Personal Info
Known Credits
109
Gender
Male
Birthdate
1936-11-19 (89 Y.O)
Place Of Birth
Gibbon, Nebraska, USA
Also Known For
Richard Alva Cavett
Dick Cavett
Biography
Richard Alva Cavett (/ˈkævɪt/; 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, ...
Known For
Acting
2024 --
From Roger Moore with Love
| Self
2024 --
Faye
| Self (archive footage)
2023 --
Godard Cinema
| Self (archive footage)
2023 --
Godard by Godard
| Self (archive footage)
2023 --
The Lost Weekend: A Love Story
| Self (archive footage)
2022 --
Groucho & Cavett
| Self
2022 --
2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
| Self (archive footage)
2022 --
Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues
| Self (archive footage)
2022 --
Moonage Daydream
| Self (archive footage)
2022 --
The Ghost of Richard Harris
| Self
2022 --
Joni Mitchell, Lady Blue
| Self (archive footage)
2022 --
Lucy and Desi
| Self (archive footage)
2021 --
Live at Mister Kelly's
| Self
2021 --
The Capote Tapes
| Self
2021 --
Truman & Tennessee: An Intimate Conversation
| Self - TV Host (archive footage)
2019 --
Alan Pakula: Going for Truth
| Self
2019 --
Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice
| Self (archive footage)
2019 --
Mike Wallace Is Here
| (archive footage)
2019 --
Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am
| Self (archive footage)
2019 --
What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael
| Self
2019 --
Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast
| Self - TV Host (archive footage)
2018 --
Nureyev
| Self, Archive Footage
2018 --
Ali & Cavett: The Tale of the Tapes
| Self
2018 --
Bergman: A Year in a Life
| Self
2017 --
This Is Bob Hope...
| Self
2017 --
Stewart & Mitchum: The Two Faces of America
| Self
2017 --
Kyoko
| Self (archive footage)
2017 --
I Am Not Your Negro
| Self (archive footage)
2017 --
On the Sly: In Search of the Family Stone
|
2016 --
All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone
| Self
2015 --
Janis: Little Girl Blue
| Himself
2015 --
Best of Enemies
| Self
2015 --
Listen to Me Marlon
| Self (archive footage)
2015 --
Dick Cavett's Vietnam
|
2014 --
James Brown - The Man, The Music & The Message
| Self
2014 --
A Venue For The End Of The World
| Himself
2014 --
Dick Cavett's Watergate
| Himself
2014 --
Katharine Hepburn: The Great Kate
| Self - Chat-Show Host
2014 --
River of Fundament
| Wake Guest
2013 --
Jimi Hendrix: Hear My Train a Comin'
| Self - TV Host (archive footage)
2013 --
David Bowie: Five Years
| Self (archive footage)
2012 --
Excuse Me for Living
| Reverend Pilatus
2012 --
Deceptive Practice: The Mysteries and Mentors of Ricky Jay
| Narrator
2012 --
Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel
| Self (archive footage)
2012 --
Norman Mailer: The American
| Self
2012 --
Driving Me Crazy
| Mr. Johnson
2011 --
Woody Allen: A Documentary
| Self
2011 --
Mel Brooks and Dick Cavett Together Again
| Self
2010 --
Simon & Garfunkel: Across the Airwaves
| Self
2010 --
Unforgettable
|
2010 --
Smash His Camera
| Self
2010 --
Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy
| Self (archive footage)
2008 --
Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired
| Self (archive footage)
2007 --
To My Great Chagrin: The Unbelievable Story of Brother Theodore
| Himself
2007 --
Where Danger Lives: White Rose for Julie
|
2007 --
Decoy: A Map to Nowhere
| Self
2007 --
Tension: Who's Guilty Now?
| Self
2007 --
Black White + Gray: A Portrait of Sam Wagstaff and Robert Mapplethorpe
| Self (archive footage)
2006 --
The Dick Cavett Show with Mel Brooks
| Self
2005 --
Duane Hopwood
|
2005 --
Frontier University Dreams
| Narrator
2005 --
Inside Deep Throat
| Self
2004 --
Celsius 41.11
| Self (archive footage)
2003 --
Jack Paar: Smart Television
| Self
2003 --
The Education of Gore Vidal
| Self (archive footage)
2000 --
Behind the Seams
| Detective
2000 --
Once Upon a Sleigh Ride: The Music & Life of Leon Anderson
| Narrator
1999 --
Sell & Spin: A History of Advertising
| Narrator
1997 --
Elvis Meets Nixon
| Narrator
1995 --
The History of Rock 'n' Roll
| Self
1994 --
Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage
| Self (archive footage)
1994 --
Forrest Gump
| Dick Cavett
1993 --
Barbarians at the Gate
| Self
1991 --
Year of the Gun
| Ben Gershon
1991 --
The One, the Only... Groucho
| Self
1991 --
The Fred Astaire Songbook
| Self (archive footage)
1990 --
Robert Redford & Sydney Pollack: The Men and Their Movies
| Self
1990 --
Night of 100 Stars III
| Self
1990 --
Spy Magazine Presents How to Be Famous
| himself
1988 --
Moon Over Parador
| Self
1988 --
After School
| Himself
1988 --
Funny
| Self
1988 --
Beetlejuice
| Bernard
1987 --
Penn & Teller's Invisible Thread
| Dick Cavett
1987 --
A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
| Dick Cavett
1986 --
Bye Bye Kipling
| Self
1986 --
Doctor Duck's Super Secret All-Purpose Sauce
| Self
1983 --
Koyaanisqatsi
| Self - On TV (archive footage) (uncredited)
1982 --
The Video Wine Guide with Dick Cavett
| Self
1982 --
The Marx Brothers in a Nutshell
| Self
1980 --
HealtH
| Dick Cavett
1980 --
Simon
| Himself
1979 --
Remember Me
| Narrator
1978 --
Power Play
| Dick Cavett
1977 --
Annie Hall
| Dick Cavett
1975 --
Funny Girl to Funny Lady
| Self
1974 --
Janis
|
1973 --
Jimi Hendrix
| Self (archive footage)
1973 --
Nightside
| Dick Cavett
1972 --
Imagine
| Self
1972 --
Cocksucker Blues
| Self
1972 --
Yoko Ono: This Is Not Here
| Self
1972 --
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
| Narrator (voice)
1971 --
Festival at Ford's
| Self
1971 --
Fight of the Century
| Self-(Audience Member)
1970 --
Friars Club Roast of Don Rickles
| Self
1969 --
Jimi Hendrix: The Dick Cavett Show
| Self