Acting
Dick Cavett
EN, FR, SV, JA cinema · 129 credits
Born
19 November 1936 (age 89)
Birthplace
Gibbon, Nebraska, USA
Also known as Richard Alva 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, 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
Filmography
One to One: John & Yoko
as Self (archive footage)
From Darkness to Light
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The New Yorker at 100
as Self (archive footage)
John Candy: I Like Me
as Self - Host, The Dick Cavett Show (archive footage)
NASA, Nazis and the Space Race
as Self (archive footage)
Jim Henson Idea Man
as Self (archive footage)
Group Therapy
as Self - Host, The Dick Cavett Show (archive footage)
Remembering Gene Wilder
as Self (archive footage)
A Clockwork Orange: The Prophecy
as Self (archive footage)
The Lost Weekend: A Love Story
as Self (archive footage)
Godard Cinema
as Self (archive footage)
Godard by Godard
as Self (archive footage)
Paul Newman: The Restless
as Self (archive footage)
Lucy and Desi
as Self (archive footage)
Moonage Daydream
as Self (archive footage)
2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
as Self (archive footage)
Groucho & Cavett
as Self
Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues
as Self (archive footage)
Joni Mitchell, Lady Blue
as Self (archive footage)
Each Day in a Moment
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Capote Tapes
as Self
Truman & Tennessee: An Intimate Conversation
as Self - TV Host (archive footage)
Boulevard! A Hollywood Story
as Self (archive footage)
Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am
as Self (archive footage)
Mike Wallace Is Here
as (archive footage)
Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice
as Self (archive footage)
Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast
as Self - TV Host (archive footage)
Ali & Cavett: The Tale of the Tapes
as Self, Writer
Nureyev
as Self, Archive Footage
Kyoko
as Self (archive footage)
Best of Enemies
as Self
Janis: Little Girl Blue
as Himself
Listen to Me Marlon
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
River of Fundament
as Wake Guest
Dick Cavett's Watergate
as Himself
Katharine Hepburn: The Great Kate
as Self - Chat-Show Host
David Bowie: Five Years
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)
Driving Me Crazy
as Mr. Johnson
Excuse Me for Living
as Reverend Pilatus
Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel
as Self (archive footage)
Smash His Camera
as Self
Unforgettable
as Self
Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired
as Self (archive footage)
Black White + Gray: A Portrait of Sam Wagstaff and Robert Mapplethorpe
as Self (archive footage)
Stardust: The Bette Davis Story
as Self (archive footage)
Frontier University Dreams
as Narrator
Celsius 41.11
as Self (archive footage)
The Education of Gore Vidal
as Self (archive footage)
Behind the Seams
as Detective
Lucille Ball: Finding Lucy
2000
Lucille Ball: Finding Lucy
as Self (archive footage)
Frequency
as Himself
Sell & Spin: A History of Advertising
1999
Sell & Spin: A History of Advertising
as Narrator
Elvis Meets Nixon
as Narrator
Forrest Gump
as Dick Cavett
Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage
as Self (archive footage)
Year of the Gun
as Ben Gershon
The Fred Astaire Songbook
as Self (archive footage)
Spy Magazine Presents How to Be Famous
1990
Spy Magazine Presents How to Be Famous
as Self
Funny
as Self
After School
as Himself
Beetlejuice
as Bernard
A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
as Dick Cavett
Penn & Teller's Invisible Thread
as Dick Cavett
Koyaanisqatsi
as Self (archive footage)
HealtH
as Dick Cavett
Simon
as Himself
Remember Me
as Narrator
Power Play
as Dick Cavett
Annie Hall
as Dick Cavett
Janis
Actor
Jimi Hendrix
as Self (archive footage)
Nightside
as Dick Cavett
Cocksucker Blues
as Self
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
as Narrator (voice)
Imagine
as Self
Fight of the Century
as Self-(Audience Member)
