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

Dick Cavett

Annie Hall

Self

From the Ashes: The Life and Times of Tick Hall

Dick Cavett

A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors

Self

Bergman - ett år, ett liv

Self

Cocksucker Blues

Self

Live at Mister Kelly's

Self

Doctor Duck's Super Secret All-Purpose Sauce

Self (archive footage)

The Lost Weekend: A Love Story

Self (archive footage)

Godard, seul le cinéma

Self

Moon Over Parador

Self

Funny

Self

Yoko Ono: This Is Not Here

Self

Woody Allen: A Documentary

Self (archive footage)

David Bowie: Five Years

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HealtH

Self

Smash His Camera

Self

The Marx Brothers in a Nutshell

Self

Norman Mailer: The American

Self (archive footage)

Lucy and Desi

Self

The Video Wine Guide with Dick Cavett

Self

The Capote Tapes

Narrator

Deceptive Practice: The Mysteries and Mentors of Ricky Jay

Self (archive footage)

Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired

Himself

To My Great Chagrin: The Unbelievable Story of Brother Theodore

Self (archive footage)

Godard par Godard

Himself

After School

Wake Guest

River of Fundament

Self

The Ghost of Richard Harris

Self

Tension: Who's Guilty Now?

Self

Decoy: A Map to Nowhere

Himself

A Venue For The End Of The World

Self

James Brown - The Man, The Music & The Message

Self

Night of 100 Stars III

Self (archive footage)

Moonage Daydream

Bernard

Beetlejuice

Narrator

Elvis Meets Nixon

Self

Robert Redford & Sydney Pollack: The Men and Their Movies

Narrator (voice)

Hollywood: The Dream Factory

Detective

Behind the Seams

Self

Mel Brooks and Dick Cavett Together Again

Self (archive footage)

Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am

Self

What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael

Self (archive footage)

2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony

(archive footage)

Mike Wallace Is Here

Self

Best of Enemies

Mr. Johnson

Driving Me Crazy

Self

Groucho & Cavett

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Forrest Gump

Self (archive footage)

Jimi Hendrix

Self (archive footage)

Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

Self

I Refuse to Kill: He Went to War with War

Duane Hopwood

Himself

Janis: Little Girl Blue

Self

Spy Magazine Presents How to Be Famous

Self

Bye Bye Kipling

On the Sly: In Search of the Family Stone

Self

The Dick Cavett Show with Mel Brooks

Self

Friars Club Roast of Don Rickles

Self-(Audience Member)

Fight of the Century

Self (archive footage)

Listen to Me Marlon

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Penn & Teller's Invisible Thread

Self

Jimi Hendrix: The Dick Cavett Show

Self

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

Himself

Dick Cavett's Watergate

Narrator

Frontier University Dreams

Himself

Simon

Self

This Is Bob Hope...

Narrator

Remember Me

Self

Ali & Cavett: The Tale of the Tapes

Self - Chat-Show Host

Katharine Hepburn: The Great Kate

Self

Stewart & Mitchum: The Two Faces of America

Self

Imagine

Self (archive footage)

Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage

Self

Funny Girl to Funny Lady

Self

Inside Deep Throat

Self (archive footage)

The Education of Gore Vidal

Self, Archive Footage

Nureyev

Self

Jack Paar: Smart Television

Self (archive footage)

Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice

Self (archive footage)

Kyoko

Self

The One, the Only... Groucho

Dick Cavett's Vietnam

Janis

Reverend Pilatus

Excuse Me for Living

Ben Gershon

Year of the Gun

Narrator

Sell & Spin: A History of Advertising

Self

Simon & Garfunkel: Across the Airwaves

Self

Alan Pakula: Going for Truth

Self - TV Host (archive footage)

Jimi Hendrix: Hear My Train a Comin'

Where Danger Lives: White Rose for Julie

Narrator

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

Self (archive footage)

The Fred Astaire Songbook

Self (archive footage)

Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel

Self (archive footage)

Celsius 41.11

Self

Barbarians at the Gate

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Nightside

Dick Cavett

Power Play

Self (archive footage)

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

Self - TV Host (archive footage)

Truman & Tennessee: An Intimate Conversation

Self

Unforgettable

Self

Festival at Ford's

Self (archive footage)

Joni Mitchell, Lady Blue

Self - TV Host (archive footage)

Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast

Self

From Roger Moore with Love

Host

Dick Cavett Meets ABBA

Self (archive footage)

One to One: John & Yoko

Self (archive footage)

Lucille Ball: Finding Lucy

Self (archive footage)

From Darkness to Light

Self (archive footage)

Gore Vidal: The United States of Amnesia

Self

SLY LIVES! (aka The Burden of Black Genius)

Self

Bravo Profiles: Penn and Teller

The Hiding Place

Self (archive footage)

Boulevard! A Hollywood Story

Self - Host

Hocus Pocus, It's Magic

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

114

Gender

Male

Birthday

1936-11-19

Place of Birth

Gibbon, Nebraska, USA

Also Known As

Richard Alva Cavett