Personal details
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Born
19 novembre 1936 (89)
Place of birth
Gibbon, Nebraska, USA
Also known as
Richard Alva Cavett
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.
Conosciuto per
6.8
Series
The Dick Cavett Show
Self - Host
1968–1995
7.4
Film
Beetlejuice
Bernard
1988
7.6
Series
George Harrison: Living in the Material World
Self (archive footage)
2011
6.5
Film
Inside Deep Throat
Self
2005
5.7
Series
The Story of Late Night
Self
2021
7.4
Film
Moonage Daydream
Self (archive footage)
2022
7.4
Series
What's My Name | Muhammad Ali
Self (archive footage)
2019
6.5
Film
Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues
Self (archive footage)
2022
2.5
Film
Truman & Tennessee: An Intimate Conversation
Self - TV Host (archive footage)
2021
7.6
Film
Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice
Self (archive footage)
2019
5.9
Film
The Capote Tapes
Self
2021
7.8
Film
Jim Henson Idea Man
Self (archive footage)
2024
6.7
Film
From Darkness to Light
Self (archive footage)
2025
7.2
Film
One to One: John & Yoko
Self (archive footage)
2025
7.0
Film
Groucho & Cavett
Self
2022
7.1
Film
Lucy and Desi
Self (archive footage)
2022
7.4
Film
Bergman: A Year in a Life
Self
2018
8.0
Film
This Is Bob Hope...
Self
2017
5.5
Film
Godard Cinema
Self (archive footage)
2023
6.5
Film
Alan Pakula: Going for Truth
Self
2019
7.8
Film
Group Therapy
Self - Host, The Dick Cavett Show (archive footage)
2024
6.0
Film
Stewart & Mitchum: The Two Faces of America
Self
2017
8.0
Film
From Roger Moore with Love
Self
2024
7.8
Film
Godard by Godard
Self (archive footage)
2023
7.5
Film
The Ghost of Richard Harris
Self
2022
7.5
Film
Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am
Self (archive footage)
2019
7.7
Film
Paul Newman: The Restless
Self
2023
6.0
Film
The Lost Weekend: A Love Story
Self (archive footage)
2023
7.2
Film
Ali & Cavett: The Tale of the Tapes
Self
2018
6.0
Film
Kyoko
Self (archive footage)
2017
Acting credits 30 titles
One to One: John & Yoko
as Self (archive footage)
7.2
2025
From Darkness to Light
as Self (archive footage)
6.7
2025
From Roger Moore with Love
as Self
8.0
2024
Group Therapy
as Self - Host, The Dick Cavett Show (archive footage)
7.8
2024
Jim Henson Idea Man
as Self (archive footage)
7.8
2024
Paul Newman: The Restless
as Self
7.7
2023
Godard Cinema
as Self (archive footage)
5.5
2023
Godard by Godard
as Self (archive footage)
7.8
2023
The Lost Weekend: A Love Story
as Self (archive footage)
6.0
2023
Groucho & Cavett
as Self
7.0
2022
Moonage Daydream
as Self (archive footage)
7.4
2022
The Ghost of Richard Harris
as Self
7.5
2022
Lucy and Desi
as Self (archive footage)
7.1
2022
Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues
as Self (archive footage)
6.5
2022
The Capote Tapes
as Self
5.9
2021
Truman & Tennessee: An Intimate Conversation
as Self - TV Host (archive footage)
2.5
2021
The Story of Late Night
as Self
5.7
2021
What's My Name | Muhammad Ali
as Self (archive footage)
7.4
2019
Alan Pakula: Going for Truth
as Self
6.5
2019
Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am
as Self (archive footage)
7.5
2019
Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice
as Self (archive footage)
7.6
2019
Ali & Cavett: The Tale of the Tapes
as Self
7.2
2018
Bergman: A Year in a Life
as Self
7.4
2018
Stewart & Mitchum: The Two Faces of America
as Self
6.0
2017
This Is Bob Hope...
as Self
8.0
2017
Kyoko
as Self (archive footage)
6.0
2017
George Harrison: Living in the Material World
as Self (archive footage)
7.6
2011
Inside Deep Throat
as Self
6.5
2005
Beetlejuice
as Bernard
7.4
1988
The Dick Cavett Show
as Self - Host
6.8
1968–1995