Dick Cavett
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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
Credits
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
Woody Allen: A Documentary (2011)
as Self
Jim Henson Idea Man (2024)
as Self (archive footage)
A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987)
as Dick Cavett
Koyaanisqatsi (1983)
as Self (archive footage)
One to One: John & Yoko (2025)
as Self (archive footage)
Groucho & Cavett (2022)
as Self
Barbarians at the Gate (1993)
as Self
Imagine (1972)
as Self
Group Therapy (2024)
as Self - Host, The Dick Cavett Show (archive footage)
From Darkness to Light (2025)
as Self (archive footage)
Moonage Daydream (2022)
as Self (archive footage)
Year of the Gun (1991)
as Ben Gershon
Excuse Me for Living (2012)
as Reverend Pilatus
The New Yorker at 100 (2025)
as Self (archive footage)
Smash His Camera (2010)
as Self
Night of 100 Stars III (1990)
as Self
River of Fundament (2014)
as Wake Guest
Moon Over Parador (1988)
as Self
Listen to Me Marlon (2015)
as Self (archive footage)
Nightside (1973)
as Dick Cavett
Janis: Little Girl Blue (2015)
as Himself
The One, the Only... Groucho (1991)
as Self
This Is Bob Hope... (2017)
as Self
The Fred Astaire Songbook (1991)
as Self (archive footage)
Godard by Godard (2023)
as Self (archive footage)
Alan Pakula: Going for Truth (2019)
as Self
Playhouse 90: The Hiding Place (1960)
Actor
Paul Newman: The Restless (2023)
as Self
Dick Cavett's Watergate (2014)
as Himself
Lucy and Desi (2022)
as Self (archive footage)
HealtH (1980)
as Dick Cavett
Kyoko (2017)
as Self (archive footage)
Live at Mister Kelly's (2021)
as Self
Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired (2008)
as Self (archive footage)
An American Family at 50 (2024)
as Self
Remembering Gene Wilder (2024)
as Self (archive footage)
Cocksucker Blues (1972)
as Self
Bergman: A Year in a Life (2018)
as Self
Lucille Ball: Finding Lucy (2000)
as Self (archive footage)
Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel (2012)
as Self (archive footage)
Boulevard! A Hollywood Story (2021)
as Self (archive footage)
Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast (2019)
as Self - TV Host (archive footage)
Elvis Meets Nixon (1997)
as Narrator
Stardust: The Bette Davis Story (2006)
as Self (archive footage)
Penn & Teller's Invisible Thread (1987)
as Dick Cavett
2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony (2022)
as Self (archive footage)
Mike Wallace Is Here (2019)
as (archive footage)
Best of Enemies (2015)
as Self
Godard Cinema (2023)
as Self (archive footage)
Power Play (1978)
as Dick Cavett
Funny Girl to Funny Lady (1975)
as Self
All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone (2016)
as Self
From Roger Moore with Love (2024)
as Self
Fight of the Century (1971)
as Self-(Audience Member)
Simon (1980)
as Himself
Dick Cavett's Vietnam (2015)
Actor
SLY LIVES! (aka The Burden of Black Genius) (2025)
as Self
Gore Vidal: The United States of Amnesia (2013)
as Self (archive footage)
David Bowie: Five Years (2013)
as Self (archive footage)
Jimi Hendrix (1973)
as Self (archive footage)
Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues (2022)
as Self (archive footage)
Festival at Ford's (1971)
as Self
Driving Me Crazy (2012)
as Mr. Johnson
The Education of Gore Vidal (2003)
as Self (archive footage)
Frontier University Dreams (2005)
as Narrator
Jack Paar: Smart Television (2003)
as Self
Robert Redford & Sydney Pollack: The Men and Their Movies (1990)
as Self
Duane Hopwood (2005)
Actor
Dick Cavett Meets ABBA (1981)
as Host
Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice (2019)
as Self (archive footage)
Bravo Profiles: Penn and Teller (2001)
as Self
The Ghost of Richard Harris (2022)
as Self
Funny (1988)
as Self
Mel Brooks and Dick Cavett Together Again (2011)
as Self
The Lost Weekend: A Love Story (2023)
as Self (archive footage)
The Marx Brothers in a Nutshell (1982)
as Self
Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am (2019)
as Self (archive footage)
Hocus Pocus, It's Magic (1978)
as Self - Host
Celsius 41.11 (2004)
as Self (archive footage)
What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael (2019)
as Self
Jimi Hendrix: Hear My Train a Comin' (2013)
as Self - TV Host (archive footage)
Ali & Cavett: The Tale of the Tapes (2018)
as Self
My Guest is Orson Welles (2021)
Actor
Jimi Hendrix: The Dick Cavett Show (1969)
as Self
Norman Mailer: The American (2012)
as Self
Behind the Seams (2000)
as Detective
Remember Me (1979)
as Narrator
Joni Mitchell, Lady Blue (2022)
as Self (archive footage)
Friars Club Roast of Don Rickles (1970)
as Self
The Dick Cavett Show with Mel Brooks (2006)
as Self
To My Great Chagrin: The Unbelievable Story of Brother Theodore (2007)
as Self
The Capote Tapes (2021)
as Self
A Venue For The End Of The World (2014)
as Himself
After School (1988)
as Himself
Unforgettable (2010)
as Self
Katharine Hepburn: The Great Kate (2014)
as Self - Chat-Show Host
Truman & Tennessee: An Intimate Conversation (2021)
as Self - TV Host (archive footage)
Simon & Garfunkel: Across the Airwaves (2010)
as Self
Yoko Ono: This Is Not Here (1972)
as Self
Bye Bye Kipling (1986)
as Self
Hollywood: The Dream Factory (1972)
as Narrator (voice)
Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage (1994)
as Self (archive footage)
Stewart & Mitchum: The Two Faces of America (2017)
as Self
On the Sly: In Search of the Family Stone (2017)
Actor
James Brown - The Man, The Music & The Message (2014)
as Self
Spy Magazine Presents How to Be Famous (1990)
as Self
The Video Wine Guide with Dick Cavett (1982)
as Self
Nureyev (2018)
as Self, Archive Footage
Sell & Spin: A History of Advertising (1999)
as Narrator
Tension: Who's Guilty Now? (2007)
as Self
From the Ashes: The Life and Times of Tick Hall (—)
as Self
Where Danger Lives: White Rose for Julie (2007)
Actor
I Refuse to Kill: He Went to War with War (—)
as Self
Doctor Duck's Super Secret All-Purpose Sauce (1986)
as Self
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
Janis (1974)
Actor
Decoy: A Map to Nowhere (2007)
as Self
Once Upon a Sleigh Ride: The Music & Life of Leon Anderson (2000)
as Narrator