Dick Cavett
Actor
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 DalÃ, 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.
Filmography
Beetlejuice
as Bernard 1988
Annie Hall
as Dick Cavett 1977
A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
as Dick Cavett 1987
Moonage Daydream
as Self (archive footage) 2022
Woody Allen: A Documentary
as Self 2011
Listen to Me Marlon
as Self (archive footage) 2015
Janis: Little Girl Blue
as Himself 2015
Best of Enemies
as Self 2015
Inside Deep Throat
as Self 2005
Moon Over Parador
as Self 1988
Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired
as Self (archive footage) 2008
John Candy: I Like Me
as Self - Host, The Dick Cavett Show (archive footage) 2025
Year of the Gun
as Ben Gershon 1991
David Bowie: Five Years
as Self (archive footage) 2013
Barbarians at the Gate
as Self 1993
Lucy and Desi
as Self (archive footage) 2022