Person
Dick Cavett
Acting · Born 1936-11-19 · 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.
Known for
The Simpsons
Dick Cavett (voice)
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self - Guest
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
Cheers
Himself
Saturday Night Live
Self (uncredited)
Gossip Girl
Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self - Guest
The Merv Griffin Show
Self
Filmography
- 2026Mel Brooks: The 99 Year Old Man!Self - Talk Show Host
- 2025John Candy: I Like MeSelf - Host, The Dick Cavett Show (archive footage)
- 2025The New Yorker at 100Self (archive footage)
- 2025From Darkness to LightSelf (archive footage)
- 2025One to One: John & YokoSelf (archive footage)
- 2025SLY LIVES! (aka The Burden of Black Genius)Self
- 2024From Roger Moore with LoveSelf
- 2024Group TherapySelf - Host, The Dick Cavett Show (archive footage)
- 2024Jim Henson Idea ManSelf (archive footage)
- 2024Remembering Gene WilderSelf (archive footage)
- 2024An American Family at 50Self
- 2023Paul Newman: The RestlessSelf
- 2023Godard CinemaSelf (archive footage)
- 2023Godard by GodardSelf (archive footage)
- 2023The Lost Weekend: A Love StorySelf (archive footage)
- 2022Groucho & CavettSelf
- 20222022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction CeremonySelf (archive footage)
- 2022Moonage DaydreamSelf (archive footage)
- 2022Louis Armstrong's Black & BluesSelf (archive footage)
- 2022The Ghost of Richard HarrisSelf
- 2022Joni Mitchell, Lady BlueSelf (archive footage)
- 2022Lucy and DesiSelf (archive footage)
- 2021Live at Mister Kelly'sSelf
- 2021The Capote TapesSelf
- 2021Boulevard! A Hollywood StorySelf (archive footage)
- 2021Truman & Tennessee: An Intimate ConversationSelf - TV Host (archive footage)
- 20211971: The Year That Music Changed EverythingSelf (archive footage)
- 2021The Story of Late NightSelf
- 2019Alan Pakula: Going for TruthSelf
- 2019Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My VoiceSelf (archive footage)
- 2019Mike Wallace Is Here(archive footage)
- 2019Toni Morrison: The Pieces I AmSelf (archive footage)
- 2019What's My Name | Muhammad AliSelf (archive footage)
- 2019What She Said: The Art of Pauline KaelSelf
- 2019Nice Girls Don't Stay for BreakfastSelf - TV Host (archive footage)
- 2018NureyevSelf, Archive Footage
- 2018Ali & Cavett: The Tale of the TapesSelf
- 2018Bergman: A Year in a LifeSelf
- 2017This Is Bob Hope...Self
- 2017Stewart & Mitchum: The Two Faces of AmericaSelf
- 2017KyokoSelf (archive footage)
- 2017On the Sly: In Search of the Family Stone
- 2016All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. StoneSelf
- 2015Janis: Little Girl BlueHimself
- 2015The Late Show with Stephen ColbertSelf - Guest
- 2015Best of EnemiesSelf
- 2015Listen to Me MarlonSelf (archive footage)
- 2015Dick Cavett's Vietnam
- 2014James Brown - The Man, The Music & The MessageSelf
- 2014A Venue For The End Of The WorldHimself
- 2014Dick Cavett's WatergateHimself
- 2014Katharine Hepburn: The Great KateSelf - Chat-Show Host
- 2014Late Night with Seth MeyersSelf
- 2014River of FundamentWake Guest
- 2013Jimi Hendrix: Hear My Train a Comin'Self - TV Host (archive footage)
- 2013Gore Vidal: The United States of AmnesiaSelf (archive footage)
- 2013David Bowie: Five YearsSelf (archive footage)
- 2012Excuse Me for LivingReverend Pilatus
- 2012Deceptive Practice: The Mysteries and Mentors of Ricky JayNarrator
- 2012Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to TravelSelf (archive footage)
- 2012Norman Mailer: The AmericanSelf
- 2012Driving Me CrazyMr. Johnson
- 2011Woody Allen: A DocumentarySelf
- 2011George Harrison: Living in the Material WorldSelf (archive footage)
- 2011Mel Brooks and Dick Cavett Together AgainSelf
- 2010Simon & Garfunkel: Across the AirwavesSelf
- 2010UnforgettableSelf
- 2010Smash His CameraSelf
- 2009Celebrity Ghost StoriesSelf
- 2009Watch What Happens Live with Andy CohenSelf - Guest
- 2008Childrens HospitalDick Cavett
- 2008Roman Polanski: Wanted and DesiredSelf (archive footage)
- 2007Gossip GirlSelf
- 2007To My Great Chagrin: The Unbelievable Story of Brother TheodoreSelf
- 2007Tension: Who's Guilty Now?Self
- 2007Decoy: A Map to NowhereSelf
- 2007Where Danger Lives: White Rose for Julie
- 2007Black White + Gray: A Portrait of Sam Wagstaff and Robert MapplethorpeSelf (archive footage)
- 2006The Dick Cavett Show with Mel BrooksSelf
- 2006Stardust: The Bette Davis StorySelf (archive footage)
- 2005Duane Hopwood
- 2005Frontier University DreamsNarrator
- 2005Inside Deep ThroatSelf
- 2004Celsius 41.11Self (archive footage)
- 2003Jack Paar: Smart TelevisionSelf
- 2003The Education of Gore VidalSelf (archive footage)
- 2003Jimmy Kimmel Live!Self - Guest
- 2001Bravo Profiles: Penn and TellerSelf
- 2000Lucille Ball: Finding LucySelf (archive footage)
- 2000Behind the SeamsDetective
- 2000Once Upon a Sleigh Ride: The Music & Life of Leon AndersonNarrator
- 2000FrequencyHimself
- 1999Sell & Spin: A History of AdvertisingNarrator
- 1997Elvis Meets NixonNarrator
- 1994Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American StageSelf (archive footage)
- 1994Forrest GumpDick Cavett
- 1993Barbarians at the GateSelf
- 1991Year of the GunBen Gershon
- 1991The One, the Only... GrouchoSelf
- 1991The Fred Astaire SongbookSelf (archive footage)
- 1990Robert Redford & Sydney Pollack: The Men and Their MoviesSelf
- 1990Night of 100 Stars IIISelf
- 1990Spy Magazine Presents How to Be FamousSelf
- 1989The SimpsonsDick Cavett (voice)
- 1988Moon Over ParadorSelf
- 1988After SchoolHimself
- 1988FunnySelf
- 1988BeetlejuiceBernard
- 1987Penn & Teller's Invisible ThreadDick Cavett
- 1987A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream WarriorsDick Cavett
- 1986Bye Bye KiplingSelf
- 1986It's Garry Shandling's ShowSelf (archive footage) (audio) (uncredited)
- 1986Doctor Duck's Super Secret All-Purpose SauceSelf
- 1985Amazing StoriesDick Cavett
- 1983KoyaanisqatsiSelf (archive footage)
- 1982CheersHimself
- 1982Hotel
- 1982YesteryearSelf - Host
- 1982The Video Wine Guide with Dick CavettSelf
- 1982Late Night with David LettermanSelf - Guest
- 1982The Marx Brothers in a NutshellSelf
- 1981Dick Cavett Meets ABBAHost
- 1981Remember WhenSelf - Host
- 1980HealtHDick Cavett
- 1980SimonHimself
- 1979Time WasSelf - Host
- 1979Remember MeNarrator
- 1978Power PlayDick Cavett
- 1978Hocus Pocus, It's MagicSelf - Host
- 1977Annie HallDick Cavett
- 1975Saturday Night LiveSelf (uncredited)
- 1975Funny Girl to Funny LadySelf
- 1974Dinah!Self
- 1974Janis
- 1973Jimi HendrixSelf (archive footage)
- 1973NightsideDick Cavett
- 1972ImagineSelf
- 1972Cocksucker BluesSelf
- 1972Yoko Ono: This Is Not HereSelf
- 1972Hollywood: The Dream FactoryNarrator (voice)
- 1971Festival at Ford'sSelf
- 1971Fight of the CenturySelf-(Audience Member)
- 1971Alias Smith and Jones
- 1970Friars Club Roast of Don RicklesSelf
- 1970The Odd CoupleDick Cavett
- 1969Jimi Hendrix: The Dick Cavett ShowSelf
- 1969This Is Tom JonesSelf
- 1968The Dick Cavett ShowSelf - Host
- 1968Rowan & Martin's Laugh-InSelf
- 1967The Phil Donahue ShowSelf
- 1966ABC Stage 67Self - Host
- 1962The Merv Griffin ShowSelf
- 1962The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonSelf
- 1960Playhouse 90: The Hiding Place
- 1958Kraft Music HallSelf
- —From the Ashes: The Life and Times of Tick HallSelf
- —I Refuse to Kill: He Went to War with WarSelf
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