Dick Cavett
Acting
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
Acting158
tvMel Brooks: The 99 Year Old Man!
2026
Self - Talk Show Host
movieJohn Candy: I Like Me
2025
Self - Host, The Dick Cavett Show (archive footage)
movieThe New Yorker at 100
2025
Self (archive footage)
movieFrom Darkness to Light
2025
Self (archive footage)
movieOne to One: John & Yoko
2025
Self (archive footage)
movieGroup Therapy
2024
Self - Host, The Dick Cavett Show (archive footage)
movieJim Henson Idea Man
2024
Self (archive footage)
movieRemembering Gene Wilder
2024
Self (archive footage)
movieGodard Cinema
2023
Self (archive footage)
movieGodard by Godard
2023
Self (archive footage)
movieThe Lost Weekend: A Love Story
2023
Self (archive footage)
movie2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
2022
Self (archive footage)
movieMoonage Daydream
2022
Self (archive footage)
movieLouis Armstrong's Black & Blues
2022
Self (archive footage)
movieJoni Mitchell, Lady Blue
2022
Self (archive footage)
movieLucy and Desi
2022
Self (archive footage)
movieBoulevard! A Hollywood Story
2021
Self (archive footage)
movieTruman & Tennessee: An Intimate Conversation
2021
Self - TV Host (archive footage)
tv1971: The Year That Music Changed Everything
2021
Self (archive footage)
movieLinda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice
2019
Self (archive footage)
movieMike Wallace Is Here
2019
(archive footage)
movieToni Morrison: The Pieces I Am
2019
Self (archive footage)
tvWhat's My Name | Muhammad Ali
2019
Self (archive footage)
movieNice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast
2019
Self - TV Host (archive footage)
movieNureyev
2018
Self, Archive Footage
movieKyoko
2017
Self (archive footage)
tvThe Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
Self - Guest
movieListen to Me Marlon
2015
Self (archive footage)
movieKatharine Hepburn: The Great Kate
2014
Self - Chat-Show Host
movieRiver of Fundament
2014
Wake Guest
movieJimi Hendrix: Hear My Train a Comin'
2013
Self - TV Host (archive footage)
movieGore Vidal: The United States of Amnesia
2013
Self (archive footage)
movieDavid Bowie: Five Years
2013
Self (archive footage)
movieExcuse Me for Living
2012
Reverend Pilatus
movieDiana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel
2012
Self (archive footage)
movieDriving Me Crazy
2012
Mr. Johnson
tvGeorge Harrison: Living in the Material World
2011
Self (archive footage)
tvWatch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
Self - Guest
tvChildrens Hospital
2008
Dick Cavett
movieRoman Polanski: Wanted and Desired
2008
Self (archive footage)
movieBlack White + Gray: A Portrait of Sam Wagstaff and Robert Mapplethorpe
2007
Self (archive footage)
movieStardust: The Bette Davis Story
2006
Self (archive footage)
movieCelsius 41.11
2004
Self (archive footage)
movieThe Education of Gore Vidal
2003
Self (archive footage)
tvJimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
Self - Guest
Lucille Ball: Finding Lucy
2000
Self (archive footage)
movieBehind the Seams
2000
Detective
movieFrequency
2000
Himself
movieElvis Meets Nixon
1997
Narrator
movieTennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage
1994
Self (archive footage)
movieForrest Gump
1994
Dick Cavett
movieYear of the Gun
1991
Ben Gershon
movieThe Fred Astaire Songbook
1991
Self (archive footage)
tvThe Simpsons
1989
Dick Cavett (voice)
movieAfter School
1988
Himself
movieFunny
1988
Self
movieBeetlejuice
1988
Bernard
moviePenn & Teller's Invisible Thread
1987
Dick Cavett
tvIt's Garry Shandling's Show
1986
Self (archive footage) (audio) (uncredited)
tvAmazing Stories
1985
Dick Cavett
movieKoyaanisqatsi
1983
Self (archive footage)
tvCheers
1982
Himself
tvYesteryear
1982
Self - Host
tvLate Night with David Letterman
1982
Self - Guest
tvRemember When
1981
Self - Host
movieHealtH
1980
Dick Cavett
movieSimon
1980
Himself
tvTime Was
1979
Self - Host
movieRemember Me
1979
Narrator
moviePower Play
1978
Dick Cavett
movieAnnie Hall
1977
Dick Cavett
tvSaturday Night Live
1975
Self (uncredited) / Self - Host
tvDinah!
1974
Self
movieJimi Hendrix
1973
Self (archive footage)
movieNightside
1973
Dick Cavett
movieImagine
1972
Self
movieHollywood: The Dream Factory
1972
Narrator (voice)
movieFight of the Century
1971
Self-(Audience Member)
tvThe Odd Couple
1970
Dick Cavett
tvThe Dick Cavett Show
1968
Self - Host
tvABC Stage 67
1966
Self - Host
