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Dick Cavett

Actor / Screenwriter / Television Presenter / Writer | * 11/19/1936 (87) | Gibbon, Nebraska (United States of America (USA))
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 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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Most frequent genres for this person: Documentaries | Comedies | Music

Known for these Movies & Shows

After an untimely death, a newly dead New England couple seek help from a deranged demon exorcist to scare an affluent New York family out of their home. ...

Beetlejuice

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1988 | 3.7/5 | 1h 32min
Fantasy, Comedy
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During a hallucinatory incident, young Kristen Parker has her wrists slashed by dream-stalking monster Freddy Krueger. Her mother, mistaking the wounds for a suicide attempt, sends Kristen to a psychi ...

A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors

Certification unknown

1987 | 3.4/5 | 1h 36min
Horror, Thriller
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New York comedian Alvy Singer falls in love with the ditsy Annie Hall. ...

Annie Hall

Certification unknown

1977 | 3.9/5 | 1h 33min
Comedy, Drama, Romance / Love
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A man with a low IQ has accomplished great things in his life and been present during significant historic events—in each case, far exceeding what anyone imagined he could do. But despite all he has ...

Forrest Gump

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1994 | 4.3/5 | 2h 22min
Comedy, Drama, Romance / Love
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Awards & Nominations for Dick Cavett

Primetime Emmy Awards Evelyn F. Burkey Award
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Movies with Dick Cavett as Actor(88)

as Self (archive footage)2023 Godard by Godard
as Self (archive footage)2023 The Lost Weekend: A Love Story
as himself2023 I Refuse to Kill: He Went to War with War
as Self (archive footage)2023 Godard Cinema
as Self (archive footage)2022 2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
as himself2022 The Ghost of Richard Harris
as Self (archive footage)2022 Lucy and Desi
as himself2022 Groucho & Cavett
as Self (archive footage)2022 Moonage Daydream
as himself2021 Live at Mister Kelly's
as himself2021 The Capote Tapes
as Self - TV Host (archive footage)2021 Truman & Tennessee: An Intimate Conversation
as Self (archive footage)2019 Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice
as Self (archive footage)2019 Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am
as himself2019 Alan Pakula: Going for Truth
as (archive footage)2019 Mike Wallace Is Here
as himself2019 What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael
as himself2018 Ali & Cavett: The Tale of the Tapes
as himself2018 Bergman: A Year in a Life
as Self, Archive Footage2018 Nureyev
as himself2017 This Is Bob Hope...
as Himself (archive footage)2017 Kyoko
as Self (archive footage)2017 I Am Not Your Negro
as himself2017 Stewart & Mitchum: The Two Faces of America
as himself2016 All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone
as himself2015 Janis: Little Girl Blue
2015 Dick Cavett's Vietnam
as himself2015 Best of Enemies
as Self (archive footage)2015 Listen to Me Marlon
as himself2014 James Brown - The Man, The Music & The Message
as Self - Chat-Show Host2014 Katharine Hepburn: The Great Kate
as himself2014 Dick Cavett's Watergate
as himself2014 A Venue For The End Of The World
as Wake Guest2014 River of Fundament
as Self - TV Host (archive footage)2013 Jimi Hendrix: Hear My Train a Comin'
as Self (Archival Footage)2013 David Bowie: Five Years
as Narrator2012 Deceptive Practice: The Mysteries and Mentors of Ricky Jay
as Reverend Pilatus2012 Excuse Me for Living
as Mr. Johnson2012 Driving Me Crazy
as himself2012 Norman Mailer: The American
as Self (archive footage)2012 Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel
as himself2011 Mel Brooks and Dick Cavett Together Again
as himself2011 Woody Allen: A Documentary
as Self (archive footage)2011 George Harrison: Living in the Material World
as Self (archive footage)2010 Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy
as himself2010 Smash His Camera
2010 Unforgettable
2007 Where Danger Lives: White Rose for Julie
as Self (archive footage)2007 Black White + Gray: A Portrait of Sam Wagstaff and Robert Mapplethorpe
as himself2007 To My Great Chagrin
as himself2006 The Dick Cavett Show with Mel Brooks
as himself2005 Inside Deep Throat
2005 Duane Hopwood
as Self (archive footage)2004 Celsius 41.11: The Temperature at Which the Brain... Begins to Die
as Self (archive footage)2003 The Education of Gore Vidal
as himself2003 Jack Paar: Smart Television
as Detective2000 Behind the Seams
as Narrator2000 Once Upon a Sleigh Ride: The Music & Life of Leon Anderson
as Narrator1997 Elvis Meets Nixon
as himself1994 Forrest Gump
as Himself (archive footage)1994 Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage
as himself1993 Barbarians at the Gate
as Self (archive footage)1991 The Fred Astaire Songbook
as himself1991 The One, the Only... Groucho
as Ben Gershon1991 Year of the Gun
as himself1990 Night Of 100 Stars III
as himself1990 Spy Magazine Presents How to Be Famous
as himself1988 Moon Over Parador
as Bernard1988 Beetlejuice
as himself1988 After School
as himself1987 Penn & Teller's Invisible Thread
as himself1987 A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
as himself1986 Doctor Duck's Super Secret All-Purpose Sauce
as himself1986 Bye Bye Kipling
as himself1982 The Marx Brothers in a Nutshell
as himself1980 Health
as himself1980 Simon
as Narrator1979 Remember Me
as himself1978 Power Play
as himself1977 Annie Hall
as himself1975 Funny Girl to Funny Lady
1974 Janis
as Self (archive footage)1973 Jimi Hendrix
as himself1973 Nightside
as himself1972 Imagine
as Narrator (voice)1972 Hollywood: The Dream Factory
as himself1972 Cocksucker Blues
as himself1969 Jimi Hendrix: The Dick Cavett Show

TV Shows/Series with Dick Cavett as Actor(24)

as himself2021 The Story of Late Night
as Self (archive footage)2021 1971: The Year That Music Changed Everything
as himself2015 The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as himself2009 Celebrity Ghost Stories
as himself2007 Gossip Girl
2003 Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Dick Cavett (voice)1989 The Simpsons
as himself1985 Amazing Stories
as himself1982 Cheers
1982 Hotel
as Host1979 Time Was
as Self (uncredited)1975 Saturday Night Live
as Self - Host1975 Saturday Night Live
1971 Alias Smith and Jones
as himself1970 The Odd Couple
1969 This Is Tom Jones
as Self - Host1968 The Dick Cavett Show
as himself1967 Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1967 The Phil Donahue Show
as Self - Host1966 ABC Stage 67
as himself1962 The Merv Griffin Show
as himself1958 Kraft Music Hall
as Self - Presenter1955 Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as himself1955 Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Movies with Dick Cavett as Crew(1)

Writing/Writer2018 Ali & Cavett: The Tale of the Tapes

TV Shows/Series with Dick Cavett as Crew(1)

Crew/Presenter1955 Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Additional Information

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Full Name: Dick Richard Cavett
Born: Thursday, 11/19 1936 (November) in Gibbon, Nebraska (United States of America (USA)) (current age: 87 years + 157 days)
Zodiac sign: Scorpio (Chinese zodiac sign: Rat)
Languages: German (DE), English (EN, native language)
Educated at: Yale School of Drama, Lincoln High School, Saybrook College
Spouses (current/former): Carrie Nye, Martha Rogers
Other names for Dick Cavett (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Richard Alva Cavett"
Dick Cavett frequently works together with these people:
Tress MacNeille (37x, Actress)
Andy Samberg (31x, Actor)
Bill Hader (23x, Actor)
Pamela Hayden (23x, Actress)
Kristen Wiig (19x, Actress)
Fred Armisen (19x, Actor)
Kevin Michael Richardson (17x, Actor)
Maggie Roswell (17x, Actress)
Kenan Thompson (16x, Actor)
Albert Brooks (15x, Actor)
Will Forte (15x, Actor)
Woody Allen (10x, Actor)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:318184, Added: 08/13/2018, Last updated: 04/20/2024