Acting · Gibbon, Nebraska, USA · Born November 19, 1936
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.
TVMel Brooks: The 99 Year Old Man!
2026
as Self - Talk Show Host
MovieJohn Candy: I Like Me
2025
as Self - Host, The Dick Cavett Show (archive footage)
MovieThe New Yorker at 100
2025
as Self (archive footage)
MovieFrom Darkness to Light
2025
as Self (archive footage)
MovieOne to One: John & Yoko
2025
as Self (archive footage)
MovieSLY LIVES! (aka The Burden of Black Genius)
2025
as Self
MovieFrom Roger Moore with Love
2024
as Self
MovieGroup Therapy
2024
as Self - Host, The Dick Cavett Show (archive footage)
MovieJim Henson Idea Man
2024
as Self (archive footage)
MovieRemembering Gene Wilder
2024
as Self (archive footage)
MovieAn American Family at 50
2024
as Self
MoviePaul Newman: The Restless
2023
as Self
MovieGodard Cinema
2023
as Self (archive footage)
MovieGodard by Godard
2023
as Self (archive footage)
MovieThe Lost Weekend: A Love Story
2023
as Self (archive footage)
MovieGroucho & Cavett
2022
as Self
Movie2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
2022
as Self (archive footage)
MovieMoonage Daydream
2022
as Self (archive footage)
MovieLouis Armstrong's Black & Blues
2022
as Self (archive footage)
MovieThe Ghost of Richard Harris
2022
as Self
MovieJoni Mitchell, Lady Blue
2022
as Self (archive footage)
MovieLucy and Desi
2022
as Self (archive footage)
MovieMy Guest is Orson Welles
2021
MovieLive at Mister Kelly's
2021
as Self
MovieThe Capote Tapes
2021
as Self
MovieBoulevard! A Hollywood Story
2021
as Self (archive footage)
MovieTruman & Tennessee: An Intimate Conversation
2021
as Self - TV Host (archive footage)
TV1971: The Year That Music Changed Everything
2021
as Self (archive footage)
TVThe Story of Late Night
2021
as Self
MovieAlan Pakula: Going for Truth
2019
as Self
MovieLinda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice
2019
as Self (archive footage)
MovieMike Wallace Is Here
2019
as (archive footage)
MovieToni Morrison: The Pieces I Am
2019
as Self (archive footage)
TVWhat's My Name | Muhammad Ali
2019
as Self (archive footage)
MovieWhat She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael
2019
as Self
MovieNice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast
2019
as Self - TV Host (archive footage)
MovieNureyev
2018
as Self, Archive Footage
MovieAli & Cavett: The Tale of the Tapes
2018
as Self
MovieBergman: A Year in a Life
2018
as Self
MovieThis Is Bob Hope...
2017
as Self
MovieStewart & Mitchum: The Two Faces of America
2017
as Self
MovieKyoko
2017
as Self (archive footage)
MovieOn the Sly: In Search of the Family Stone
2017
MovieAll Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone
2016
as Self
MovieJanis: Little Girl Blue
2015
as Himself
TVThe Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
as Self - Guest
MovieBest of Enemies
2015
as Self
MovieListen to Me Marlon
2015
as Self (archive footage)
MovieDick Cavett's Vietnam
2015
MovieJames Brown - The Man, The Music & The Message
2014
as Self
MovieA Venue For The End Of The World
2014
as Himself
MovieDick Cavett's Watergate
2014
as Himself
MovieKatharine Hepburn: The Great Kate
2014
as Self - Chat-Show Host
TVLate Night with Seth Meyers
2014
as Self
MovieRiver of Fundament
2014
as Wake Guest
MovieJimi Hendrix: Hear My Train a Comin'
2013
as Self - TV Host (archive footage)
MovieGore Vidal: The United States of Amnesia
2013
as Self (archive footage)
MovieDavid Bowie: Five Years
2013
as Self (archive footage)
MovieExcuse Me for Living
2012
as Reverend Pilatus
MovieDeceptive Practice: The Mysteries and Mentors of Ricky Jay
2012
as Narrator
MovieDiana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel
2012
as Self (archive footage)
MovieNorman Mailer: The American
2012
as Self
MovieDriving Me Crazy
2012
as Mr. Johnson
MovieWoody Allen: A Documentary
2011
as Self
TVGeorge Harrison: Living in the Material World
2011
as Self (archive footage)
MovieMel Brooks and Dick Cavett Together Again
2011
as Self
MovieSimon & Garfunkel: Across the Airwaves
2010
as Self
MovieUnforgettable
2010
as Self
MovieSmash His Camera
2010
as Self
TVCelebrity Ghost Stories
2009
as Self
TVWatch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
as Self - Guest
TVChildrens Hospital
2008
as Dick Cavett
MovieRoman Polanski: Wanted and Desired
2008
as Self (archive footage)
TVGossip Girl
2007
as Self
To My Great Chagrin: The Unbelievable Story of Brother Theodore
2007
as Self
Tension: Who's Guilty Now?
2007
as Self
Decoy: A Map to Nowhere
2007
as Self
Where Danger Lives: White Rose for Julie
2007
MovieBlack White + Gray: A Portrait of Sam Wagstaff and Robert Mapplethorpe
2007
as Self (archive footage)
MovieThe Dick Cavett Show with Mel Brooks
2006
as Self
MovieStardust: The Bette Davis Story
2006
as Self (archive footage)
MovieDuane Hopwood
2005
MovieFrontier University Dreams
2005
as Narrator
MovieInside Deep Throat
2005
as Self
MovieCelsius 41.11
2004
as Self (archive footage)
MovieJack Paar: Smart Television
2003
as Self
MovieThe Education of Gore Vidal
2003
as Self (archive footage)
TVJimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
as Self - Guest
MovieBravo Profiles: Penn and Teller
2001
as Self
Lucille Ball: Finding Lucy
2000
as Self (archive footage)
MovieBehind the Seams
2000
as Detective
Once Upon a Sleigh Ride: The Music & Life of Leon Anderson
2000
as Narrator
MovieFrequency
2000
as Himself
Sell & Spin: A History of Advertising
1999
as Narrator
MovieElvis Meets Nixon
1997
as Narrator
MovieTennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage
1994
as Self (archive footage)
MovieForrest Gump
1994
as Dick Cavett
MovieBarbarians at the Gate
1993
as Self
MovieYear of the Gun
1991
as Ben Gershon
MovieThe One, the Only... Groucho
1991
as Self
MovieThe Fred Astaire Songbook
1991
as Self (archive footage)
MovieRobert Redford & Sydney Pollack: The Men and Their Movies
1990
as Self
MovieNight of 100 Stars III
1990
as Self
Spy Magazine Presents How to Be Famous
1990
as Self
TVThe Simpsons
1989
as Dick Cavett (voice)
MovieMoon Over Parador
1988
as Self
MovieAfter School
1988
as Himself
MovieFunny
1988
as Self
MovieBeetlejuice
1988
as Bernard
MoviePenn & Teller's Invisible Thread
1987
as Dick Cavett
MovieA Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
1987
as Dick Cavett
MovieBye Bye Kipling
1986
as Self
TVIt's Garry Shandling's Show
1986
as Self (archive footage) (audio) (uncredited)
MovieDoctor Duck's Super Secret All-Purpose Sauce
1986
as Self
TVAmazing Stories
1985
as Dick Cavett
MovieKoyaanisqatsi
1983
as Self (archive footage)
TVCheers
1982
as Himself
TVHotel
1982
TVYesteryear
1982
as Self - Host
MovieThe Video Wine Guide with Dick Cavett
1982
as Self
TVLate Night with David Letterman
1982
as Self - Guest
MovieThe Marx Brothers in a Nutshell
1982
as Self
MovieDick Cavett Meets ABBA
1981
as Host
TVRemember When
1981
as Self - Host
MovieHealtH
1980
as Dick Cavett
MovieSimon
1980
as Himself
TVTime Was
1979
as Self - Host
MovieRemember Me
1979
as Narrator
MoviePower Play
1978
as Dick Cavett
Hocus Pocus, It's Magic
1978
as Self - Host
MovieAnnie Hall
1977
as Dick Cavett
TVSaturday Night Live
1975
as Self (uncredited)
MovieFunny Girl to Funny Lady
1975
as Self
TVDinah!
1974
as Self
MovieJanis
1974
MovieJimi Hendrix
1973
as Self (archive footage)
MovieNightside
1973
as Dick Cavett
MovieImagine
1972
as Self
MovieCocksucker Blues
1972
as Self
MovieYoko Ono: This Is Not Here
1972
as Self
MovieHollywood: The Dream Factory
1972
as Narrator (voice)
Festival at Ford's
1971
as Self
MovieFight of the Century
1971
as Self-(Audience Member)
TVAlias Smith and Jones
1971
MovieFriars Club Roast of Don Rickles
1970
as Self
TVThe Odd Couple
1970
as Dick Cavett
MovieJimi Hendrix: The Dick Cavett Show
1969
as Self
TVThis Is Tom Jones
1969
as Self
TVThe Dick Cavett Show
1968
as Self - Host
TVRowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1968
as Self
TVThe Phil Donahue Show
1967
as Self
TVABC Stage 67
1966
as Self - Host
TVThe Merv Griffin Show
1962
as Self
TVThe Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
MoviePlayhouse 90: The Hiding Place
1960
TVKraft Music Hall
1958
as Self
MovieFrom the Ashes: The Life and Times of Tick Hall
as Self
MovieI Refuse to Kill: He Went to War with War
as Self
