- Dick Cavett's Vietnam
2014
- Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
- River of Fundament as Wake Guest
- Katharine Hepburn: The Great Kate as Self - Chat-Show Host
- James Brown - The Man, The Music & The Message as Self
- Dick Cavett's Watergate as Himself
- A Venue For The End Of The World as Himself
2013
- David Bowie: Five Years as Self (archive footage)
- Gore Vidal: The United States of Amnesia as Self (archive footage)
- Jimi Hendrix: Hear My Train a Comin' as Self - TV Host (archive footage)
2012
- Excuse Me for Living as Reverend Pilatus
- Driving Me Crazy as Mr. Johnson
- Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel as Self (archive footage)
- Norman Mailer: The American as Self
- Deceptive Practice: The Mysteries and Mentors of Ricky Jay as Narrator
2011
- George Harrison: Living in the Material World as Self (archive footage)
- Woody Allen: A Documentary as Self
- Mel Brooks and Dick Cavett Together Again as Self
2010
- Smash His Camera as Self
- Unforgettable as Self
- Simon & Garfunkel: Across the Airwaves as Self
2009
- Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen as Self - Guest
- Celebrity Ghost Stories as Self
2008
- Childrens Hospital as Dick Cavett
- Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired as Self (archive footage)
2007
- Gossip Girl as Self
- Black White + Gray: A Portrait of Sam Wagstaff and Robert Mapplethorpe as Self (archive footage)
- To My Great Chagrin: The Unbelievable Story of Brother Theodore as Self
- Tension: Who's Guilty Now? as Self
- Where Danger Lives: White Rose for Julie
- Decoy: A Map to Nowhere as Self
2006
2005
- Inside Deep Throat as Self
- Duane Hopwood
- Frontier University Dreams as Narrator
2004
- Celsius 41.11 as Self (archive footage)
2003
- Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self - Guest
- The Education of Gore Vidal as Self (archive footage)
- Jack Paar: Smart Television as Self
2001
- Bravo Profiles: Penn and Teller as Self
2000
- Frequency as Himself
- Behind the Seams as Detective
- Lucille Ball: Finding Lucy as Self (archive footage)
- 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
- Forrest Gump as Dick Cavett
- Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage as Self (archive footage)
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
1989
- The Simpsons as Dick Cavett (voice)
1988
- Beetlejuice as Bernard
- Moon Over Parador as Self
- After School as Himself
- Funny as Self
1987
- A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors as Dick Cavett
- Penn & Teller's Invisible Thread 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
1983
- Koyaanisqatsi as Self (archive footage)
1982
- Cheers as Himself
- Hotel
- Late Night with David Letterman as Self - Guest
- Yesteryear as Self - Host
- The Marx Brothers in a Nutshell as Self
- The Video Wine Guide with Dick Cavett as Self
1981
- Remember When as Self - Host
- Dick Cavett Meets ABBA as Host
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 (uncredited)
- Funny Girl to Funny Lady as Self
1973
- Jimi Hendrix as Self (archive footage)
- Nightside as Dick Cavett
1972
- Hollywood: The Dream Factory as Narrator (voice)
- Imagine as Self
- Cocksucker Blues as Self
- Yoko Ono: This Is Not Here as Self
1971
- Alias Smith and Jones
- Fight of the Century as Self-(Audience Member)
- Festival at Ford's as Self
1970
- The Odd Couple as Dick Cavett
- Friars Club Roast of Don Rickles as Self
1969
- This Is Tom Jones as Self
- Jimi Hendrix: The Dick Cavett Show 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 Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self
- The Merv Griffin Show as Self
1958
- Kraft Music Hall as Self