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.

Known For

The Simpsons

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

Late Night with Seth Meyers

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

Saturday Night Live

Saturday Night Live

Gossip Girl

All Movies (122)

• John Candy: I Like Me2025 · as Self - Host, The Dick Cavett Show (archive footage)
• The New Yorker at 1002025 · as Self (archive footage)
• From Darkness to Light2025 · as Self (archive footage)
• One to One: John & Yoko2025 · as Self (archive footage)
• SLY LIVES! (aka The Burden of Black Genius)2025 · as Self
• From Roger Moore with Love2024 · as Self
• Group Therapy2024 · as Self - Host, The Dick Cavett Show (archive footage)
• Jim Henson Idea Man2024 · as Self (archive footage)
• Remembering Gene Wilder2024 · as Self (archive footage)
• An American Family at 502024 · as Self
• Godard Cinema2023 · as Self (archive footage)
• Godard by Godard2023 · as Self (archive footage)
• The Lost Weekend: A Love Story2023 · as Self (archive footage)
• Groucho & Cavett2022 · as Self
• 2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony2022 · as Self (archive footage)
• Moonage Daydream2022 · as Self (archive footage)
• Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues2022 · as Self (archive footage)
• The Ghost of Richard Harris2022 · as Self
• Joni Mitchell, Lady Blue2022 · as Self (archive footage)
• Lucy and Desi2022 · as Self (archive footage)
• Live at Mister Kelly's2021 · as Self
• The Capote Tapes2021 · as Self
• Boulevard! A Hollywood Story2021 · as Self (archive footage)
• Truman & Tennessee: An Intimate Conversation2021 · as Self - TV Host (archive footage)
• Alan Pakula: Going for Truth2019 · as Self
• Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice2019 · as Self (archive footage)
• Mike Wallace Is Here2019 · as (archive footage)
• Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am2019 · as Self (archive footage)
• What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael2019 · as Self
• Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast2019 · as Self - TV Host (archive footage)
• Nureyev2018 · as Self, Archive Footage
• Ali & Cavett: The Tale of the Tapes2018 · as Self
• Bergman: A Year in a Life2018 · as Self
• This Is Bob Hope...2017 · as Self
• Stewart & Mitchum: The Two Faces of America2017 · as Self
• Kyoko2017 · as Self (archive footage)
• On the Sly: In Search of the Family Stone2017
• All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone2016 · as Self
• Janis: Little Girl Blue2015 · as Himself
• Best of Enemies2015 · as Self
• Listen to Me Marlon2015 · as Self (archive footage)
• Dick Cavett's Vietnam2015
• James Brown - The Man, The Music & The Message2014 · as Self
• A Venue For The End Of The World2014 · as Himself
• Dick Cavett's Watergate2014 · as Himself
• Katharine Hepburn: The Great Kate2014 · as Self - Chat-Show Host
• River of Fundament2014 · as Wake Guest
• Jimi Hendrix: Hear My Train a Comin'2013 · as Self - TV Host (archive footage)
• Gore Vidal: The United States of Amnesia2013 · as Self (archive footage)
• David Bowie: Five Years2013 · as Self (archive footage)
• Excuse Me for Living2012 · as Reverend Pilatus
• Deceptive Practice: The Mysteries and Mentors of Ricky Jay2012 · as Narrator
• Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel2012 · as Self (archive footage)
• Norman Mailer: The American2012 · as Self
• Driving Me Crazy2012 · as Mr. Johnson
• Woody Allen: A Documentary2011 · as Self
• Mel Brooks and Dick Cavett Together Again2011 · as Self
• Simon & Garfunkel: Across the Airwaves2010 · as Self
• Unforgettable2010 · as Self
• Smash His Camera2010 · as Self
• Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired2008 · as Self (archive footage)
• To My Great Chagrin: The Unbelievable Story of Brother Theodore2007 · as Self
• Tension: Who's Guilty Now?2007 · as Self
• Decoy: A Map to Nowhere2007 · as Self
• Where Danger Lives: White Rose for Julie2007
• Black White + Gray: A Portrait of Sam Wagstaff and Robert Mapplethorpe2007 · as Self (archive footage)
• The Dick Cavett Show with Mel Brooks2006 · as Self
• Duane Hopwood2005
• Frontier University Dreams2005 · as Narrator
• Inside Deep Throat2005 · as Self
• Celsius 41.112004 · as Self (archive footage)
• Jack Paar: Smart Television2003 · as Self
• The Education of Gore Vidal2003 · as Self (archive footage)
• Bravo Profiles: Penn and Teller2001 · as Self
• Lucille Ball: Finding Lucy2000 · as Self (archive footage)
• Behind the Seams2000 · as Detective
• Once Upon a Sleigh Ride: The Music & Life of Leon Anderson2000 · as Narrator
• Frequency2000 · as Himself
• Sell & Spin: A History of Advertising1999 · as Narrator
• Elvis Meets Nixon1997 · as Narrator
• Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage1994 · as Self (archive footage)
• Forrest Gump1994 · as Dick Cavett
• Barbarians at the Gate1993 · as Self
• Year of the Gun1991 · as Ben Gershon
• The One, the Only... Groucho1991 · as Self
• The Fred Astaire Songbook1991 · as Self (archive footage)
• Robert Redford & Sydney Pollack: The Men and Their Movies1990 · as Self
• Night of 100 Stars III1990 · as Self
• Spy Magazine Presents How to Be Famous1990 · as Self
• Moon Over Parador1988 · as Self
• After School1988 · as Himself
• Funny1988 · as Self
• Beetlejuice1988 · as Bernard
• Penn & Teller's Invisible Thread1987 · as Dick Cavett
• A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors1987 · as Dick Cavett
• Bye Bye Kipling1986 · as Self
• Doctor Duck's Super Secret All-Purpose Sauce1986 · as Self
• Koyaanisqatsi1983 · as Self (archive footage)
• The Video Wine Guide with Dick Cavett1982 · as Self
• The Marx Brothers in a Nutshell1982 · as Self
• Dick Cavett Meets ABBA1981 · as Host
• HealtH1980 · as Dick Cavett
• Simon1980 · as Himself
• Remember Me1979 · as Narrator
• Power Play1978 · as Dick Cavett
• Hocus Pocus, It's Magic1978 · as Self - Host
• Annie Hall1977 · as Dick Cavett
• Funny Girl to Funny Lady1975 · as Self
• Janis1974
• Jimi Hendrix1973 · as Self (archive footage)
• Nightside1973 · as Dick Cavett
• Imagine1972 · as Self
• Cocksucker Blues1972 · as Self
• Yoko Ono: This Is Not Here1972 · as Self
• Hollywood: The Dream Factory1972 · as Narrator (voice)
• Festival at Ford's1971 · as Self
• Fight of the Century1971 · as Self-(Audience Member)
• Friars Club Roast of Don Rickles1970 · as Self
• Jimi Hendrix: The Dick Cavett Show1969 · as Self
• Playhouse 90: The Hiding Place1960
• From the Ashes: The Life and Times of Tick Hall— · as Self
• I Refuse to Kill: He Went to War with War— · as Self

All TV Shows (34)

• Mel Brooks: The 99 Year Old Man!2026 · as Self - Talk Show Host
• 1971: The Year That Music Changed Everything2021 · as Self (archive footage)
• The Story of Late Night2021 · as Self
• What's My Name | Muhammad Ali2019 · as Self (archive footage)
• The Late Show with Stephen Colbert2015 · as Self - Guest
• Late Night with Seth Meyers2014 · as Self
• George Harrison: Living in the Material World2011 · as Self (archive footage)
• Celebrity Ghost Stories2009 · as Self
• Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen2009 · as Self - Guest
• Childrens Hospital2008 · as Dick Cavett
• Gossip Girl2007 · as Self
• Jimmy Kimmel Live!2003 · as Self - Guest
• The Simpsons1989 · as Dick Cavett (voice)
• It's Garry Shandling's Show1986 · as Self (archive footage) (audio) (uncredited)
• Amazing Stories1985 · as Dick Cavett
• Cheers1982 · as Himself
• Hotel1982
• Yesteryear1982 · as Self - Host
• Late Night with David Letterman1982 · as Self - Guest
• Remember When1981 · as Self - Host
• Time Was1979 · as Self - Host
• Saturday Night Live1975 · as Self (uncredited)
• Saturday Night Live1975 · as Self - Host
• Dinah!1974 · as Self
• Alias Smith and Jones1971
• The Odd Couple1970 · as Dick Cavett
• This Is Tom Jones1969 · as Self
• The Dick Cavett Show1968 · as Self - Host
• Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In1968 · as Self
• The Phil Donahue Show1967 · as Self
• ABC Stage 671966 · as Self - Host
• The Merv Griffin Show1962 · as Self
• The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson1962 · as Self
• Kraft Music Hall1958 · as Self