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Dick Cavett

Personal Information

Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birth DateNov 19, 1936 (89 years old)
Zodiac Sign♏Scorpio
Place of BirthGibbon, Nebraska, USA
Career Span1958 – Present (69 yrs)
Known Credits150 Titles
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ActingPopularity Score 1.2

Dick Cavett

Also known as:Richard Alva Cavett
Total Works

150

117 movies • 33 shows

Avg Rating

7 / 10

across rated releases

Box Office

—

worldwide gross

Global Reach

#1

TMDB star index

Biography

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.

Signature Roles & Milestones

Forrest Gump
8.5
Forrest Gump
1994•movie
as Dick Cavett
The Simpsons
8.0
The Simpsons
1989•series
as Dick Cavett (voice)
Beetlejuice
7.4
Beetlejuice
1988•movie
as Bernard
Annie Hall
7.7
Annie Hall
1977•movie
as Dick Cavett

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Full Filmography & Credits

Showing 150 titles featuring Dick Cavett

Forrest Gump
8.5
Forrest Gump
1994•movie

as Dick Cavett

The Simpsons
8.0
1 eps
The Simpsons
1989•series

as Dick Cavett (voice)

Beetlejuice
7.4
Beetlejuice
1988•movie

as Bernard

Annie Hall
7.7
Annie Hall
1977•movie

as Dick Cavett

Gossip Girl
8.1
1 eps
Gossip Girl
2007•series

as Self

Frequency
7.3
Frequency
2000•movie

as Himself

A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
6.7

as Dick Cavett

Koyaanisqatsi
7.9
Koyaanisqatsi
1983•movie

as Self (archive footage)

Cheers
7.6
1 eps
Cheers
1982•series

as Himself

Saturday Night Live
6.9
1 eps
Saturday Night Live
1975•series

as Self (uncredited)

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
6.1
1 eps

as Self - Guest

Moonage Daydream
7.4
Moonage Daydream
2022•movie

as Self (archive footage)

Amazing Stories
7.5
1 eps
Amazing Stories
1985•series

as Dick Cavett

Jimmy Kimmel Live!
5.3
1 eps
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003•series

as Self - Guest

Woody Allen: A Documentary
6.9

as Self

Listen to Me Marlon
7.5

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Janis: Little Girl Blue
7.3

as Himself

Best of Enemies
7.2
Best of Enemies
2015•movie

as Self

Inside Deep Throat
6.4
Inside Deep Throat
2005•movie

as Self

Late Night with Seth Meyers
5.1
1 eps

as Self

John Candy: I Like Me
7.9

as Self - Host, The Dick Cavett Show (archive footage)

Childrens Hospital
7.0
1 eps
Childrens Hospital
2008•series

as Dick Cavett

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
4.9
1 eps

as Self - Guest

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
7.6
3 eps

as Self

Moon Over Parador
5.9
Moon Over Parador
1988•movie

as Self

Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired
6.3

as Self (archive footage)

The Odd Couple
7.8
1 eps
The Odd Couple
1970•series

as Dick Cavett

Late Night with David Letterman
6.2
1 eps

as Self - Guest

Year of the Gun
4.9
Year of the Gun
1991•movie

as Ben Gershon

Jim Henson Idea Man
7.8

as Self (archive footage)

George Harrison: Living in the Material World
7.5
2 eps

as Self (archive footage)

Barbarians at the Gate
6.9

as Self

David Bowie: Five Years
7.5

as Self (archive footage)

Lucy and Desi
7.1
Lucy and Desi
2022•movie

as Self (archive footage)

Bergman: A Year in a Life
7.4

as Self

Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel
7.0

as Self (archive footage)

Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
6.8
2 eps

as Self

Deceptive Practice: The Mysteries and Mentors of Ricky Jay
7.0

as Narrator

Gore Vidal: The United States of Amnesia
7.6

as Self (archive footage)

Jimi Hendrix: Hear My Train a Comin'
7.4

as Self - TV Host (archive footage)

Alias Smith and Jones
7.0
1 eps
Imagine
7.1
Imagine
1972•movie

as Self

Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice
7.6

as Self (archive footage)

1971: The Year That Music Changed Everything
7.6
1 eps

as Self (archive footage)

Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues
6.6

as Self (archive footage)

Jimi Hendrix
7.7
Jimi Hendrix
1973•movie

as Self (archive footage)

The New Yorker at 100
7.0

as Self (archive footage)

What's My Name | Muhammad Ali
7.4
2 eps

as Self (archive footage)

Duane Hopwood
5.9
Duane Hopwood
2005•movie
Nureyev
7.3
Nureyev
2018•movie

as Self, Archive Footage

Cocksucker Blues
5.8
Cocksucker Blues
1972•movie

as Self

Smash His Camera
6.9
Smash His Camera
2010•movie

as Self

Hotel
6.8
1 eps
Hotel
1982•series
Simon
6.3
Simon
1980•movie

as Himself

Remembering Gene Wilder
7.3

as Self (archive footage)

The Dick Cavett Show
6.8
470 eps

as Self - Host

River of Fundament
6.0
River of Fundament
2014•movie

as Wake Guest

SLY LIVES! (aka The Burden of Black Genius)
7.1

as Self

All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone
7.4

as Self

One to One: John & Yoko
7.1

as Self (archive footage)

Celebrity Ghost Stories
7.3
1 eps

as Self

It's Garry Shandling's Show
7.1
1 eps

as Self (archive footage) (audio) (uncredited)

HealtH
5.4
HealtH
1980•movie

as Dick Cavett

Excuse Me for Living
4.0

as Reverend Pilatus

Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am
7.6

as Self (archive footage)

What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael
6.7

as Self

Mel Brooks: The 99 Year Old Man!
7.8
1 eps

as Self - Talk Show Host

Elvis Meets Nixon
7.0
Elvis Meets Nixon
1997•movie

as Narrator

Janis
7.6
Janis
1974•movie
Stardust: The Bette Davis Story
6.6

as Self (archive footage)

Godard Cinema
5.6
Godard Cinema
2023•movie

as Self (archive footage)

Mike Wallace Is Here
6.5

as (archive footage)

Power Play
7.2
Power Play
1978•movie

as Dick Cavett

After School
3.0
After School
1988•movie

as Himself

The Merv Griffin Show
6.8
4 eps

as Self

2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
8.2

as Self (archive footage)

Black White + Gray: A Portrait of Sam Wagstaff and Robert Mapplethorpe
5.0

as Self (archive footage)

From Roger Moore with Love
8.0

as Self

Paul Newman: The Restless
7.5

as Self (archive footage)

The Capote Tapes
5.9
The Capote Tapes
2021•movie

as Self

Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast
5.3

as Self - TV Host (archive footage)

Kraft Music Hall
5.4
5 eps
Kraft Music Hall
1958•series

as Self

Penn & Teller's Invisible Thread
6.5

as Dick Cavett

Ali & Cavett: The Tale of the Tapes
7.2

as Self

Boulevard! A Hollywood Story
6.2

as Self (archive footage)

The Story of Late Night
5.7
6 eps

as Self

ABC Stage 67
6.8
1 eps
ABC Stage 67
1966•series

as Self - Host

Godard by Godard
7.2
Godard by Godard
2023•movie

as Self (archive footage)

Hollywood: The Dream Factory
7.4

as Narrator (voice)

The Lost Weekend: A Love Story
7.0

as Self (archive footage)

Mel Brooks and Dick Cavett Together Again
7.9

as Self

Alan Pakula: Going for Truth
6.5

as Self

Celsius 41.11
5.5
Celsius 41.11
2004•movie

as Self (archive footage)

Truman & Tennessee: An Intimate Conversation
2.5

as Self - TV Host (archive footage)

Group Therapy
7.8
Group Therapy
2024•movie

as Self - Host, The Dick Cavett Show (archive footage)

NASA, Nazis and the Space Race
5.5

as Self (archive footage)

Dinah!
7.0
3 eps
Dinah!
1974•series

as Self

Doctor Duck's Super Secret All-Purpose Sauce
6.3

as Self

The Ghost of Richard Harris
7.5

as Self

Night of 100 Stars III
4.3

as Self

This Is Bob Hope...
7.7

as Self

Katharine Hepburn: The Great Kate
6.5

as Self - Chat-Show Host

The Education of Gore Vidal
8.7

as Self (archive footage)

From Darkness to Light
6.7

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

This Is Tom Jones
6.7
1 eps
This Is Tom Jones
1969•series

as Self

Norman Mailer: The American
7.0

as Self

A Venue For The End Of The World
6.0

as Himself

Groucho & Cavett
7.0
Groucho & Cavett
2022•movie

as Self

Funny Girl to Funny Lady
6.0

as Self

A Clockwork Orange: The Prophecy
7.5

as Self (archive footage)

Funny
8.0
Funny
1988•movie

as Self

Yoko Ono: This Is Not Here
6.0

as Self

The Marx Brothers in a Nutshell
9.0

as Self

James Brown - The Man, The Music & The Message
8.0

as Self

Behind the Seams
10.0
Behind the Seams
2000•movie

as Detective

On the Sly: In Search of the Family Stone
7.0
Jimi Hendrix: The Dick Cavett Show
8.0

as Self

Dick Cavett's Watergate
7.0

as Himself

Remember Me
8.0
Remember Me
1979•movie

as Narrator

Stewart & Mitchum: The Two Faces of America
6.0

as Self

Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage
9.0

as Self (archive footage)

Jack Paar: Smart Television
8.0

as Self

Kyoko
6.0
Kyoko
2017•movie

as Self (archive footage)

The One, the Only... Groucho
10.0

as Self

Dick Cavett's Vietnam
7.0
Nightside
10.0
Nightside
1973•movie

as Dick Cavett

Unforgettable
5.0
Unforgettable
2010•movie

as Self

Joni Mitchell, Lady Blue
8.0

as Self (archive footage)

From the Ashes: The Life and Times of Tick Hall

as Self

Live at Mister Kelly's

as Self

The Video Wine Guide with Dick Cavett

as Self

Robert Redford & Sydney Pollack: The Men and Their Movies

as Self

Driving Me Crazy
Driving Me Crazy
2012•movie

as Mr. Johnson

I Refuse to Kill: He Went to War with War

as Self

Bye Bye Kipling
Bye Bye Kipling
1986•movie

as Self

The Dick Cavett Show with Mel Brooks

as Self

Friars Club Roast of Don Rickles

as Self

Fight of the Century

as Self-(Audience Member)

Frontier University Dreams

as Narrator

Simon & Garfunkel: Across the Airwaves

as Self

The Fred Astaire Songbook

as Self (archive footage)

Dick Cavett Meets ABBA

as Host

Bravo Profiles: Penn and Teller

as Self

Playhouse 90: The Hiding Place
An American Family at 50

as Self

My Guest is Orson Welles
Time Was
6 eps
Time Was
1979•series

as Self - Host

The Phil Donahue Show
1 eps

as Self

Remember When
8 eps
Remember When
1981•series

as Self - Host

Yesteryear
6 eps
Yesteryear
1982•series

as Self - Host