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, 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.

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Known For

Late Night with Seth Meyers

Self

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

Self

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

Self - Guest

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

Self

The Simpsons

Dick Cavett (voice)

Saturday Night Live

Self - Cameo (uncredited)

Saturday Night Live

Self - Host

Celebrity Ghost Stories

Self

Filmography

Year	Movie	Role
2025	One to One: John & Yoko	Self (archive footage)
2025	From Darkness to Light	Self (archive footage)
2024	Faye	Self (archive footage)
2024	From Roger Moore with Love	Self
2023	The Lost Weekend: A Love Story	Self (archive footage)
2023	Godard Cinema	Self (archive footage)
2023	Godard by Godard	Self (archive footage)
2022	Lucy and Desi	Self (archive footage)
2022	The Ghost of Richard Harris	Self
2022	Moonage Daydream	Self (archive footage)
2022	2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony	Self (archive footage)
2022	Groucho & Cavett	Self
2022	Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues	Self (archive footage)
2022	Joni Mitchell, Lady Blue	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	Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am	Self (archive footage)
2019	What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael	Self
2019	Mike Wallace Is Here	(archive footage)
2019	Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice	Self (archive footage)
2019	Alan Pakula: Going for Truth	Self
2019	Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast	Self - TV Host (archive footage)
2018	Bergman: A Year in a Life	Self
2018	Ali & Cavett: The Tale of the Tapes	Self
2018	Nureyev	Self, Archive Footage
2017	On the Sly: In Search of the Family Stone
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)
2016	All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone	Self
2015	Best of Enemies	Self
2015	Janis: Little Girl Blue	Himself
2015	Listen to Me Marlon	Self (archive footage)
2015	Dick Cavett's Vietnam
2014	River of Fundament	Wake Guest
2014	A Venue For The End Of The World	Himself
2014	James Brown - The Man, The Music & The Message	Self
2014	Dick Cavett's Watergate	Himself
2014	Katharine Hepburn: The Great Kate	Self - Chat-Show Host
2013	David Bowie: Five Years	Self (archive footage)
2013	Jimi Hendrix: Hear My Train a Comin'	Self - TV Host (archive footage)
2013	Gore Vidal: The United States of Amnesia	Self (archive footage)
2012	Norman Mailer: The American	Self
2012	Deceptive Practice: The Mysteries and Mentors of Ricky Jay	Narrator
2012	Driving Me Crazy	Mr. Johnson
2012	Excuse Me for Living	Reverend Pilatus
2012	Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel	Self (archive footage)
2011	Woody Allen: A Documentary	Self
2011	Mel Brooks and Dick Cavett Together Again	Self
2010	Smash His Camera	Self
2010	Simon & Garfunkel: Across the Airwaves	Self
2010	Unforgettable
2008	Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired	Self (archive footage)
2007	To My Great Chagrin: The Unbelievable Story of Brother Theodore	Himself
2007	Tension: Who's Guilty Now?	Self
2007	Decoy: A Map to Nowhere	Self
2007	Where Danger Lives: White Rose for Julie
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	The Education of Gore Vidal	Self (archive footage)
2003	Jack Paar: Smart Television	Self
2000	Behind the Seams	Detective
2000	Once Upon a Sleigh Ride: The Music & Life of Leon Anderson	Narrator
2000	Lucille Ball: Finding Lucy	Self (archive footage)
1999	Sell & Spin: A History of Advertising	Narrator
1997	Elvis Meets Nixon	Narrator
1995	The History of Rock 'n' Roll	Self
1994	Forrest Gump	Dick Cavett
1994	Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage	Self (archive footage)
1993	Barbarians at the Gate	Self
1991	The One, the Only... Groucho	Self
1991	Year of the Gun	Ben Gershon
1991	The Fred Astaire Songbook	Self (archive footage)
1990	Night of 100 Stars III	Self
1990	Robert Redford & Sydney Pollack: The Men and Their Movies	Self
1990	Spy Magazine Presents How to Be Famous	Self
1988	Moon Over Parador	Self
1988	Funny	Self
1988	After School	Himself
1988	Beetlejuice	Bernard
1987	A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors	Dick Cavett
1987	Penn & Teller's Invisible Thread	Dick Cavett
1986	Doctor Duck's Super Secret All-Purpose Sauce	Self
1986	Bye Bye Kipling	Self
1983	Koyaanisqatsi	Self - On TV (archive footage) (uncredited)
1982	The Marx Brothers in a Nutshell	Self
1982	The Video Wine Guide with Dick Cavett	Self
1981	Dick Cavett Meets ABBA	Host
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	Cocksucker Blues	Self
1972	Yoko Ono: This Is Not Here	Self
1972	Hollywood: The Dream Factory	Narrator (voice)
1972	Imagine	Self
1971	Fight of the Century	Self-(Audience Member)
1971	Festival at Ford's	Self
1970	Friars Club Roast of Don Rickles	Self
1969	Jimi Hendrix: The Dick Cavett Show	Self
	From the Ashes: The Life and Times of Tick Hall	Self
	I Refuse to Kill: He Went to War with War	Self

Year	TV Show	Role
2021	The Story of Late Night	Self
2021	1971: The Year That Music Changed Everything	Self (archive footage)
2019	What's My Name \| Muhammad Ali	Self (archive footage)
2015	The Late Show with Stephen Colbert	Self
2014	Late Night with Seth Meyers	Self
2011	George Harrison: Living in the Material World	Self (archive footage)
2009	Celebrity Ghost Stories	Self
2009	Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen	Self - Guest
2008	Childrens Hospital	Dick Cavett
2007	Gossip Girl	Self
2003	Jimmy Kimmel Live!	Self
1989	The Simpsons	Dick Cavett (voice)
1986	It's Garry Shandling's Show	Self (archive footage) (audio) (uncredited)
1985	Amazing Stories	Dick Cavett
1982	Cheers	Himself
1982	Hotel
1982	Yesteryear	Self - Host
1981	Remember When	Self - Host
1979	Time Was	Self - Host
1975	Saturday Night Live	Self - Cameo (uncredited)
1975	Saturday Night Live	Self - Host
1974	Dinah!	Self
1971	Alias Smith and Jones
1970	The Odd Couple	Dick Cavett
1969	This Is Tom Jones	Self
1968	Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In	Self
1968	The Dick Cavett Show	Self - Host
1967	The Phil Donahue Show	Self
1966	ABC Stage 67	Self - Host
1962	The Merv Griffin Show	Self
1962	The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson	Self
1958	Kraft Music Hall	Self