Dick Cavett

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.

Dick Cavett is known for work in acting across film and television. New Release currently presents 20 verified screen credits connected to this profile.

Selected work includes NASA, Nazis and the Space Race (2025), One to One: John & Yoko (2025), An American Family at 50 (2024), Moonage Daydream (2022), The Ghost of Richard Harris (2022), Live at Mister Kelly's (2021), Truman & Tennessee: An Intimate Conversation (2021), The Story of Late Night (2021). The recorded credits span 1966 to 2025, including 14 movies and 6 TV shows.

The filmography below lists available titles, release years and known roles. This profile is updated as additional verified information becomes available.