Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthdate
1936-11-19 (Age: 90)
Place of Birth
Gibbon, Nebraska, USA
Dick Cavett
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 DalΓ, 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 (119)
John Candy: I Like Me
2025
The New Yorker at 100
2025
From Darkness to Light
2025
One to One: John & Yoko
2025
SLY LIVES! (aka The Burden of Black Genius)
2025
From Roger Moore with Love
2024
Group Therapy
2024
Jim Henson Idea Man
2024
An American Family at 50
2024
Godard Cinema
2023
Godard by Godard
2023
The Lost Weekend: A Love Story
2023
Groucho & Cavett
2022
2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
2022