Dick Cavett
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1936-11-19 (88 years old)
Place of Birth
Gibbon, Nebraska, USA
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-Luc Godard, Robert Mitchum, John Lennon, George Harrison, Jimi Hendrix, Richard Burton, Sophia Loren, Marcello Mastroianni, Kirk Douglas and others on Turner Classic Movies.
Known For
Acting
(2025)
From Darkness to Light
as Self (archive footage)
(2025)
(2025)
One to One: John & Yoko
as Self (archive footage)
(2024)
From Roger Moore with Love
as Self
(2023)
The Lost Weekend: A Love Story
as Self (archive footage)
(2023)
Godard Cinema
as Self (archive footage)
(2023)
Godard by Godard
as Self (archive footage)
(2022)
Joni Mitchell, Lady Blue
as Self (archive footage)
(2022)
Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues
as Self (archive footage)
(2022)
Groucho & Cavett
as Self
(2022)
2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
as Self (archive footage)
(2022)
The Ghost of Richard Harris
as Self
(2022)
Moonage Daydream
as Self (archive footage)
(2022)
Lucy and Desi
as Self (archive footage)
(2021)
Truman & Tennessee: An Intimate Conversation
as Self - TV Host (archive footage)
(2021)
The Capote Tapes
as Self
(2021)
Live at Mister Kelly's
as Self
(2019)
Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice
as Self (archive footage)
(2019)
(2019)
Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am
as Self (archive footage)
(2019)
Mike Wallace Is Here
as (archive footage)
(2019)
Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast
as Self - TV Host (archive footage)
(2019)
Alan Pakula: Going for Truth
as Self
(2018)
Bergman: A Year in a Life
as Self
(2018)
Nureyev
as Self, Archive Footage
(2018)
(2017)
This Is Bob Hope...
as Self
(2017)
(2017)
Kyoko
as Self (archive footage)
(2017)
(2016)
(2015)
Best of Enemies
as Self
(2015)
(2015)
Listen to Me Marlon
as Self (archive footage)
(2015)
Janis: Little Girl Blue
as Himself
(2014)
River of Fundament
as Wake Guest
(2014)
A Venue For The End Of The World
as Himself
(2014)
Katharine Hepburn: The Great Kate
as Self - Chat-Show Host
(2014)
Dick Cavett's Watergate
as Himself
(2014)
(2013)
David Bowie: Five Years
as Self (archive footage)
(2013)
Jimi Hendrix: Hear My Train a Comin'
as Self - TV Host (archive footage)
(2013)
Gore Vidal: The United States of Amnesia
as Self (archive footage)
(2012)
Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel
as Self (archive footage)
(2012)
Norman Mailer: The American
as Self
(2012)
Driving Me Crazy
as Mr. Johnson
(2012)
Excuse Me for Living
as Reverend Pilatus
(2012)
(2011)
Woody Allen: A Documentary
as Self
(2011)
(2010)
Smash His Camera
as Self
(2010)
(2010)
(2008)
Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired
as Self (archive footage)
(2007)
Decoy: A Map to Nowhere
as Self
(2007)
Tension: Who's Guilty Now?
as Self
(2007)
(2007)
(2007)
Black White + Gray: A Portrait of Sam Wagstaff and Robert Mapplethorpe
as Self (archive footage)
(2006)
(2005)
(2005)
Inside Deep Throat
as Self
(2005)
Frontier University Dreams
as Narrator
(2004)
Celsius 41.11
as Self (archive footage)
(2003)
The Education of Gore Vidal
as Self (archive footage)
(2003)
Jack Paar: Smart Television
as Self
(2001)
(2000)
Behind the Seams
as Detective
(2000)
(2000)
Lucille Ball: Finding Lucy
as Self (archive footage)
(1999)
Sell & Spin: A History of Advertising
as Narrator
(1997)
Elvis Meets Nixon
as Narrator
(1995)
The History of Rock 'n' Roll
as Self
(1994)
Forrest Gump
as Dick Cavett
(1994)
Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage
as Self (archive footage)
(1993)
Barbarians at the Gate
as Self
(1991)
The Fred Astaire Songbook
as Self (archive footage)
(1991)
Year of the Gun
as Ben Gershon
(1991)
The One, the Only... Groucho
as Self
(1990)
Night of 100 Stars III
as Self
(1990)
(1990)
(1988)
Beetlejuice
as Bernard
(1988)
Moon Over Parador
as Self
(1988)
After School
as Himself
(1988)
Funny
as Self
(1987)
A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
as Dick Cavett
(1987)
Penn & Teller's Invisible Thread
as Dick Cavett
(1986)
(1986)
Bye Bye Kipling
as Self
(1982)
(1982)
(1981)
Dick Cavett Meets ABBA
as Host
(1980)
Simon
as Himself
(1980)
HealtH
as Dick Cavett
(1979)
Remember Me
as Narrator
(1978)
Power Play
as Dick Cavett
(1977)
Annie Hall
as Dick Cavett
(1975)
Funny Girl to Funny Lady
as Self
(1974)
(1973)
Jimi Hendrix
as Self (archive footage)
(1973)
Nightside
as Dick Cavett
(1972)
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
as Narrator (voice)
(1972)
Imagine
as Self
(1972)
Cocksucker Blues
as Self
(1972)
Yoko Ono: This Is Not Here
as Self
(1971)
Fight of the Century
as Self-(Audience Member)
(1971)
Festival at Ford's
as Self
(1970)
(1969)
Crew
(2018)