Actor

Dick Cavett

November 19, 1936 · Gibbon, Nebraska, 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 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.

Notable work

8.5
Forrest Gump (1994)
as Dick Cavett
8
The Simpsons (1989)
as Dick Cavett (voice)
7.4
Beetlejuice (1988)
as Bernard
7.7
Annie Hall (1977)
as Dick Cavett
8.1
Gossip Girl (2007)
as Self
6.7
A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987)
as Dick Cavett
7.3
Frequency (2000)
as Himself
7.9
Koyaanisqatsi (1983)
as Self (archive footage)
7.6
Cheers (1982)
as Himself
6.9
Saturday Night Live (1975)
as Self (uncredited) and as Self - Host
6.1
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (2015)
as Self - Guest

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