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.
★8.5
MOVIE1994
Forrest Gump
as Dick Cavett
★7.4
MOVIE1988
Beetlejuice
as Bernard
★7.9
MOVIE2025
John Candy: I Like Me
as Self - Host, The Dick Cavett Show (archive footage)
★7.7
MOVIE1977
Annie Hall
as Dick Cavett
★7.9
MOVIE2024
Jim Henson Idea Man
as Self (archive footage)
★6.4
MOVIE2005
Inside Deep Throat
as Self
★7.3
MOVIE2000
Frequency
as Himself
★7.2
MOVIE2025
One to One: John & Yoko
as Self (archive footage)
★6.9
MOVIE2011
Woody Allen: A Documentary
as Self
★7.8
MOVIE2024
Group Therapy
as Self - Host, The Dick Cavett Show (archive footage)
★4.2
MOVIE2012
Excuse Me for Living
as Reverend Pilatus
★10.0
MOVIE1973
Nightside
as Dick Cavett
★7.1
MOVIE1972
Imagine
as Self
★6.7
MOVIE1987
A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
as Dick Cavett
★5.9
MOVIE2014
River of Fundament
as Wake Guest
MOVIE2024
An American Family at 50
as Self
★7.5
MOVIE2022
Moonage Daydream
as Self (archive footage)
★7.0
MOVIE2022
Groucho & Cavett
as Self
★6.5
MOVIE2019
Alan Pakula: Going for Truth
as Self
★7.5
MOVIE2013
David Bowie: Five Years
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE1991
The Fred Astaire Songbook
as Self (archive footage)
★7.0
MOVIE2014
Dick Cavett's Watergate
as Himself
★6.7
MOVIE2025
From Darkness to Light
as Self (archive footage)
★10.0
MOVIE1991
The One, the Only... Groucho
as Self
★7.8
MOVIE2023
Godard by Godard
as Self (archive footage)
★7.7
MOVIE2023
Paul Newman: The Restless
as Self
★7.4
MOVIE2016
All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone
as Self
★7.9
MOVIE1983
Koyaanisqatsi
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE2021
Live at Mister Kelly's
as Self
★4.9
MOVIE1991
Year of the Gun
as Ben Gershon
★6.9
MOVIE1993
Barbarians at the Gate
as Self
MOVIE1971
Festival at Ford's
as Self
★6.5
MOVIE2019
Mike Wallace Is Here
as (archive footage)
★8.0
MOVIE2017
This Is Bob Hope...
as Self
★6.2
MOVIE2021
Boulevard! A Hollywood Story
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE2005
Frontier University Dreams
as Narrator
★7.7
MOVIE2013
Gore Vidal: The United States of Amnesia
as Self (archive footage)
★6.7
MOVIE2006
Stardust: The Bette Davis Story
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE2021
My Guest is Orson Welles
★6.9
MOVIE2025
The New Yorker at 100
as Self (archive footage)
★7.5
MOVIE2019
Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am
as Self (archive footage)
★7.5
MOVIE2015
Listen to Me Marlon
as Self (archive footage)
★5.4
MOVIE1980
HealtH
as Dick Cavett
★7.9
MOVIE2011
Mel Brooks and Dick Cavett Together Again
as Self
★5.0
MOVIE2019
Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast
as Self - TV Host (archive footage)
★7.0
MOVIE2012
Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel
as Self (archive footage)
★6.9
MOVIE2010
Smash His Camera
as Self
★8.0
MOVIE2024
From Roger Moore with Love
as Self
★7.1
MOVIE2022
Lucy and Desi
as Self (archive footage)
★8.7
MOVIE2003
The Education of Gore Vidal
as Self (archive footage)
★6.3
MOVIE1980
Simon
as Himself
MOVIE1990
Robert Redford & Sydney Pollack: The Men and Their Movies
as Self
★7.4
MOVIE2018
Bergman: A Year in a Life
as Self
★2.6
MOVIE1988
After School
as Himself
★7.2
MOVIE2015
Best of Enemies
as Self
★7.3
MOVIE2015
Janis: Little Girl Blue
as Himself
MOVIE1970
Friars Club Roast of Don Rickles
as Self
★4.0
MOVIE1990
Night of 100 Stars III
as Self
★7.0
MOVIE2000
Lucille Ball: Finding Lucy
as Self (archive footage)
★7.5
MOVIE2022
The Ghost of Richard Harris
as Self
★8.0
MOVIE1979
Remember Me
as Narrator
★8.2
MOVIE2022
2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
as Self (archive footage)
★6.5
MOVIE1987
Penn & Teller's Invisible Thread
as Dick Cavett
★5.5
MOVIE2023
Godard Cinema
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE1981
Dick Cavett Meets ABBA
as Host
★6.9
MOVIE2025
SLY LIVES! (aka The Burden of Black Genius)
as Self
MOVIE1960
Playhouse 90: The Hiding Place
MOVIE2012
Driving Me Crazy
as Mr. Johnson
★5.5
MOVIE2004
Celsius 41.11
as Self (archive footage)
★7.6
MOVIE2019
Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice
as Self (archive footage)
★7.0
MOVIE2012
Norman Mailer: The American
as Self
★10.0
MOVIE2000
Behind the Seams
as Detective
★5.8
MOVIE2005
Duane Hopwood
★5.9
MOVIE1988
Moon Over Parador
as Self
★7.8
MOVIE1973
Jimi Hendrix
as Self (archive footage)
★7.2
MOVIE1978
Power Play
as Dick Cavett
★6.0
MOVIE2017
Kyoko
as Self (archive footage)
★7.5
MOVIE2013
Jimi Hendrix: Hear My Train a Comin'
as Self - TV Host (archive footage)
★4.0
MOVIE2007
To My Great Chagrin: The Unbelievable Story of Brother Theodore
as Self
★7.2
MOVIE2024
Remembering Gene Wilder
as Self (archive footage)
★5.8
MOVIE1972
Cocksucker Blues
as Self
★6.5
MOVIE2022
Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues
as Self (archive footage)
★6.0
MOVIE1975
Funny Girl to Funny Lady
as Self
★5.9
MOVIE2021
The Capote Tapes
as Self
★7.0
MOVIE1997
Elvis Meets Nixon
as Narrator
★9.0
MOVIE1982
The Marx Brothers in a Nutshell
as Self
★7.0
MOVIE2015
Dick Cavett's Vietnam
★6.7
MOVIE2019
What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael
as Self
★5.0
MOVIE2010
Unforgettable
as Self
MOVIE1971
Fight of the Century
as Self-(Audience Member)
★7.0
MOVIE2017
On the Sly: In Search of the Family Stone
MOVIE1986
Bye Bye Kipling
as Self
★6.3
MOVIE2008
Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired
as Self (archive footage)
★7.2
MOVIE2018
Ali & Cavett: The Tale of the Tapes
as Self
MOVIE2006
The Dick Cavett Show with Mel Brooks
as Self
★7.3
MOVIE1972
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
as Narrator (voice)
MOVIE1978
Hocus Pocus, It's Magic
as Self - Host
★6.5
MOVIE2014
Katharine Hepburn: The Great Kate
as Self - Chat-Show Host
MOVIE2001
Bravo Profiles: Penn and Teller
as Self
★7.0
MOVIE2023
The Lost Weekend: A Love Story
as Self (archive footage)
★9.0
MOVIE1994
Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage
as Self (archive footage)
★8.0
MOVIE2003
Jack Paar: Smart Television
as Self
★8.0
MOVIE1988
Funny
as Self
★8.0
MOVIE2014
James Brown - The Man, The Music & The Message
as Self
★6.0
MOVIE2017
Stewart & Mitchum: The Two Faces of America
as Self
MOVIE1990
Spy Magazine Presents How to Be Famous
as Self
MOVIE2022
Joni Mitchell, Lady Blue
as Self (archive footage)
★8.0
MOVIE1969
Jimi Hendrix: The Dick Cavett Show
as Self
★6.0
MOVIE2014
A Venue For The End Of The World
as Himself
★10.0
MOVIE1999
Sell & Spin: A History of Advertising
as Narrator
★6.9
MOVIE2012
Deceptive Practice: The Mysteries and Mentors of Ricky Jay
as Narrator
★6.0
MOVIE1972
Yoko Ono: This Is Not Here
as Self
★4.8
MOVIE2007
Black White + Gray: A Portrait of Sam Wagstaff and Robert Mapplethorpe
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE1982
The Video Wine Guide with Dick Cavett
as Self
★7.6
MOVIE1974
Janis
MOVIETBA
From the Ashes: The Life and Times of Tick Hall
as Self
★2.5
MOVIE2021
Truman & Tennessee: An Intimate Conversation
as Self - TV Host (archive footage)
MOVIE2007
Decoy: A Map to Nowhere
as Self
MOVIETBA
I Refuse to Kill: He Went to War with War
as Self
★6.3
MOVIE1986
Doctor Duck's Super Secret All-Purpose Sauce
as Self
★7.3
MOVIE2018
Nureyev
as Self, Archive Footage
MOVIE2007
Where Danger Lives: White Rose for Julie
MOVIE2010
Simon & Garfunkel: Across the Airwaves
as Self
MOVIE2007
Tension: Who's Guilty Now?
as Self
MOVIE2000
Once Upon a Sleigh Ride: The Music & Life of Leon Anderson
as Narrator