
Dick Cavett
Acting
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.
Born: November 19, 1936 · Gibbon, Nebraska, USA
Filmography (81)

Mel Brooks: The 99 Year Old Man!
2026

John Candy: I Like Me
2025

The New Yorker at 100
2025

One to One: John & Yoko
2025

SLY LIVES! (aka The Burden of Black Genius)
2025

From Roger Moore with Love
2024

Jim Henson Idea Man
2024

Godard Cinema
2023

2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
2022

Moonage Daydream
2022

Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues
2022

Lucy and Desi
2022

The Capote Tapes
2021

Boulevard! A Hollywood Story
2021

1971: The Year That Music Changed Everything
2021

Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice
2019

Mike Wallace Is Here
2019

Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am
2019

What's My Name | Muhammad Ali
2019

What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael
2019

Nureyev
2018

Ali & Cavett: The Tale of the Tapes
2018

Bergman: A Year in a Life
2018

All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone
2016

Janis: Little Girl Blue
2015

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015

Best of Enemies
2015

Listen to Me Marlon
2015

Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014

River of Fundament
2014

Jimi Hendrix: Hear My Train a Comin'
2013

Gore Vidal: The United States of Amnesia
2013

David Bowie: Five Years
2013

Excuse Me for Living
2012

Deceptive Practice: The Mysteries and Mentors of Ricky Jay
2012

Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel
2012

Woody Allen: A Documentary
2011

George Harrison: Living in the Material World
2011

Smash His Camera
2010

Celebrity Ghost Stories
2009

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009

Childrens Hospital
2008

Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired
2008

Gossip Girl
2007

Black White + Gray: A Portrait of Sam Wagstaff and Robert Mapplethorpe
2007

Duane Hopwood
2005

Inside Deep Throat
2005

Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003

Frequency
2000

Elvis Meets Nixon
1997

Forrest Gump
1994

Barbarians at the Gate
1993

Year of the Gun
1991

The Simpsons
1989

Moon Over Parador
1988

After School
1988

Beetlejuice
1988

A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
1987

It's Garry Shandling's Show
1986

Amazing Stories
1985

Koyaanisqatsi
1983

Cheers
1982

Hotel
1982

HealtH
1980

Simon
1980

Power Play
1978

Annie Hall
1977

Saturday Night Live
1975

Dinah!
1974

Janis
1974

Jimi Hendrix
1973

Imagine
1972

Cocksucker Blues
1972

Alias Smith and Jones
1971

The Odd Couple
1970

The Dick Cavett Show
1968

Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1968

ABC Stage 67
1966

The Merv Griffin Show
1962

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962

Kraft Music Hall
1958
