- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- November 19, 1936
- Place of Birth
- Gibbon, Nebraska, USA
Dick Cavett
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
tvMel Brooks: The 99 Year Old Man!
2026 · Self - Talk Show Host
movieJohn Candy: I Like Me
2025 · Self - Host, The Dick Cavett Show (archive footage)
movieThe New Yorker at 100
2025 · Self (archive footage)
movieFrom Darkness to Light
2025 · Self (archive footage)
movieOne to One: John & Yoko
2025 · Self (archive footage)
movieSLY LIVES! (aka The Burden of Black Genius)
2025 · Self
movieFrom Roger Moore with Love
2024 · Self
movieGroup Therapy
2024 · Self - Host, The Dick Cavett Show (archive footage)
movieJim Henson Idea Man
2024 · Self (archive footage)
movieRemembering Gene Wilder
2024 · Self (archive footage)
movieAn American Family at 50
2024 · Self
moviePaul Newman: The Restless
2023 · Self
movieGodard Cinema
2023 · Self (archive footage)
movieGodard by Godard
2023 · Self (archive footage)
movieThe Lost Weekend: A Love Story
2023 · Self (archive footage)
movieGroucho & Cavett
2022 · Self
movie2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
2022 · Self (archive footage)
movieMoonage Daydream
2022 · Self (archive footage)
movieLouis Armstrong's Black & Blues
2022 · Self (archive footage)
movieThe Ghost of Richard Harris
2022 · Self
movieJoni Mitchell, Lady Blue
2022 · Self (archive footage)
movieLucy and Desi
2022 · Self (archive footage)
movieLive at Mister Kelly's
2021 · Self
movieThe Capote Tapes
2021 · Self
movieBoulevard! A Hollywood Story
2021 · Self (archive footage)
movieTruman & Tennessee: An Intimate Conversation
2021 · Self - TV Host (archive footage)
tv1971: The Year That Music Changed Everything
2021 · Self (archive footage)
tvThe Story of Late Night
2021 · Self
movieAlan Pakula: Going for Truth
2019 · Self
movieLinda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice
2019 · Self (archive footage)
movieMike Wallace Is Here
2019 · (archive footage)
movieToni Morrison: The Pieces I Am
2019 · Self (archive footage)
tvWhat's My Name | Muhammad Ali
2019 · Self (archive footage)
movieWhat She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael
2019 · Self
movieNice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast
2019 · Self - TV Host (archive footage)
movieNureyev
2018 · Self, Archive Footage
movieAli & Cavett: The Tale of the Tapes
2018 · Self, Writer
movieBergman: A Year in a Life
2018 · Self
movieThis Is Bob Hope...
2017 · Self
movieStewart & Mitchum: The Two Faces of America
2017 · Self
movieKyoko
2017 · Self (archive footage)
movieOn the Sly: In Search of the Family Stone
2017
movieAll Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone
2016 · Self
movieJanis: Little Girl Blue
2015 · Himself
tvThe Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015 · Self - Guest
movieBest of Enemies
2015 · Self
movieListen to Me Marlon
2015 · Self (archive footage)
movieDick Cavett's Vietnam
2015
movieJames Brown - The Man, The Music & The Message
2014 · Self
movieA Venue For The End Of The World
2014 · Himself
movieDick Cavett's Watergate
2014 · Himself
movieKatharine Hepburn: The Great Kate
2014 · Self - Chat-Show Host
tvLate Night with Seth Meyers
2014 · Self
movieRiver of Fundament
2014 · Wake Guest
movieJimi Hendrix: Hear My Train a Comin'
2013 · Self - TV Host (archive footage)
movieGore Vidal: The United States of Amnesia
2013 · Self (archive footage)
movieDavid Bowie: Five Years
2013 · Self (archive footage)
movieExcuse Me for Living
2012 · Reverend Pilatus
movieDeceptive Practice: The Mysteries and Mentors of Ricky Jay
2012 · Narrator
movieDiana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel
2012 · Self (archive footage)
movieNorman Mailer: The American
2012 · Self
movieDriving Me Crazy
2012 · Mr. Johnson
movieWoody Allen: A Documentary
2011 · Self
tvGeorge Harrison: Living in the Material World
2011 · Self (archive footage)
movieMel Brooks and Dick Cavett Together Again
2011 · Self
movieSimon & Garfunkel: Across the Airwaves
2010 · Self
movieUnforgettable
2010 · Self
movieSmash His Camera
2010 · Self
tvCelebrity Ghost Stories
2009 · Self
tvWatch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009 · Self - Guest
tvChildrens Hospital
2008 · Dick Cavett
movieRoman Polanski: Wanted and Desired
2008 · Self (archive footage)
tvGossip Girl
2007 · Self
To My Great Chagrin: The Unbelievable Story of Brother Theodore
2007 · Self
Tension: Who's Guilty Now?
2007 · Self
Decoy: A Map to Nowhere
2007 · Self
Where Danger Lives: White Rose for Julie
2007
movieBlack White + Gray: A Portrait of Sam Wagstaff and Robert Mapplethorpe
2007 · Self (archive footage)
movieThe Dick Cavett Show with Mel Brooks
2006 · Self
movieStardust: The Bette Davis Story
2006 · Self (archive footage)
movieDuane Hopwood
2005
movieFrontier University Dreams
2005 · Narrator
movieInside Deep Throat
2005 · Self
movieCelsius 41.11
2004 · Self (archive footage)
movieJack Paar: Smart Television
2003 · Self
movieThe Education of Gore Vidal
2003 · Self (archive footage)
tvJimmy Kimmel Live!
2003 · Self - Guest
movieBravo Profiles: Penn and Teller
2001 · Self
Lucille Ball: Finding Lucy
2000 · Self (archive footage)
movieBehind the Seams
2000 · Detective
Once Upon a Sleigh Ride: The Music & Life of Leon Anderson
2000 · Narrator
movieFrequency
2000 · Himself
Sell & Spin: A History of Advertising
1999 · Narrator
movieElvis Meets Nixon
1997 · Narrator
movieTennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage
1994 · Self (archive footage)
movieForrest Gump
1994 · Dick Cavett
movieBarbarians at the Gate
1993 · Self
movieYear of the Gun
1991 · Ben Gershon
movieThe One, the Only... Groucho
1991 · Self
movieThe Fred Astaire Songbook
1991 · Self (archive footage)
movieRobert Redford & Sydney Pollack: The Men and Their Movies
1990 · Self
movieNight of 100 Stars III
1990 · Self
Spy Magazine Presents How to Be Famous
1990 · Self
tvThe Simpsons
1989 · Dick Cavett (voice)
movieMoon Over Parador
1988 · Self
movieAfter School
1988 · Himself
movieFunny
1988 · Self
movieBeetlejuice
1988 · Bernard
moviePenn & Teller's Invisible Thread
1987 · Dick Cavett
movieA Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
1987 · Dick Cavett
movieBye Bye Kipling
1986 · Self
tvIt's Garry Shandling's Show
1986 · Self (archive footage) (audio) (uncredited)
movieDoctor Duck's Super Secret All-Purpose Sauce
1986 · Self
tvAmazing Stories
1985 · Dick Cavett
movieKoyaanisqatsi
1983 · Self (archive footage)
tvCheers
1982 · Himself
tvHotel
1982
tvYesteryear
1982 · Self - Host
movieThe Video Wine Guide with Dick Cavett
1982 · Self
tvLate Night with David Letterman
1982 · Self - Guest
movieThe Marx Brothers in a Nutshell
1982 · Self
movieDick Cavett Meets ABBA
1981 · Host
tvRemember When
1981 · Self - Host
movieHealtH
1980 · Dick Cavett
movieSimon
1980 · Himself
tvTime Was
1979 · Self - Host
movieRemember Me
1979 · Narrator
moviePower Play
1978 · Dick Cavett
Hocus Pocus, It's Magic
1978 · Self - Host
movieAnnie Hall
1977 · Dick Cavett
tvSaturday Night Live
1975 · Self (uncredited), Self - Host
movieFunny Girl to Funny Lady
1975 · Self
tvDinah!
1974 · Self
movieJanis
1974
movieJimi Hendrix
1973 · Self (archive footage)
movieNightside
1973 · Dick Cavett
movieImagine
1972 · Self
movieCocksucker Blues
1972 · Self
movieYoko Ono: This Is Not Here
1972 · Self
movieHollywood: The Dream Factory
1972 · Narrator (voice)
Festival at Ford's
1971 · Self
movieFight of the Century
1971 · Self-(Audience Member)
tvAlias Smith and Jones
1971
movieFriars Club Roast of Don Rickles
1970 · Self
tvThe Odd Couple
1970 · Dick Cavett
movieJimi Hendrix: The Dick Cavett Show
1969 · Self
tvThis Is Tom Jones
1969 · Self
tvThe Dick Cavett Show
1968 · Self - Host
tvRowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1968 · Self
tvThe Phil Donahue Show
1967 · Self
tvABC Stage 67
1966 · Self - Host
tvThe Merv Griffin Show
1962 · Self
tvThe Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962 · Self
moviePlayhouse 90: The Hiding Place
1960
tvKraft Music Hall
1958 · Self
movieFrom the Ashes: The Life and Times of Tick Hall
— · Self
movieI Refuse to Kill: He Went to War with War
— · Self