Dick Cavett
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.
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Movies (45)
John Candy: I Like Me
as Self - Host, The Dick Cavett Show (archive footage)
2025
The New Yorker at 100
as Self (archive footage)
2025
From Darkness to Light
as Self (archive footage)
2025
One to One: John & Yoko
as Self (archive footage)
2025
SLY LIVES! (aka The Burden of Black Genius)
as Self
2025
From Roger Moore with Love
as Self
2024
Jim Henson Idea Man
as Self (archive footage)
2024
Godard Cinema
as Self (archive footage)
2023
Godard by Godard
as Self (archive footage)
2023
The Lost Weekend: A Love Story
as Self (archive footage)
2023
Groucho & Cavett
as Self
2022
2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
as Self (archive footage)
2022
Moonage Daydream
as Self (archive footage)
2022
Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues
as Self (archive footage)
2022
The Ghost of Richard Harris
as Self
2022
Joni Mitchell, Lady Blue
as Self (archive footage)
2022
Lucy and Desi
as Self (archive footage)
2022
Live at Mister Kelly's
as Self
2021
The Capote Tapes
as Self
2021
Boulevard! A Hollywood Story
as Self (archive footage)
2021
Truman & Tennessee: An Intimate Conversation
as Self - TV Host (archive footage)
2021
Alan Pakula: Going for Truth
as Self
2019
Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice
as Self (archive footage)
2019
Mike Wallace Is Here
as (archive footage)
2019
Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am
as Self (archive footage)
2019
What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael
as Self
2019
Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast
as Self - TV Host (archive footage)
2019
Nureyev
as Self, Archive Footage
2018
Ali & Cavett: The Tale of the Tapes
as Self
2018
Bergman: A Year in a Life
as Self
2018
This Is Bob Hope...
as Self
2017
Stewart & Mitchum: The Two Faces of America
as Self
2017
Kyoko
as Self (archive footage)
2017
On the Sly: In Search of the Family Stone
2017
All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone
as Self
2016
Janis: Little Girl Blue
as Himself
2015
Best of Enemies
as Self
2015
Listen to Me Marlon
as Self (archive footage)
2015
Dick Cavett's Vietnam
2015
James Brown - The Man, The Music & The Message
as Self
2014
A Venue For The End Of The World
as Himself
2014
Dick Cavett's Watergate
as Himself
2014
Katharine Hepburn: The Great Kate
as Self - Chat-Show Host
2014
River of Fundament
as Wake Guest
2014
Jimi Hendrix: Hear My Train a Comin'
as Self - TV Host (archive footage)
2013
