Richard Alva Cavett (/ˈkævɪt/; 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. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Known For
| Birth Location | Gibbon, Nebraska, USA |
|---|---|
| Born | 1936-11-19 |
Movies
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
Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues
as Self (archive Footage)
2022
Moonage Daydream
as Self (archive footage)
2022
The Ghost of Richard Harris
as Self
2022
Lucy and Desi
as Self (archive footage)
2022
Live at Mister Kelly's
as Self
2021
The Capote Tapes
as Self
2021
Truman & Tennessee: An Intimate Conversation
as Self - TV Host (archive footage)
2021
Jimi Hendrix: Hear My Train a Comin'
as Self - TV Host (archive footage)
2020
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
2019
Nureyev
as Self, Archive Footage
2018
2018
Bergman: A Year in a Life
as Self
2018
This Is Bob Hope...
as Self
2017
2017
Kyoko
as Himself (archive footage)
2017
I Am Not Your Negro
as Self (archive footage)
2017
Janis: Little Girl Blue
as Himself
2015
Best of Enemies
as Self
2015
Listen to Me Marlon
as Self (archive footage)
2015
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
David Bowie: Five Years
as Self (archive footage)
2013
Excuse Me for Living
as Reverend Pilatus
2012
2012
Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel
as Self (archive footage)
2012
Norman Mailer: The American
as Self
2012
Driving Me Crazy
as Mr. Johnson
2012
Woody Allen: A Documentary
as Self
2011
George Harrison: Living in the Material World
as Self (archive footage)
2011
2011
2010
2010
Smash His Camera
as Self
2010
Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy
as Self (archive footage)
2010
Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired
as Self (archive footage)
2008
To My Great Chagrin
as Himself
2007
Decoy: A Map to Nowhere
as Self
2007
Tension: Who's Guilty Now?
as Self
2007
Black White + Gray: A Portrait of Sam Wagstaff and Robert Mapplethorpe
as Self (archive footage)
2007
2006
2005
Frontier University Dreams
as Narrator
2005
Inside Deep Throat
as Self
2005
Celsius 41.11
as Self (archive footage)
2004
Jack Paar: Smart Television
as Self
2003
The Education of Gore Vidal
as Self (archive footage)
2003
Behind the Seams
as Detective
2000
2000
Sell & Spin: A History of Advertising
as Narrator
1999
Elvis Meets Nixon
as Narrator
1997
The History of Rock 'n' Roll
as Self
1995
Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage
as Self (archive footage)
1994
Forrest Gump
as Dick Cavett
1994
Barbarians at the Gate
as Self
1993
Year of the Gun
as Ben Gershon
1991
The One, the Only... Groucho
as Self
1991
The Fred Astaire Songbook
as Self (archive footage)
1991
Night of 100 Stars III
as Self
1990
Spy Magazine Presents How to Be Famous
as himself
1990
Moon Over Parador
as Self
1988
After School
as Himself
1988
Funny
as Self
1988
Beetlejuice
as Bernard
1988
Penn & Teller's Invisible Thread
as Himself
1987
A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
as Dick Cavett
1987
1986
Bye Bye Kipling
as Self
1986
1982
The Marx Brothers in a Nutshell
as Self
1982
HealtH
as Dick Cavett
1980
Simon
as Himself
1980
Remember Me
as Narrator
1979
Power Play
as Dick Cavett
1978
Annie Hall
as Dick Cavett
1977
Funny Girl to Funny Lady
as Self
1975
1974
Jimi Hendrix
as Self (archive footage)
1973
Nightside
as Dick Cavett
1973
Imagine
as Self
1972
Cocksucker Blues
as Self
1972
Yoko Ono: This Is Not Here
as Self
1972
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
as Narrator (voice)
1972
Jimi Hendrix: The Dick Cavett Show
as Himself
1969
Movies
2018