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Dick Cavett
Known for Forrest Gump · The Simpsons · Gossip Girl
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…
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- Born
- Nov 19, 1936
- Birthplace
- Gibbon, Nebraska, USA
- Known For
- Acting
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.
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Known For
MOVIE
Forrest GumpDick Cavett · 1994
★ 8.5
★ 8.5
TV
The SimpsonsDick Cavett (voice) · 1989
★ 8.0
★ 8.0
TV
Gossip GirlSelf · 2007
★ 8.1
★ 8.1
MOVIE
FrequencyHimself · 2000
★ 7.3
★ 7.3
TV
CheersHimself · 1982
★ 7.6
★ 7.6
TV
Saturday Night LiveSelf (uncredited) · 1975
★ 6.9
★ 6.9
TV
The Late Show with Stephen ColbertSelf - Guest · 2015
★ 6.1
★ 6.1
TV
Amazing StoriesDick Cavett · 1985
★ 7.5
★ 7.5
Filmography
Movies
Playhouse 90: The Hiding Place
1960
Jimi Hendrix: The Dick Cavett ShowSelf
1969
Friars Club Roast of Don RicklesSelf
1970FA
Festival at Ford'sSelf
1971
Fight of the CenturySelf-(Audience Member)
1971
Cocksucker BluesSelf
1972
Hollywood: The Dream FactoryNarrator (voice)
1972
ImagineSelf
1972
Yoko Ono: This Is Not HereSelf
1972
Jimi HendrixSelf (archive footage)
1973
NightsideDick Cavett
1973
Janis
1974
Funny Girl to Funny LadySelf
1975
Annie HallDick Cavett
1977HP
Hocus Pocus, It's MagicSelf - Host
1978
Power PlayDick Cavett
1978
Remember MeNarrator
1979
HealtHDick Cavett
1980
SimonHimself
1980
Dick Cavett Meets ABBAHost
1981
The Marx Brothers in a NutshellSelf
1982
The Video Wine Guide with Dick CavettSelf
1982
KoyaanisqatsiSelf (archive footage)
1983
Bye Bye KiplingSelf
1986
Doctor Duck's Super Secret All-Purpose SauceSelf
1986
A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream WarriorsDick Cavett
1987
Penn & Teller's Invisible ThreadDick Cavett
1987
After SchoolHimself
1988
BeetlejuiceBernard
1988
FunnySelf
1988
Moon Over ParadorSelf
1988
Night of 100 Stars IIISelf
1990
Robert Redford & Sydney Pollack: The Men and Their MoviesSelf
1990SM
Spy Magazine Presents How to Be FamousSelf
1990
The Fred Astaire SongbookSelf (archive footage)
1991
The One, the Only... GrouchoSelf
1991
Year of the GunBen Gershon
1991
Barbarians at the GateSelf
1993
Forrest GumpDick Cavett
1994
Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American StageSelf (archive footage)
1994
Elvis Meets NixonNarrator
1997S&
Sell & Spin: A History of AdvertisingNarrator
1999
Behind the SeamsDetective
2000
FrequencyHimself
2000LB
Lucille Ball: Finding LucySelf (archive footage)
2000OU
Once Upon a Sleigh Ride: The Music & Life of Leon AndersonNarrator
2000
Bravo Profiles: Penn and TellerSelf
2001
Jack Paar: Smart TelevisionSelf
2003
The Education of Gore VidalSelf (archive footage)
2003
Celsius 41.11Self (archive footage)
2004
Duane Hopwood
2005
Frontier University DreamsNarrator
2005
Inside Deep ThroatSelf
2005
Stardust: The Bette Davis StorySelf (archive footage)
2006
The Dick Cavett Show with Mel BrooksSelf
2006
Black White + Gray: A Portrait of Sam Wagstaff and Robert MapplethorpeSelf (archive footage)
2007DA
Decoy: A Map to NowhereSelf
2007TW
Tension: Who's Guilty Now?Self
2007TM
To My Great Chagrin: The Unbelievable Story of Brother TheodoreSelf
2007WD
Where Danger Lives: White Rose for Julie
2007
Roman Polanski: Wanted and DesiredSelf (archive footage)
2008
Simon & Garfunkel: Across the AirwavesSelf
2010
Smash His CameraSelf
2010
UnforgettableSelf
2010
Mel Brooks and Dick Cavett Together AgainSelf
2011
Woody Allen: A DocumentarySelf
2011
Deceptive Practice: The Mysteries and Mentors of Ricky JayNarrator
2012
Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to TravelSelf (archive footage)
2012
Driving Me CrazyMr. Johnson
2012
Excuse Me for LivingReverend Pilatus
2012
Norman Mailer: The AmericanSelf
2012
David Bowie: Five YearsSelf (archive footage)
2013
Gore Vidal: The United States of AmnesiaSelf (archive footage)
2013
Jimi Hendrix: Hear My Train a Comin'Self - TV Host (archive footage)
2013
A Venue For The End Of The WorldHimself
2014
Dick Cavett's WatergateHimself
2014
James Brown - The Man, The Music & The MessageSelf
2014
Katharine Hepburn: The Great KateSelf - Chat-Show Host
2014
River of FundamentWake Guest
2014
Best of EnemiesSelf
2015
Dick Cavett's Vietnam
2015
Janis: Little Girl BlueHimself
2015
Listen to Me MarlonSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)
2015
All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. StoneSelf
2016
KyokoSelf (archive footage)
2017
On the Sly: In Search of the Family Stone
2017
Stewart & Mitchum: The Two Faces of AmericaSelf
2017
This Is Bob Hope...Self
2017
Ali & Cavett: The Tale of the TapesSelf
2018Ali & Cavett: The Tale of the TapesWriter
2018
Bergman: A Year in a LifeSelf
2018
NureyevSelf, Archive Footage
2018
Alan Pakula: Going for TruthSelf
2019
Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My VoiceSelf (archive footage)
2019
Mike Wallace Is Here(archive footage)
2019
Nice Girls Don't Stay for BreakfastSelf - TV Host (archive footage)
2019
Toni Morrison: The Pieces I AmSelf (archive footage)
2019
What She Said: The Art of Pauline KaelSelf
2019
Boulevard! A Hollywood StorySelf (archive footage)
2021
Live at Mister Kelly'sSelf
2021
My Guest is Orson Welles
2021
The Capote TapesSelf
2021
Truman & Tennessee: An Intimate ConversationSelf - TV Host (archive footage)
2021
2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction CeremonySelf (archive footage)
2022
Groucho & CavettSelf
2022
Joni Mitchell, Lady BlueSelf (archive footage)
2022
Louis Armstrong's Black & BluesSelf (archive footage)
2022
Lucy and DesiSelf (archive footage)
2022
Moonage DaydreamSelf (archive footage)
2022
The Ghost of Richard HarrisSelf
2022
Godard by GodardSelf (archive footage)
2023
Godard CinemaSelf (archive footage)
2023
Paul Newman: The RestlessSelf (archive footage)
2023
The Lost Weekend: A Love StorySelf (archive footage)
2023
A Clockwork Orange: The ProphecySelf (archive footage)
2024
An American Family at 50Self
2024
From Roger Moore with LoveSelf
2024
Group TherapySelf - Host, The Dick Cavett Show (archive footage)
2024
Jim Henson Idea ManSelf (archive footage)
2024
Remembering Gene WilderSelf (archive footage)
2024
From Darkness to LightSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)
2025
John Candy: I Like MeSelf - Host, The Dick Cavett Show (archive footage)
2025
NASA, Nazis and the Space RaceSelf (archive footage)
2025
One to One: John & YokoSelf (archive footage)
2025
SLY LIVES! (aka The Burden of Black Genius)Self
2025
The New Yorker at 100Self (archive footage)
2025
From the Ashes: The Life and Times of Tick HallSelf
I Refuse to Kill: He Went to War with WarSelf
Television
Kraft Music HallSelf · 5 eps
1958
The Merv Griffin ShowSelf · 4 eps
1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonSelf · 3 eps
1962
ABC Stage 67Self - Host · 1 eps
1966
The Phil Donahue ShowSelf · 1 eps
1967
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-InSelf · 2 eps
1968
The Dick Cavett ShowSelf - Host · 470 eps
1968
This Is Tom JonesSelf · 1 eps
1969
The Odd CoupleDick Cavett · 1 eps
1970
Alias Smith and Jones1 eps
1971
Dinah!Self · 3 eps
1974
Saturday Night LiveSelf (uncredited) · 1 eps
1975Saturday Night LiveSelf - Host · 2 eps
1975
Time WasSelf - Host · 6 eps
1979
Remember WhenSelf - Host · 8 eps
1981
CheersHimself · 1 eps
1982
Hotel1 eps
1982
Late Night with David LettermanSelf - Guest · 1 eps
1982
YesteryearSelf - Host · 6 eps
1982
Amazing StoriesDick Cavett · 1 eps
1985
It's Garry Shandling's ShowSelf (archive footage) (audio) (uncredited) · 1 eps
1986
The SimpsonsDick Cavett (voice) · 1 eps
1989
Jimmy Kimmel Live!Self - Guest · 1 eps
2003
Gossip GirlSelf · 1 eps
2007
Childrens HospitalDick Cavett · 1 eps
2008
Celebrity Ghost StoriesSelf · 1 eps
2009
Watch What Happens Live with Andy CohenSelf - Guest · 1 eps
2009
George Harrison: Living in the Material WorldSelf (archive footage) · 2 eps
2011
Late Night with Seth MeyersSelf · 1 eps
2014
The Late Show with Stephen ColbertSelf - Guest · 1 eps
2015
What's My Name | Muhammad AliSelf (archive footage) · 2 eps
2019
1971: The Year That Music Changed EverythingSelf (archive footage) · 1 eps
2021
The Story of Late NightSelf · 6 eps
2021
Mel Brooks: The 99 Year Old Man!Self - Talk Show Host · 1 eps
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