Dick Cavett
Known for Acting · 158 credits
- Born
- 1936-11-19 (age 89)
- Place of birth
- Gibbon, Nebraska, USA
- Also known as
- Richard Alva 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
The Simpsons
1989
as Dick Cavett (voice)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
as Self - Guest
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
as Self - Guest
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
as Self
Saturday Night Live
1975
as Self (uncredited) / Self - Host
TV Shows (33)
The Simpsons
1989
as Dick Cavett (voice)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
as Self - Guest
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
as Self - Guest
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
as Self
Saturday Night Live
1975
as Self (uncredited) / Self - Host
Gossip Girl
2007
as Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
as Self - Guest
Cheers
1982
as Himself
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
as Self
Late Night with David Letterman
1982
as Self - Guest
The Dick Cavett Show
1968
as Self - Host
Childrens Hospital
2008
as Dick Cavett
Hotel
1982
Dinah!
1974
as Self
Celebrity Ghost Stories
2009
as Self
Amazing Stories
1985
as Dick Cavett
The Odd Couple
1970
as Dick Cavett
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1968
as Self
Kraft Music Hall
1958
as Self
Alias Smith and Jones
1971
It's Garry Shandling's Show
1986
as Self (archive footage) (audio) (uncredited)
ABC Stage 67
1966
as Self - Host
The Phil Donahue Show
1967
as Self
Mel Brooks: The 99 Year Old Man!
2026
as Self - Talk Show Host
1971: The Year That Music Changed Everything
2021
as Self (archive footage)
George Harrison: Living in the Material World
2011
as Self (archive footage)
This Is Tom Jones
1969
as Self
The Story of Late Night
2021
as Self
What's My Name | Muhammad Ali
2019
as Self (archive footage)
Remember When
1981
as Self - Host
Time Was
1979
as Self - Host
Yesteryear
1982
as Self - Host
Movies (125)
Forrest Gump
1994
as Dick Cavett
Beetlejuice
1988
as Bernard
John Candy: I Like Me
2025
as Self - Host, The Dick Cavett Show (archive footage)
Frequency
2000
as Himself
Annie Hall
1977
as Dick Cavett
Inside Deep Throat
2005
as Self
A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
1987
as Dick Cavett
Jim Henson Idea Man
2024
as Self (archive footage)
One to One: John & Yoko
2025
as Self (archive footage)
Woody Allen: A Documentary
2011
as Self
Groucho & Cavett
2022
as Self
Koyaanisqatsi
1983
as Self (archive footage)
Moonage Daydream
2022
as Self (archive footage)
The New Yorker at 100
2025
as Self (archive footage)
Barbarians at the Gate
1993
as Self
Nightside
1973
as Dick Cavett
Group Therapy
2024
as Self - Host, The Dick Cavett Show (archive footage)
Excuse Me for Living
2012
as Reverend Pilatus
Listen to Me Marlon
2015
as Self (archive footage)
Alan Pakula: Going for Truth
2019
as Self
River of Fundament
2014
as Wake Guest
From Darkness to Light
2025
as Self (archive footage)
Imagine
1972
as Self
Live at Mister Kelly's
2021
as Self
Year of the Gun
1991
as Ben Gershon
2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
2022
as Self (archive footage)
SLY LIVES! (aka The Burden of Black Genius)
2025
as Self
Godard by Godard
2023
as Self (archive footage)
The One, the Only... Groucho
1991
as Self
Night of 100 Stars III
1990
as Self
Janis: Little Girl Blue
2015
as Himself
Paul Newman: The Restless
2023
as Self
All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone
2016
as Self
Godard Cinema
2023
as Self (archive footage)
This Is Bob Hope...
2017
as Self
An American Family at 50
2024
as Self
Moon Over Parador
1988
as Self
David Bowie: Five Years
2013
as Self (archive footage)
Dick Cavett's Watergate
2014
as Himself
Lucille Ball: Finding Lucy
2000
as Self (archive footage)
Smash His Camera
2010
as Self
Playhouse 90: The Hiding Place
1960
Dick Cavett Meets ABBA
1981
as Host
HealtH
1980
as Dick Cavett
Best of Enemies
2015
as Self
Lucy and Desi
2022
as Self (archive footage)
From Roger Moore with Love
2024
as Self
Bergman: A Year in a Life
2018
as Self
Remembering Gene Wilder
2024
as Self (archive footage)
The Fred Astaire Songbook
1991
as Self (archive footage)
Festival at Ford's
1971
as Self
Frontier University Dreams
2005
as Narrator
Driving Me Crazy
2012
as Mr. Johnson
Kyoko
2017
as Self (archive footage)
Mel Brooks and Dick Cavett Together Again
2011
as Self
What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael
2019
as Self
Mike Wallace Is Here
2019
as (archive footage)
Penn & Teller's Invisible Thread
1987
as Dick Cavett
Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast
2019
as Self - TV Host (archive footage)
Stardust: The Bette Davis Story
2006
as Self (archive footage)
The Education of Gore Vidal
2003
as Self (archive footage)
Boulevard! A Hollywood Story
2021
as Self (archive footage)
The Ghost of Richard Harris
2022
as Self
Celsius 41.11
2004
as Self (archive footage)
Duane Hopwood
2005
Elvis Meets Nixon
1997
as Narrator
Ali & Cavett: The Tale of the Tapes
2018
as Self
Gore Vidal: The United States of Amnesia
2013
as Self (archive footage)
Simon
1980
as Himself
Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired
2008
as Self (archive footage)
Jimi Hendrix
1973
as Self (archive footage)
Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel
2012
as Self (archive footage)
Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am
2019
as Self (archive footage)
Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues
2022
as Self (archive footage)
Fight of the Century
1971
as Self-(Audience Member)
Funny Girl to Funny Lady
1975
as Self
Hocus Pocus, It's Magic
1978
as Self - Host
After School
1988
as Himself
Dick Cavett's Vietnam
2015
The Capote Tapes
2021
as Self
Robert Redford & Sydney Pollack: The Men and Their Movies
1990
as Self
Power Play
1978
as Dick Cavett
Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice
2019
as Self (archive footage)
Unforgettable
2010
as Self
Remember Me
1979
as Narrator
To My Great Chagrin: The Unbelievable Story of Brother Theodore
2007
as Self
My Guest is Orson Welles
2021
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
1972
as Narrator (voice)
Cocksucker Blues
1972
as Self
Jack Paar: Smart Television
2003
as Self
The Marx Brothers in a Nutshell
1982
as Self
Behind the Seams
2000
as Detective
Jimi Hendrix: Hear My Train a Comin'
2013
as Self - TV Host (archive footage)
Friars Club Roast of Don Rickles
1970
as Self
Truman & Tennessee: An Intimate Conversation
2021
as Self - TV Host (archive footage)
The Dick Cavett Show with Mel Brooks
2006
as Self
The Lost Weekend: A Love Story
2023
as Self (archive footage)
Stewart & Mitchum: The Two Faces of America
2017
as Self
On the Sly: In Search of the Family Stone
2017
Bravo Profiles: Penn and Teller
2001
as Self
James Brown - The Man, The Music & The Message
2014
as Self
Doctor Duck's Super Secret All-Purpose Sauce
1986
as Self
Yoko Ono: This Is Not Here
1972
as Self
Joni Mitchell, Lady Blue
2022
as Self (archive footage)
Norman Mailer: The American
2012
as Self
Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage
1994
as Self (archive footage)
A Venue For The End Of The World
2014
as Himself
Bye Bye Kipling
1986
as Self
Katharine Hepburn: The Great Kate
2014
as Self - Chat-Show Host
I Refuse to Kill: He Went to War with War
as Self
Funny
1988
as Self
The Video Wine Guide with Dick Cavett
1982
as Self
Sell & Spin: A History of Advertising
1999
as Narrator
Janis
1974
Decoy: A Map to Nowhere
2007
as Self
Simon & Garfunkel: Across the Airwaves
2010
as Self
Nureyev
2018
as Self, Archive Footage
Black White + Gray: A Portrait of Sam Wagstaff and Robert Mapplethorpe
2007
as Self (archive footage)
Deceptive Practice: The Mysteries and Mentors of Ricky Jay
2012
as Narrator
Spy Magazine Presents How to Be Famous
1990
as Self
About 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… With 158 credits spanning from 1958 to 2026, Dick Cavett has appeared in 125 films and 33 TV shows.
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Most Popular Dick Cavett Movies
- Forrest Gump (1994) — as Dick Cavett
- Beetlejuice (1988) — as Bernard
- John Candy: I Like Me (2025) — as Self - Host, The Dick Cavett Show (archive footage)
- Frequency (2000) — as Himself
- Annie Hall (1977) — as Dick Cavett
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