Cast
Dick Cavett
Acting
Cast
Dick Cavett
Known for
Acting
Born
1936-11-19
From
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.
Forrest Gump
as Dick Cavett
Beetlejuice
as Bernard
Frequency
as Himself
Annie Hall
as Dick Cavett
Frontier University Dreams
as Narrator
Inside Deep Throat
as Self
A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
as Dick Cavett
Jim Henson Idea Man
as Self (archive footage)
John Candy: I Like Me
as Self - Host, The Dick Cavett Show (archive footage)
Koyaanisqatsi
as Self (archive footage)
2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
as Self (archive footage)
Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired
as Self (archive footage)
Moonage Daydream
as Self (archive footage)
Funny
as Self
Duane Hopwood
Barbarians at the Gate
as Self
Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast
as Self - TV Host (archive footage)
Woody Allen: A Documentary
as Self
Night of 100 Stars III
as Self
All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone
as Self
Robert Redford & Sydney Pollack: The Men and Their Movies
as Self
One to One: John & Yoko
as Self (archive footage)
From Roger Moore with Love
as Self
HealtH
as Dick Cavett
Group Therapy
as Self - Host, The Dick Cavett Show (archive footage)
The One, the Only... Groucho
as Self
Moon Over Parador
as Self
Power Play
as Dick Cavett
The Capote Tapes
as Self
Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues
as Self (archive footage)
Unforgettable
as Self
Excuse Me for Living
as Reverend Pilatus
SLY LIVES! (aka The Burden of Black Genius)
as Self
Celsius 41.11
as Self (archive footage)
Lucy and Desi
as Self (archive footage)
Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice
as Self (archive footage)
Best of Enemies
as Self
Year of the Gun
as Ben Gershon
The Fred Astaire Songbook
as Self (archive footage)
Bergman: A Year in a Life
as Self
River of Fundament
as Wake Guest
Nightside
as Dick Cavett
Alan Pakula: Going for Truth
as Self
Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage
as Self (archive footage)
Boulevard! A Hollywood Story
as Self (archive footage)
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
as Narrator (voice)
What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael
as Self
Elvis Meets Nixon
as Narrator
Groucho & Cavett
as Self
This Is Bob Hope...
as Self
Listen to Me Marlon
as Self (archive footage)
Imagine
as Self
Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel
as Self (archive footage)
Smash His Camera
as Self
Truman & Tennessee: An Intimate Conversation
as Self - TV Host (archive footage)
Penn & Teller's Invisible Thread
as Dick Cavett
To My Great Chagrin: The Unbelievable Story of Brother Theodore
as Self
From Darkness to Light
as Self (archive footage)
Mike Wallace Is Here
as (archive footage)
Jimi Hendrix
as Self (archive footage)
Cocksucker Blues
as Self
Doctor Duck's Super Secret All-Purpose Sauce
as Self
The Lost Weekend: A Love Story
as Self (archive footage)
The Marx Brothers in a Nutshell
as Self
Norman Mailer: The American
as Self
Godard Cinema
as Self (archive footage)
The New Yorker at 100
as Self (archive footage)
Simon
as Himself
Nureyev
as Self, Archive Footage
Janis: Little Girl Blue
as Himself
Friars Club Roast of Don Rickles
as Self
Behind the Seams
as Detective
Stewart & Mitchum: The Two Faces of America
as Self
The Ghost of Richard Harris
as Self
David Bowie: Five Years
as Self (archive footage)
After School
as Himself
Lucille Ball: Finding Lucy
as Self (archive footage)
Yoko Ono: This Is Not Here
as Self
Live at Mister Kelly's
as Self
Fight of the Century
as Self-(Audience Member)
Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am
as Self (archive footage)
Funny Girl to Funny Lady
as Self
Mel Brooks and Dick Cavett Together Again
as Self
Joni Mitchell, Lady Blue
as Self (archive footage)
Jimi Hendrix: Hear My Train a Comin'
as Self - TV Host (archive footage)
Gore Vidal: The United States of Amnesia
as Self (archive footage)
Festival at Ford's
as Self
The Education of Gore Vidal
as Self (archive footage)
Ali & Cavett: The Tale of the Tapes
as Self
James Brown - The Man, The Music & The Message
as Self
Jack Paar: Smart Television
as Self
Katharine Hepburn: The Great Kate
as Self - Chat-Show Host
Bravo Profiles: Penn and Teller
as Self
Driving Me Crazy
as Mr. Johnson
I Refuse to Kill: He Went to War with War
as Self
Playhouse 90: The Hiding Place
Bye Bye Kipling
as Self
Black White + Gray: A Portrait of Sam Wagstaff and Robert Mapplethorpe
as Self (archive footage)
Kyoko
as Self (archive footage)
Godard by Godard
as Self (archive footage)
An American Family at 50
as Self
From the Ashes: The Life and Times of Tick Hall
as Self
Spy Magazine Presents How to Be Famous
as Self
The Video Wine Guide with Dick Cavett
as Self
Janis
On the Sly: In Search of the Family Stone
Deceptive Practice: The Mysteries and Mentors of Ricky Jay
as Narrator
Jimi Hendrix: The Dick Cavett Show
as Self
Dick Cavett's Watergate
as Himself
A Venue For The End Of The World
as Himself
Dick Cavett Meets ABBA
as Host
Simon & Garfunkel: Across the Airwaves
as Self
The Dick Cavett Show with Mel Brooks
as Self
Where Danger Lives: White Rose for Julie
Remember Me
as Narrator
Tension: Who's Guilty Now?
as Self
Sell & Spin: A History of Advertising
as Narrator
Hocus Pocus, It's Magic
as Self - Host
Decoy: A Map to Nowhere
as Self
Dick Cavett's Vietnam
Once Upon a Sleigh Ride: The Music & Life of Leon Anderson
as Narrator