Dick Cavett
Born November 19, 1936 (Age: 89)
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Gibbon, Nebraska, USA
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.
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.
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Filmography
Godard Cinema
2023
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 86
The Lost Weekend: A Love Story
2023
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 86
Moonage Daydream
2022
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 85
The Ghost of Richard Harris
2022
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as Self
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Age: 85
Joni Mitchell, Lady Blue
2022
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 85
River of Fundament
2014
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as Wake Guest
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Age: 77
Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel
2012
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 75
Simon & Garfunkel: Across the Airwaves
2010
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as Self
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Age: 74
No Image
Tension: Who's Guilty Now?
2007
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as Self
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Age: 70
No Image
Decoy: A Map to Nowhere
2007
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as Self
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Age: 70
No Image
Where Danger Lives: White Rose for Julie
2007
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as
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Age: 70
The Dick Cavett Show with Mel Brooks
2006
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as Self
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Age: 69
Frontier University Dreams
2005
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as Narrator
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Age: 68
Inside Deep Throat
2005
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as Self
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Age: 68
Celsius 41.11
2004
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 67
Bravo Profiles: Penn and Teller
2001
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as Self
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Age: 64
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Lucille Ball: Finding Lucy
2000
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 64
Behind the Seams
2000
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as Detective
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Age: 63
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Once Upon a Sleigh Ride: The Music & Life of Leon Anderson
2000
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as Narrator
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Age: 63
Frequency
2000
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as Himself
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Age: 63
Elvis Meets Nixon
1997
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as Narrator
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Age: 60
Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage
1994
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 58
Forrest Gump
1994
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as Dick Cavett
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Age: 57
Barbarians at the Gate
1993
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as Self
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Age: 56
Year of the Gun
1991
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as Ben Gershon
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Age: 54
The One, the Only... Groucho
1991
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as Self
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Age: 54
The Fred Astaire Songbook
1991
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 54
Robert Redford & Sydney Pollack: The Men and Their Movies
1990
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as Self
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Age: 54
Night of 100 Stars III
1990
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as Self
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Age: 53
No Image
Spy Magazine Presents How to Be Famous
1990
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as Self
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Age: 53
Moon Over Parador
1988
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as Self
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Age: 51
After School
1988
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as Himself
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Age: 51
Funny
1988
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as Self
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Age: 51
Beetlejuice
1988
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as Bernard
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Age: 51
Penn & Teller's Invisible Thread
1987
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as Dick Cavett
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Age: 50
A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
1987
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as Dick Cavett
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Age: 50
Koyaanisqatsi
1983
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 46
The Video Wine Guide with Dick Cavett
1982
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as Self
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Age: 45
Dick Cavett Meets ABBA
1981
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as Host
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Age: 44
HealtH
1980
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as Dick Cavett
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Age: 43
Simon
1980
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as Himself
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Age: 43
Power Play
1978
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as Dick Cavett
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Age: 41
No Image
Hocus Pocus, It's Magic
1978
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as Self - Host
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Age: 41
Annie Hall
1977
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as Dick Cavett
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Age: 40
Janis
1974
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as
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Age: 37
Jimi Hendrix
1973
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 36
Nightside
1973
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as Dick Cavett
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Age: 36
Imagine
1972
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as Self
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Age: 36
Cocksucker Blues
1972
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as Self
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Age: 35
Yoko Ono: This Is Not Here
1972
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as Self
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Age: 35
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
1972
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as Narrator (voice)
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Age: 35
No Image
Festival at Ford's
1971
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as Self
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Age: 34
Fight of the Century
1971
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as Self-(Audience Member)
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Age: 34
Friars Club Roast of Don Rickles
1970
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as Self
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Age: 33
The Hiding Place
1960
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as
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Age: 23