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.
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 DalĂ, 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.
External links
IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/nm0147118
Wikipedia: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q375356
Facebook: https://facebook.com/richard.cavett.3
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Filmography (Movies)
John Candy: I Like Me
Character:Self - Host, The Dick Cavett Show (archive footage)
Release Date:04/09/2025
The New Yorker at 100
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:29/08/2025
From Darkness to Light
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:20/04/2025
One to One: John & Yoko
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:11/04/2025
SLY LIVES! (aka The Burden of Black Genius)
Character:Self
Release Date:23/01/2025
From Roger Moore with Love
Character:Self
Release Date:15/12/2024
Jim Henson Idea Man
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:18/05/2024
Godard Cinema
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:05/06/2023
Godard by Godard
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:17/05/2023
The Lost Weekend: A Love Story
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:13/04/2023
Groucho & Cavett
Character:Self
Release Date:27/12/2022
2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:19/11/2022
Moonage Daydream
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:15/09/2022
Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:08/09/2022
The Ghost of Richard Harris
Character:Self
Release Date:31/08/2022
Joni Mitchell, Lady Blue
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:24/07/2022
Lucy and Desi
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:21/01/2022
Live at Mister Kelly's
Character:Self
Release Date:17/09/2021
The Capote Tapes
Character:Self
Release Date:10/09/2021
Boulevard! A Hollywood Story
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:16/08/2021
Truman & Tennessee: An Intimate Conversation
Character:Self - TV Host (archive footage)
Release Date:18/06/2021
Alan Pakula: Going for Truth
Character:Self
Release Date:12/10/2019
Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:06/09/2019
Mike Wallace Is Here
Character:(archive footage)
Release Date:26/07/2019
Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:21/06/2019
What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael
Character:Self
Release Date:22/03/2019
Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast
Character:Self - TV Host (archive footage)
Release Date:27/02/2019
Nureyev
Character:Self, Archive Footage
Release Date:25/09/2018
Ali & Cavett: The Tale of the Tapes
Character:Self
Release Date:02/08/2018
Bergman: A Year in a Life
Character:Self
Release Date:12/07/2018
This Is Bob Hope...
Character:Self
Release Date:29/12/2017
Stewart & Mitchum: The Two Faces of America
Character:Self
Release Date:09/11/2017
Kyoko
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:11/03/2017
On the Sly: In Search of the Family Stone
Character:
Release Date:22/01/2017
All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone
Character:Self
Release Date:04/11/2016
Janis: Little Girl Blue
Character:Himself
Release Date:09/09/2015
Best of Enemies
Character:Self
Release Date:31/07/2015
Listen to Me Marlon
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:29/07/2015
Dick Cavett's Vietnam
Character:
Release Date:27/04/2015
James Brown - The Man, The Music & The Message
Character:Self
Release Date:08/11/2014
A Venue For The End Of The World
Character:Himself
Release Date:14/09/2014
Dick Cavett's Watergate
Character:Himself
Release Date:08/08/2014
Katharine Hepburn: The Great Kate
Character:Self - Chat-Show Host
Release Date:02/03/2014
River of Fundament
Character:Wake Guest
Release Date:12/02/2014
Jimi Hendrix: Hear My Train a Comin'
Character:Self - TV Host (archive footage)
Release Date:04/11/2013
Gore Vidal: The United States of Amnesia
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:04/08/2013
David Bowie: Five Years
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:25/05/2013
Excuse Me for Living
Character:Reverend Pilatus
Release Date:12/10/2012
Deceptive Practice: The Mysteries and Mentors of Ricky Jay
Character:Narrator
Release Date:04/10/2012
Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:21/09/2012
Norman Mailer: The American
Character:Self
Release Date:18/05/2012
Driving Me Crazy
Character:Mr. Johnson
Release Date:06/01/2012
Woody Allen: A Documentary
Character:Self
Release Date:20/11/2011
Mel Brooks and Dick Cavett Together Again
Character:Self
Release Date:09/09/2011
Simon & Garfunkel: Across the Airwaves
Character:Self
Release Date:21/11/2010
Unforgettable
Character:Self
Release Date:16/08/2010
Smash His Camera
Character:Self
Release Date:30/07/2010
Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:18/01/2008
To My Great Chagrin: The Unbelievable Story of Brother Theodore
Character:Himself
Release Date:09/09/2007
Tension: Who's Guilty Now?
Character:Self
Release Date:31/07/2007
Decoy: A Map to Nowhere
Character:Self
Release Date:31/07/2007
Where Danger Lives: White Rose for Julie
Character:
Release Date:31/07/2007
Black White + Gray: A Portrait of Sam Wagstaff and Robert Mapplethorpe
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:01/05/2007
The Dick Cavett Show with Mel Brooks
Character:Self
Release Date:07/09/2006
Duane Hopwood
Character:
Release Date:11/11/2005
Frontier University Dreams
Character:Narrator
Release Date:01/04/2005
Inside Deep Throat
Character:Self
Release Date:11/02/2005
Celsius 41.11
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:22/10/2004
Jack Paar: Smart Television
Character:Self
Release Date:29/11/2003
The Education of Gore Vidal
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:30/06/2003
Bravo Profiles: Penn and Teller
Character:Self
Release Date:24/01/2001
Lucille Ball: Finding Lucy
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:03/12/2000
Behind the Seams
Character:Detective
Release Date:01/06/2000
Once Upon a Sleigh Ride: The Music & Life of Leon Anderson
Character:Narrator
Release Date:30/05/2000
Sell & Spin: A History of Advertising
Character:Narrator
Release Date:01/01/1999
Elvis Meets Nixon
Character:Narrator
Release Date:12/08/1997
Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:19/12/1994
Forrest Gump
Character:Dick Cavett
Release Date:23/06/1994
Barbarians at the Gate
Character:Self
Release Date:20/03/1993
Year of the Gun
Character:Ben Gershon
Release Date:10/09/1991
The One, the Only... Groucho
Character:Self
Release Date:28/05/1991
The Fred Astaire Songbook
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:08/03/1991
Robert Redford & Sydney Pollack: The Men and Their Movies
Character:Self
Release Date:09/12/1990
Night of 100 Stars III
Character:Self
Release Date:21/05/1990
Spy Magazine Presents How to Be Famous
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/1990
Moon Over Parador
Character:Self
Release Date:09/09/1988
After School
Character:Himself
Release Date:01/09/1988
Funny
Character:Self
Release Date:01/04/1988
Beetlejuice
Character:Bernard
Release Date:30/03/1988
Penn & Teller's Invisible Thread
Character:Dick Cavett
Release Date:18/03/1987
A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
Character:Dick Cavett
Release Date:27/02/1987
Doctor Duck's Super Secret All-Purpose Sauce
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/1986
Bye Bye Kipling
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/1986
The Video Wine Guide with Dick Cavett
Character:Self
Release Date:17/05/1982
The Marx Brothers in a Nutshell
Character:Self
Release Date:02/01/1982
Dick Cavett Meets ABBA
Character:Host
Release Date:12/09/1981
HealtH
Character:Dick Cavett
Release Date:12/09/1980
Simon
Character:Himself
Release Date:01/02/1980
Remember Me
Character:Narrator
Release Date:01/01/1979
Power Play
Character:Dick Cavett
Release Date:01/11/1978
Hocus Pocus, It's Magic
Character:Self - Host
Release Date:11/06/1978
Annie Hall
Character:Dick Cavett
Release Date:19/04/1977
Funny Girl to Funny Lady
Character:Self
Release Date:09/03/1975
Janis
Character:
Release Date:18/10/1974
Jimi Hendrix
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:14/06/1973
Nightside
Character:Dick Cavett
Release Date:15/04/1973
Imagine
Character:Self
Release Date:23/12/1972
Cocksucker Blues
Character:Self
Release Date:26/07/1972
Yoko Ono: This Is Not Here
Character:Self
Release Date:11/05/1972
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:10/01/1972
Festival at Ford's
Character:Self
Release Date:15/11/1971
Fight of the Century
Character:Self-(Audience Member)
Release Date:08/03/1971
Friars Club Roast of Don Rickles
Character:Self
Release Date:30/09/1970
Jimi Hendrix: The Dick Cavett Show
Character:Self
Release Date:06/07/1969
The Hiding Place
Character:
Release Date:22/03/1960
Television Appearances
1971: The Year That Music Changed Everything
Character:Self (archive footage)
The Story of Late Night
Character:Self
What's My Name | Muhammad Ali
Character:Self (archive footage)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Character:Self
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Character:Self
George Harrison: Living in the Material World
Character:Self (archive footage)
Celebrity Ghost Stories
Character:Self
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Character:Self - Guest
Childrens Hospital
Character:Dick Cavett
Gossip Girl
Character:Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Character:Self
The Simpsons
Character:Dick Cavett (voice)
It's Garry Shandling's Show
Character:Self (archive footage) (audio) (uncredited)
Amazing Stories
Character:Dick Cavett
Cheers
Character:Himself
Hotel
Character:
Yesteryear
Character:Self - Host
Remember When
Character:Self - Host
Time Was
Character:Self - Host
Saturday Night Live
Character:Self (uncredited)
Saturday Night Live
Character:Self - Host
Dinah!
Character:Self
Alias Smith and Jones
Character:
The Odd Couple
Character:Dick Cavett
This Is Tom Jones
Character:Self
The Dick Cavett Show
Character:Self - Host
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Character:Self
The Phil Donahue Show
Character:Self
ABC Stage 67
Character:Self - Host
The Merv Griffin Show
Character:Self
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Character:Self
Kraft Music Hall
Character:Self
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