Acting credits
149
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Dick Cavett
Acting
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
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Movies: 116Series: 33Crew credits: 1
TMDB ID: 10565
IMDb ID: nm0147118
Known for: Acting
Born: November 19, 1936
Age: 89
Place of birth: Gibbon, Nebraska, USA
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1958 - 2026
Years active: 69
Average TMDB rating: 7.01
Wikidata: Q375356
Also known as
Richard Alva Cavett
Other jobs
Writer (1)
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.
Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Dick Cavett.
John Candy: I Like Me
as Self - Host, The Dick Cavett Show (archive footage)
2025 Movie
The New Yorker at 100
as Self (archive footage)
2025 Movie
NASA, Nazis and the Space Race
as Self (archive footage)
2025 Movie
From Darkness to Light
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2025 Movie
One to One: John & Yoko
as Self (archive footage)
2025 Movie
SLY LIVES! (aka The Burden of Black Genius)
as Self
2025 Movie
From Roger Moore with Love
as Self
2024 Movie
Group Therapy
as Self - Host, The Dick Cavett Show (archive footage)
2024 Movie
Jim Henson Idea Man
as Self (archive footage)
2024 Movie
Remembering Gene Wilder
as Self (archive footage)
2024 Movie
An American Family at 50
as Self
2024 Movie
Paul Newman: The Restless
as Self (archive footage)
2023 Movie
Godard Cinema
as Self (archive footage)
2023 Movie
Godard by Godard
as Self (archive footage)
2023 Movie
The Lost Weekend: A Love Story
as Self (archive footage)
2023 Movie
Groucho & Cavett
as Self
2022 Movie
2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
as Self (archive footage)
2022 Movie
Moonage Daydream
as Self (archive footage)
2022 Movie
Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues
as Self (archive footage)
2022 Movie
The Ghost of Richard Harris
as Self
2022 Movie
Joni Mitchell, Lady Blue
as Self (archive footage)
2022 Movie
Lucy and Desi
as Self (archive footage)
2022 Movie
My Guest is Orson Welles
2021 Movie
Live at Mister Kelly's
as Self
2021 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Dick Cavett.
Mel Brooks: The 99 Year Old Man!
as Self - Talk Show Host • 1 eps
2026 Series
1971: The Year That Music Changed Everything
as Self (archive footage) • 1 eps
2021 Series
The Story of Late Night
as Self • 6 eps
2021 Series
What's My Name | Muhammad Ali
as Self (archive footage) • 2 eps
2019 Series
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
2015 Series
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self • 1 eps
2014 Series
George Harrison: Living in the Material World
as Self (archive footage) • 2 eps
2011 Series
Celebrity Ghost Stories
as Self • 1 eps
2009 Series
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
2009 Series
Childrens Hospital
as Dick Cavett • 1 eps
2008 Series
Gossip Girl
as Self • 1 eps
2007 Series
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
2003 Series
The Simpsons
as Dick Cavett (voice) • 1 eps
1989 Series
It's Garry Shandling's Show
as Self (archive footage) (audio) (uncredited) • 1 eps
1986 Series
Amazing Stories
as Dick Cavett • 1 eps
1985 Series
Cheers
as Himself • 1 eps
1982 Series
Hotel
1 eps
1982 Series
Yesteryear
as Self - Host • 6 eps
1982 Series
Late Night with David Letterman
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
1982 Series
Remember When
as Self - Host • 8 eps
1981 Series
Time Was
as Self - Host • 6 eps
1979 Series
Saturday Night Live
as Self (uncredited) • 1 eps
1975 Series
Dinah!
as Self • 3 eps
1974 Series
Alias Smith and Jones
1 eps
1971 Series