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Dick Cavett

Dick Cavett

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 Ma

Born

Nov 19, 1936

Gibbon, Nebraska, USA

Known For

Acting

Movies

129 acting

1 crew

Popularity

0.7

Known For

Forrest Gump
Forrest Gump
1994 • as Dick Cavett
★ 8.5
Beetlejuice
Beetlejuice
1988 • as Bernard
★ 7.4
Frequency
Frequency
2000 • as Himself
★ 7.3
Annie Hall
Annie Hall
1977 • as Dick Cavett
★ 7.7
A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
★ 6.7
Koyaanisqatsi
Koyaanisqatsi
1983 • as Self (archive footage)
★ 7.9
John Candy: I Like Me
John Candy: I Like Me
2025 • as Self - Host, The Dick Cavett Show (archive footage)
★ 7.9
Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues
Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues
2022 • as Self (archive footage)
★ 6.6
Inside Deep Throat
Inside Deep Throat
2005 • as Self
★ 6.4
Jim Henson Idea Man
Jim Henson Idea Man
2024 • as Self (archive footage)
★ 7.8
Janis: Little Girl Blue
Janis: Little Girl Blue
2015 • as Self
★ 7.3
One to One: John & Yoko
One to One: John & Yoko
2025 • as Self (archive footage)
★ 7.1
Moonage Daydream
Moonage Daydream
2022 • as Self (archive footage)
★ 7.4
Year of the Gun
Year of the Gun
1991 • as Ben Gershon
★ 5.0
Woody Allen: A Documentary
★ 6.9
Smash His Camera
Smash His Camera
2010 • as Self
★ 6.9
Dick Cavett Meets ABBA
Dick Cavett Meets ABBA
1981 • as Host
The New Yorker at 100
The New Yorker at 100
2025 • as Self (archive footage)
★ 7.0
Bergman: A Year in a Life
★ 7.4
Barbarians at the Gate
Barbarians at the Gate
1993 • as Self
★ 6.9
Night of 100 Stars III
Night of 100 Stars III
1990 • as Self
★ 4.3
Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast
Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast
2019 • as Self - TV Host (archive footage)
★ 5.3
2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
2022 • as Self (archive footage)
★ 8.2
Listen to Me Marlon
Listen to Me Marlon
2015 • as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
★ 7.5
Moon Over Parador
Moon Over Parador
1988 • as Self
★ 5.9
From Roger Moore with Love
★ 8.0
Boulevard! A Hollywood Story
Boulevard! A Hollywood Story
2021 • as Self (archive footage)
★ 6.2
From Darkness to Light
From Darkness to Light
2025 • as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
★ 6.7
Stardust: The Bette Davis Story
Stardust: The Bette Davis Story
2006 • as Self (archive footage)
★ 6.7
My Life As Roger Moore
My Life As Roger Moore
2026 • as Self
NASA, Nazis and the Space Race
NASA, Nazis and the Space Race
2025 • as Self (archive footage)
★ 5.8
Power Play
Power Play
1978 • as Dick Cavett
★ 7.2
Paul Newman: The Restless
Paul Newman: The Restless
2023 • as Self (archive footage)
★ 7.5
Lucy and Desi
Lucy and Desi
2022 • as Self (archive footage)
★ 7.1
David Bowie: Five Years
David Bowie: Five Years
2013 • as Self (archive footage)
★ 7.5
Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired
Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired
2008 • as Self (archive footage)
★ 6.4
The Ghost of Richard Harris
★ 7.5
The Lost Weekend: A Love Story
The Lost Weekend: A Love Story
2023 • as Self (archive footage)
★ 7.0
River of Fundament
River of Fundament
2014 • as Wake Guest
★ 6.0
Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am
Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am
2019 • as Self (archive footage)
★ 7.4
The Fred Astaire Songbook
The Fred Astaire Songbook
1991 • as Self (archive footage)
The Capote Tapes
The Capote Tapes
2021 • as Self
★ 5.9
Jack Paar: Smart Television
★ 8.0
The One, the Only... Groucho
★ 10.0
Live at Mister Kelly's
Live at Mister Kelly's
2021 • as Self
Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice
Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice
2019 • as Self (archive footage)
★ 7.6
Penn & Teller's Invisible Thread
Penn & Teller's Invisible Thread
1987 • as Dick Cavett
★ 6.8
Funny Girl to Funny Lady
★ 6.0
Best of Enemies
Best of Enemies
2015 • as Self
★ 7.2
Mike Wallace Is Here
Mike Wallace Is Here
2019 • as (archive footage)
★ 6.5
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
1972 • as Narrator (voice)
★ 7.4
Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel
Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel
2012 • as Self (archive footage)
★ 7.0
Jimi Hendrix: Hear My Train a Comin'
Jimi Hendrix: Hear My Train a Comin'
2013 • as Self - TV Host (archive footage)
★ 7.4
Alan Pakula: Going for Truth
★ 6.5
Godard Cinema
Godard Cinema
2023 • as Self (archive footage)
★ 5.6
The Education of Gore Vidal
The Education of Gore Vidal
2003 • as Self (archive footage)
★ 8.7
Remembering Gene Wilder
Remembering Gene Wilder
2024 • as Self (archive footage)
★ 7.3
Each Day in a Moment
Each Day in a Moment
2022 • as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
movie
Lucille Ball: Finding Lucy
2000 • as Self (archive footage)
★ 7.0
movie
Festival at Ford's
1971 • as Self
Ali & Cavett: The Tale of the Tapes
★ 7.2
Elvis Meets Nixon
Elvis Meets Nixon
1997 • as Narrator
★ 7.0
Imagine
Imagine
1972 • as Self
★ 7.1
Simon
Simon
1980 • as Himself
★ 6.3
Gore Vidal: The United States of Amnesia
Gore Vidal: The United States of Amnesia
2013 • as Self (archive footage)
★ 7.7
Duane Hopwood
★ 5.9
HealtH
HealtH
1980 • as Dick Cavett
★ 5.4
Groucho & Cavett
Groucho & Cavett
2022 • as Self
★ 7.0
This Is Bob Hope...
This Is Bob Hope...
2017 • as Self
★ 7.7
Cocksucker Blues
Cocksucker Blues
1972 • as Self
★ 5.8
Dick Cavett's Watergate
Dick Cavett's Watergate
2014 • as Himself
★ 7.0
Joni Mitchell, Lady Blue
Joni Mitchell, Lady Blue
2022 • as Self (archive footage)
★ 8.0
After School
After School
1988 • as Himself
★ 3.0
Excuse Me for Living
Excuse Me for Living
2012 • as Reverend Pilatus
★ 4.0
Jimi Hendrix
Jimi Hendrix
1973 • as Self (archive footage)
★ 7.7
Driving Me Crazy
Driving Me Crazy
2012 • as Mr. Johnson
Celsius 41.11
Celsius 41.11
2004 • as Self (archive footage)
★ 5.5
Truman & Tennessee: An Intimate Conversation
Truman & Tennessee: An Intimate Conversation
2021 • as Self - TV Host (archive footage)
★ 2.5
Kyoko
Kyoko
2017 • as Self (archive footage)
★ 6.0
Yoko Ono: This Is Not Here
★ 6.0
Godard by Godard
Godard by Godard
2023 • as Self (archive footage)
★ 7.2
movie
Hocus Pocus, It's Magic
1978 • as Self - Host
The Marx Brothers in a Nutshell
★ 9.0
Fight of the Century
Fight of the Century
1971 • as Self-(Audience Member)
A Clockwork Orange: The Prophecy
A Clockwork Orange: The Prophecy
2024 • as Self (archive footage)
★ 7.5
Nureyev
Nureyev
2018 • as Self, Archive Footage
★ 7.3
A Venue For The End Of The World
★ 6.0
Group Therapy
Group Therapy
2024 • as Self - Host, The Dick Cavett Show (archive footage)
★ 7.8
Behind the Seams
Behind the Seams
2000 • as Detective
★ 10.0
Norman Mailer: The American
★ 7.0
Jimi Hendrix: The Dick Cavett Show
★ 8.0
Katharine Hepburn: The Great Kate
Katharine Hepburn: The Great Kate
2014 • as Self - Chat-Show Host
★ 6.5
Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage
Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage
1994 • as Self (archive footage)
★ 9.0
Funny
Funny
1988 • as Self
★ 8.0
Unforgettable
Unforgettable
2010 • as Self
★ 5.0
movie
Bye Bye Kipling
Bye Bye Kipling
1986 • as Self
Nightside
Nightside
1973 • as Dick Cavett
★ 10.0
movie
Decoy: A Map to Nowhere
2007 • as Self
Frontier University Dreams
Frontier University Dreams
2005 • as Narrator
Remember Me
Remember Me
1979 • as Narrator
★ 8.0
Janis
Janis
1974
★ 7.6
movie
★ 10.0