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.
TV Shows(33)
Mel Brooks: The 99 Year Old Man!
Self - Talk Show Host
2026
1971: The Year That Music Changed Everything
Self (archive footage)
2021
The Story of Late Night
Self
2021
What's My Name | Muhammad Ali
Self (archive footage)
2019
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self - Guest
2015
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self
2014
George Harrison: Living in the Material World
Self (archive footage)
2011
Celebrity Ghost Stories
Self
2009
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest
2009
Childrens Hospital
Dick Cavett
2008
Gossip Girl
Self
2007
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self - Guest
2003
The Simpsons
Dick Cavett (voice)
1989
It's Garry Shandling's Show
Self (archive footage) (audio) (uncredited)
1986
Amazing Stories
Dick Cavett
1985
Cheers
Himself
1982
Hotel
1982
Yesteryear
Self - Host
1982
Late Night with David Letterman
Self - Guest
1982
Remember When
Self - Host
1981
Time Was
Self - Host
1979
Saturday Night Live
Self (uncredited)
1975
Dinah!
Self
1974
Alias Smith and Jones
1971
The Odd Couple
Dick Cavett
1970
This Is Tom Jones
Self
1969
The Dick Cavett Show
Self - Host
1968
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Self
1968
The Phil Donahue Show
Self
1967
ABC Stage 67
Self - Host
1966
The Merv Griffin Show
Self
1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
1962
Kraft Music Hall
Self
1958
Movies(121)
John Candy: I Like Me
Self - Host, The Dick Cavett Show (archive footage)
2025
The New Yorker at 100
Self (archive footage)
2025
From Darkness to Light
Self (archive footage)
2025
One to One: John & Yoko
Self (archive footage)
2025
SLY LIVES! (aka The Burden of Black Genius)
Self
2025
From Roger Moore with Love
Self
2024
Group Therapy
Self - Host, The Dick Cavett Show (archive footage)
2024
Jim Henson Idea Man
Self (archive footage)
2024
An American Family at 50
Self
2024
Godard Cinema
Self (archive footage)
2023
Godard by Godard
Self (archive footage)
2023
The Lost Weekend: A Love Story
Self (archive footage)
2023
Groucho & Cavett
Self
2022
2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
Self (archive footage)
2022
Moonage Daydream
Self (archive footage)
2022
Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues
Self (archive footage)
2022
The Ghost of Richard Harris
Self
2022
Joni Mitchell, Lady Blue
Self (archive footage)
2022
Lucy and Desi
Self (archive footage)
2022
Live at Mister Kelly's
Self
2021
The Capote Tapes
Self
2021
Boulevard! A Hollywood Story
Self (archive footage)
2021
Truman & Tennessee: An Intimate Conversation
Self - TV Host (archive footage)
2021
Alan Pakula: Going for Truth
Self
2019
Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice
Self (archive footage)
2019
Mike Wallace Is Here
(archive footage)
2019
Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am
Self (archive footage)
2019
What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael
Self
2019
Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast
Self - TV Host (archive footage)
2019
Nureyev
Self, Archive Footage
2018
Ali & Cavett: The Tale of the Tapes
Self
2018
Bergman: A Year in a Life
Self
2018
This Is Bob Hope...
Self
2017
Stewart & Mitchum: The Two Faces of America
Self
2017
Kyoko
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
Self
2016
Janis: Little Girl Blue
Himself
2015
Best of Enemies
Self
2015
Listen to Me Marlon
Self (archive footage)
2015
Dick Cavett's Vietnam
2015
James Brown - The Man, The Music & The Message
Self
2014
A Venue For The End Of The World
Himself
2014
Dick Cavett's Watergate
Himself
2014
Katharine Hepburn: The Great Kate
Self - Chat-Show Host
2014
River of Fundament
Wake Guest
2014
Jimi Hendrix: Hear My Train a Comin'
Self - TV Host (archive footage)
2013
Gore Vidal: The United States of Amnesia
Self (archive footage)
2013
David Bowie: Five Years
Self (archive footage)
2013
Excuse Me for Living
Reverend Pilatus
2012
Deceptive Practice: The Mysteries and Mentors of Ricky Jay
Narrator
2012
Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel
Self (archive footage)
2012
Norman Mailer: The American
Self
2012
Driving Me Crazy
Mr. Johnson
2012
Woody Allen: A Documentary
Self
2011
Mel Brooks and Dick Cavett Together Again
Self
2011
Simon & Garfunkel: Across the Airwaves
Self
2010
Unforgettable
Self
2010
Smash His Camera
Self
2010
Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired
Self (archive footage)
2008
To My Great Chagrin: The Unbelievable Story of Brother Theodore
Self
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)
2007
The Dick Cavett Show with Mel Brooks
Self
2006
Duane Hopwood
2005
Frontier University Dreams
Narrator
2005
Inside Deep Throat
Self
2005
Celsius 41.11
Self (archive footage)
2004
Jack Paar: Smart Television
Self
2003
The Education of Gore Vidal
Self (archive footage)
2003
Bravo Profiles: Penn and Teller
Self
2001
Lucille Ball: Finding Lucy
Self (archive footage)
2000
Behind the Seams
Detective
2000
Once Upon a Sleigh Ride: The Music & Life of Leon Anderson
Narrator
2000
Frequency
Himself
2000
Sell & Spin: A History of Advertising
Narrator
1999
Elvis Meets Nixon
Narrator
1997
Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage
Self (archive footage)
1994
Forrest Gump
Dick Cavett
1994
Barbarians at the Gate
Self
1993
Year of the Gun
Ben Gershon
1991
The One, the Only... Groucho
Self
1991
The Fred Astaire Songbook
Self (archive footage)
1991
Robert Redford & Sydney Pollack: The Men and Their Movies
Self
1990
Night of 100 Stars III
Self
1990
Spy Magazine Presents How to Be Famous
Self
1990
Moon Over Parador
Self
1988
After School
Himself
1988
Funny
Self
1988
Beetlejuice
Bernard
1988
Penn & Teller's Invisible Thread
Dick Cavett
1987
A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
Dick Cavett
1987
Bye Bye Kipling
Self
1986
Doctor Duck's Super Secret All-Purpose Sauce
Self
1986
Koyaanisqatsi
Self (archive footage)
1983
The Video Wine Guide with Dick Cavett
Self
1982
The Marx Brothers in a Nutshell
Self
1982
Dick Cavett Meets ABBA
Host
1981
HealtH
Dick Cavett
1980
Simon
Himself
1980
Remember Me
Narrator
1979
Power Play
Dick Cavett
1978
Hocus Pocus, It's Magic
Self - Host
1978
Annie Hall
Dick Cavett
1977
Funny Girl to Funny Lady
Self
1975
Janis
1974
Jimi Hendrix
Self (archive footage)
1973
Nightside
Dick Cavett
1973
Imagine
Self
1972
Cocksucker Blues
Self
1972
Yoko Ono: This Is Not Here
Self
1972
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
Narrator (voice)
1972
Festival at Ford's
Self
1971
Fight of the Century
Self-(Audience Member)
1971
Friars Club Roast of Don Rickles
Self
1970
Jimi Hendrix: The Dick Cavett Show
Self
1969
The Hiding Place
1960
From the Ashes: The Life and Times of Tick Hall
Self
I Refuse to Kill: He Went to War with War
Self