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