Known For
Acting
Birthday
November 19, 1936 (age 90)
Place of Birth
Gibbon, Nebraska, USA
Also Known As
- Richard Alva Cavett
Dick 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.
Known For - Movies
Forrest Gump
as Dick Cavett
Beetlejuice
as Bernard
Frequency
as Himself
Annie Hall
as Dick Cavett
John Candy: I Like Me
as Self - Host, The Dick Cavett Show (archive footage)
Koyaanisqatsi
as Self (archive footage)
Jim Henson Idea Man
as Self (archive footage)
Night of 100 Stars III
as Self
Woody Allen: A Documentary
as Self
Moon Over Parador
as Self
Known For - TV Shows
The Simpsons
as Dick Cavett (voice)
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
as Self - Guest
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self - Guest
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
Cheers
as Himself
Saturday Night Live
as Self (uncredited)
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Host
Gossip Girl
as Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self - Guest