Dick Cavett
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- November 19, 1936
- Birthplace
- Gibbon, Nebraska, USA
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.
Filmography
I Refuse to Kill: He Went to War with War TBA
as Self
From the Ashes: The Life and Times of Tick Hall TBA
as Self
My Life As Roger Moore 2026
as Self
John Candy: I Like Me 2025
as Self - Host, The Dick Cavett Show (archive footage)
The New Yorker at 100 2025
as Self (archive footage)
NASA, Nazis and the Space Race 2025
as Self (archive footage)
From Darkness to Light 2025
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
One to One: John & Yoko 2025
as Self (archive footage)
SLY LIVES! (aka The Burden of Black Genius) 2025
as Self
From Roger Moore with Love 2024
as Self
Group Therapy 2024
as Self - Host, The Dick Cavett Show (archive footage)
Jim Henson Idea Man 2024
as Self (archive footage)
Remembering Gene Wilder 2024
as Self (archive footage)
An American Family at 50 2024
as Self
A Clockwork Orange: The Prophecy 2024
as Self (archive footage)
Paul Newman: The Restless 2023
as Self (archive footage)
Godard Cinema 2023
as Self (archive footage)
Godard by Godard 2023
as Self (archive footage)
The Lost Weekend: A Love Story 2023
as Self (archive footage)
Groucho & Cavett 2022
as Self
2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony 2022
as Self (archive footage)
Moonage Daydream 2022
as Self (archive footage)
Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues 2022
as Self (archive footage)
The Ghost of Richard Harris 2022
as Self
Joni Mitchell, Lady Blue 2022
as Self (archive footage)
Lucy and Desi 2022
as Self (archive footage)
Each Day in a Moment 2022
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
My Guest is Orson Welles 2021
Actor
Live at Mister Kelly's 2021
as Self
The Capote Tapes 2021
as Self
Boulevard! A Hollywood Story 2021
as Self (archive footage)
Truman & Tennessee: An Intimate Conversation 2021
as Self - TV Host (archive footage)
Alan Pakula: Going for Truth 2019
as Self
Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice 2019
as Self (archive footage)
Mike Wallace Is Here 2019
as (archive footage)
Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am 2019
as Self (archive footage)
What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael 2019
as Self
Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast 2019
as Self - TV Host (archive footage)
Nureyev 2018
as Self, Archive Footage
Ali & Cavett: The Tale of the Tapes 2018
as Self, Writer
Bergman: A Year in a Life 2018
as Self
This Is Bob Hope... 2017
as Self
Stewart & Mitchum: The Two Faces of America 2017
as Self
Kyoko 2017
as Self (archive footage)
On the Sly: In Search of the Family Stone 2017
Actor
All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone 2016
as Self
Janis: Little Girl Blue 2015
as Self
Best of Enemies 2015
as Self
Listen to Me Marlon 2015
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Dick Cavett's Vietnam 2015
Actor
James Brown - The Man, The Music & The Message 2014
as Self
A Venue For The End Of The World 2014
as Himself
Dick Cavett's Watergate 2014
as Himself
Katharine Hepburn: The Great Kate 2014
as Self - Chat-Show Host
River of Fundament 2014
as Wake Guest
Jimi Hendrix: Hear My Train a Comin' 2013
as Self - TV Host (archive footage)
Gore Vidal: The United States of Amnesia 2013
as Self (archive footage)
David Bowie: Five Years 2013
as Self (archive footage)
Excuse Me for Living 2012
as Reverend Pilatus
Deceptive Practice: The Mysteries and Mentors of Ricky Jay 2012
as Narrator
Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel 2012
as Self (archive footage)
Norman Mailer: The American 2012
as Self
Driving Me Crazy 2012
as Mr. Johnson
Woody Allen: A Documentary 2011
as Self
Mel Brooks and Dick Cavett Together Again 2011
as Self
Simon & Garfunkel: Across the Airwaves 2010
as Self
Unforgettable 2010
as Self
Smash His Camera 2010
as Self
Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired 2008
as Self (archive footage)
- To My Great Chagrin: The Unbelievable Story of Brother Theodore
To My Great Chagrin: The Unbelievable Story of Brother Theodore 2007
as Self
- Where Danger Lives: White Rose for Julie
Where Danger Lives: White Rose for Julie 2007
Actor
- Decoy: A Map to Nowhere
Decoy: A Map to Nowhere 2007
as Self
- Tension: Who's Guilty Now?
Tension: Who's Guilty Now? 2007
as Self
Black White + Gray: A Portrait of Sam Wagstaff and Robert Mapplethorpe 2007
as Self (archive footage)
The Dick Cavett Show with Mel Brooks 2006
as Self
Stardust: The Bette Davis Story 2006
as Self (archive footage)
Duane Hopwood 2005
Actor
Frontier University Dreams 2005
as Narrator
Inside Deep Throat 2005
as Self
Celsius 41.11 2004
as Self (archive footage)
Jack Paar: Smart Television 2003
as Self
The Education of Gore Vidal 2003
as Self (archive footage)
Bravo Profiles: Penn and Teller 2001
as Self
- Lucille Ball: Finding Lucy
Lucille Ball: Finding Lucy 2000
as Self (archive footage)
Behind the Seams 2000
as Detective
- Once Upon a Sleigh Ride: The Music & Life of Leon Anderson
Once Upon a Sleigh Ride: The Music & Life of Leon Anderson 2000
as Narrator
Frequency 2000
as Himself
- Sell & Spin: A History of Advertising
Sell & Spin: A History of Advertising 1999
as Narrator
Elvis Meets Nixon 1997
as Narrator
Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage 1994
as Self (archive footage)
Forrest Gump 1994
as Dick Cavett
Barbarians at the Gate 1993
as Self
Year of the Gun 1991
as Ben Gershon
The One, the Only... Groucho 1991
as Self
The Fred Astaire Songbook 1991
as Self (archive footage)
Robert Redford & Sydney Pollack: The Men and Their Movies 1990
as Self
Night of 100 Stars III 1990
as Self
- Spy Magazine Presents How to Be Famous
Spy Magazine Presents How to Be Famous 1990
as Self
Moon Over Parador 1988
as Self
After School 1988
as Himself
Funny 1988
as Self
Beetlejuice 1988
as Bernard
Penn & Teller's Invisible Thread 1987
as Dick Cavett
A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors 1987
as Dick Cavett
Bye Bye Kipling 1986
as Self
Doctor Duck's Super Secret All-Purpose Sauce 1986
as Self
Koyaanisqatsi 1983
as Self (archive footage)
The Video Wine Guide with Dick Cavett 1982
as Self
The Marx Brothers in a Nutshell 1982
as Self
Dick Cavett Meets ABBA 1981
as Host
HealtH 1980
as Dick Cavett
Simon 1980
as Himself
Remember Me 1979
as Narrator
Power Play 1978
as Dick Cavett
- Hocus Pocus, It's Magic
Hocus Pocus, It's Magic 1978
as Self - Host
Annie Hall 1977
as Dick Cavett
Funny Girl to Funny Lady 1975
as Self
Janis 1974
Actor
Jimi Hendrix 1973
as Self (archive footage)
Nightside 1973
as Dick Cavett
Imagine 1972
as Self
Cocksucker Blues 1972
as Self
Yoko Ono: This Is Not Here 1972
as Self
Hollywood: The Dream Factory 1972
as Narrator (voice)
- Festival at Ford's
Festival at Ford's 1971
as Self
Fight of the Century 1971
as Self-(Audience Member)
Friars Club Roast of Don Rickles 1970
as Self
Jimi Hendrix: The Dick Cavett Show 1969
as Self
Playhouse 90: The Hiding Place 1960
Actor
Credits from TMDB.