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Dick Cavett Biography and Full Filmography - MovieWise

Quick Facts

Born:
1936-11-19

Birthplace:
Gibbon, Nebraska, USA

Credits:
155 Total Roles

Dick Cavett

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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 Dalรญ, 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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Full Filmography

Year Title Role
2026 Mel Brooks: The 99 Year Old Man! TV Self - Talk Show Host
2025 John Candy: I Like Me MOVIE Self - Host, The Dick Cavett Show (archive footage)
2025 The New Yorker at 100 MOVIE Self (archive footage)
2025 From Darkness to Light MOVIE Self (archive footage)
2025 One to One: John & Yoko MOVIE Self (archive footage)
2025 SLY LIVES! (aka The Burden of Black Genius) MOVIE Self
2024 From Roger Moore with Love MOVIE Self
2024 Group Therapy MOVIE Self - Host, The Dick Cavett Show (archive footage)
2024 Jim Henson Idea Man MOVIE Self (archive footage)
2024 An American Family at 50 MOVIE Self

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