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 hoste…
Known For
Filmography
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
Moonage Daydream
2022
Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues
2022
The Ghost of Richard Harris
2022
Joni Mitchell, Lady Blue
2022
Lucy and Desi
2022
Live at Mister Kelly's
2021
The Capote Tapes
2021
Boulevard! A Hollywood Story
2021
Truman & Tennessee: An Intimate Conversation
2021
Alan Pakula: Going for Truth
2019
Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice
2019
Mike Wallace Is Here
2019
Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am
2019
What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael
2019
Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast
2019
Nureyev
2018
Ali & Cavett: The Tale of the Tapes
2018
Bergman: A Year in a Life
2018
This Is Bob Hope...
2017
Stewart & Mitchum: The Two Faces of America
2017
Kyoko
2017
On the Sly: In Search of the Family Stone
2017
All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone
2016
Janis: Little Girl Blue
2015
Best of Enemies
2015
Listen to Me Marlon
2015
Dick Cavett's Vietnam
2015
James Brown - The Man, The Music & The Message
2014
A Venue For The End Of The World
2014
Dick Cavett's Watergate
2014
Katharine Hepburn: The Great Kate
2014
River of Fundament
2014
Jimi Hendrix: Hear My Train a Comin'
2013
Gore Vidal: The United States of Amnesia
2013
David Bowie: Five Years
2013
Excuse Me for Living
2012
Deceptive Practice: The Mysteries and Mentors of Ricky Jay
2012
Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel
2012
Norman Mailer: The American
2012
Driving Me Crazy
2012
Woody Allen: A Documentary
2011
Mel Brooks and Dick Cavett Together Again
2011
Simon & Garfunkel: Across the Airwaves
2010
Unforgettable
2010
Smash His Camera
2010
Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired
2008
To My Great Chagrin: The Unbelievable Story of Brother Theodore
2007
Tension: Who's Guilty Now?
2007
Decoy: A Map to Nowhere
2007
Where Danger Lives: White Rose for Julie
2007
Black White + Gray: A Portrait of Sam Wagstaff and Robert Mapplethorpe
2007
The Dick Cavett Show with Mel Brooks
2006
Duane Hopwood
2005
Frontier University Dreams
2005
Inside Deep Throat
2005
Celsius 41.11
2004
Jack Paar: Smart Television
2003
The Education of Gore Vidal
2003
Bravo Profiles: Penn and Teller
2001
Lucille Ball: Finding Lucy
2000
Behind the Seams
2000
Once Upon a Sleigh Ride: The Music & Life of Leon Anderson
2000
Frequency
2000
Sell & Spin: A History of Advertising
1999
Elvis Meets Nixon
1997
Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage
1994
Forrest Gump
1994
Barbarians at the Gate
1993
Year of the Gun
1991
The One, the Only... Groucho
1991
The Fred Astaire Songbook
1991
Robert Redford & Sydney Pollack: The Men and Their Movies
1990
Night of 100 Stars III
1990
Spy Magazine Presents How to Be Famous
1990
Moon Over Parador
1988
After School
1988
Funny
1988
Beetlejuice
1988
Penn & Teller's Invisible Thread
1987
A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
1987
Bye Bye Kipling
1986
Doctor Duck's Super Secret All-Purpose Sauce
1986
Koyaanisqatsi
1983
The Video Wine Guide with Dick Cavett
1982
The Marx Brothers in a Nutshell
1982
Dick Cavett Meets ABBA
1981
HealtH
1980
Simon
1980
Remember Me
1979
Power Play
1978
Hocus Pocus, It's Magic
1978
Annie Hall
1977
Funny Girl to Funny Lady
1975
Janis
1974
Jimi Hendrix
1973
Nightside
1973
Imagine
1972
Cocksucker Blues
1972
Yoko Ono: This Is Not Here
1972
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
1972
Festival at Ford's
1971
Fight of the Century
1971
Friars Club Roast of Don Rickles
1970
Jimi Hendrix: The Dick Cavett Show
1969
Playhouse 90: The Hiding Place
1960
From the Ashes: The Life and Times of Tick Hall
I Refuse to Kill: He Went to War with War
Mel Brooks: The 99 Year Old Man!
2026
1971: The Year That Music Changed Everything
2021
The Story of Late Night
2021
What's My Name | Muhammad Ali
2019
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
George Harrison: Living in the Material World
2011
Celebrity Ghost Stories
2009
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
Childrens Hospital
2008
Gossip Girl
2007
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
The Simpsons
1989
It's Garry Shandling's Show
1986
Amazing Stories
1985
Cheers
1982
Hotel
1982
Yesteryear
1982
Late Night with David Letterman
1982
Remember When
1981
Time Was
1979
Saturday Night Live
1975
Saturday Night Live
1975
Dinah!
1974
Alias Smith and Jones
1971
The Odd Couple
1970
This Is Tom Jones
1969
The Dick Cavett Show
1968
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1968
The Phil Donahue Show
1967
ABC Stage 67
1966
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
Kraft Music Hall
1958