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Dick Cavett

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Richard Alva Cavett
in Gibbon, Nebraska, USA
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Hide HideActor (20 titles)
2012 Driving Me Crazy (post-production)
Mr. Johnson
 
2011 Excuse Me for Living
Reverend Pilatus
 
2005 Duane Hopwood
Fred
 
2004 The Yesterday Show with John Kerwin (TV series)
– Episode #1.1 (2004)
 
2000 Behind the Seams
Detective
 
1997 Elvis Meets Nixon (TV movie)
Narrator
 
1996 Good Money
Doug
 
1991 Year of the Gun
Ben Gershon
 
1990 True Blue (TV series)
– Blue Monday (1990)
 
1988 Another World (TV series)
Oliver Twist (hypnotist / magician)
 
1988 Beetlejuice
Bernard
 
1987 Invisible Thread (TV movie)
 
1983 The Edge of Night (TV series)
Moe Everhardt
 
1983 Parade of Stars (TV movie)
Fred Allen
 
1975 The Odd Couple (TV series)
Dick Cavett
– Two Men on a Hoarse (1975) … Dick Cavett
 
1974 Feelin' Good (TV series)
Host
 
1973 Nightside (TV movie)
Dick Cavett
 
1972 Alias Smith and Jones (TV series)
Sheriff
– 21 Days to Tenstrike (1972) … Sheriff (uncredited)
 
1960 Playhouse 90 (TV series)
– The Hiding Place (1960)
 
1959 The Phil Silvers Show (TV series)
Student in Front Row
– Bilko's Godson (1959) … Student in Front Row (uncredited)
 
Show ShowWriter (2 titles)
2008 The John Kerwin Show (TV series)
– Episode dated 9 April 2008 (2008) (writer)
 
1963 The Jerry Lewis Show (TV series)
– Episode #1.9 (1963) (writer)
– Episode #1.7 (1963) (writer)
– Episode #1.6 (1963) (writer)
– Episode #1.2 (1963) (writer)
– Episode #1.1 (1963) (writer)
 
Show ShowSoundtrack (1 title)
2001 The 55th Annual Tony Awards (TV special) (performer: "Time Warp")
 
Show ShowMiscellaneous Crew (1 title)
1995 Biography (TV series documentary) (photos - 1 episode)
– Raquel Welch: Beyond the Fantasy (1995) (photos)
 
Show ShowThanks (2 titles)
2007 Black White + Gray: A Portrait of Sam Wagstaff and Robert Mapplethorpe (documentary) (thanks)
 
1983 Errol Flynn: Portrait of a Swashbuckler (video documentary) (acknowledgment: film and stills courtesy of)
 
Show ShowSelf (118 titles)
2012 Woody Allen, a Documentary: Director's Theatrical Cut (documentary)
Himself
 
2011-2012 American Masters (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Johnny Carson: King of Late Night (2012) … Himself
– Woody Allen: A Documentary (2011) … Himself
 
2012 Gossip Girl (TV series)
Himself
– Con-Heir (2012) … Himself
 
2011 That Is All (short)
Himself
 
2011 Bored to Death (TV series)
Himself
– The Black Clock of Time (2011) … Himself (also archive footage)
 
2011 Mel Brooks and Dick Cavett Together Again (TV movie)
Himself
 
2001-2011 Charlie Rose (TV series)
Himself / Himself - Guest
– Episode dated 15 February 2011 (2011) … Himself - Guest
– Episode dated 5 March 2001 (2001) … Himself
 
2011 The Harmony Game (documentary)
Himself
 
2011 Bobby Fischer Against the World (documentary)
Himself
 
2010 The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #7.73 (2010) … Himself
 
2006-2010 Tavis Smiley (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 9 December 2010 (2010) … Himself
– Episode dated 25 May 2006 (2006) … Himself
 
2010 Nixon's the One: The '68 Election (documentary)
Narrator
 
2010 Norman Mailer: The American (documentary)
 
2010 Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.345 (2010) … Himself
– Episode #1.195 (2010) … Himself
 
2010 The Battle for Late Night (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2010 Unforgettable (documentary)
Himself
 
2010 Smash His Camera (documentary)
Himself
 
2009 Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist and Rebel (documentary)
Himself
 
2009 Make 'Em Laugh: The Funny Business of America (TV series documentary)
Himself - Talk Show Host
– Never Give a Sucker an Even Break: The Wiseguys (2009) … Himself - Talk Show Host
– Would Ya Hit a Guy with Glasses?: Nerds, Jerks & Oddballs (2009) … Himself - Talk Show Host
 
2009 In the House with Peter Bart & Peter Guber (TV series)
– Kate Bosworth/Dick Cavett/Javiar Bardem
 
2008 James Brown: The Man, the Music, & the Message (video documentary)
Himself
 
2008 Pioneers of Television (TV mini-series documentary)
Himself
– Game Shows (2008) … Himself
– Variety (2008) … Himself
– Late Night (2008) … Himself
 
2007 Brother Theodore (documentary)
Himself
 
2007 Where Danger Lives: White Rose for Julie (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2007 Tension: Who's Guilty Now? (video short)
Himself
 
2007 Decoy: A Map to Nowhere (video short)
Himself
 
2007 48 Hours (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Jeffrey MacDonald: Time for Truth (2007) … Himself
 
2006 The Dick Cavett Show with Mel Brooks (TV movie)
Himself
 
2006 Jimmy Kimmel Live! (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #4.240 (2006) … Himself
 
2006 Cavett Remembers the Comic Legends (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2006 Cavett Backstage (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2005 Cavett and the Lennons (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2005 Larry King Live (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 12 June 2005 (2005) … Himself
 
2005 NewsNight with Aaron Brown (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 24 January 2005 (2005) … Himself
 
2005 The Dick Cavett Interview (video short)
Himself
 
2005 Cavett Remembers Ray (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2005 Cavett Meets The Rolling Stones (video short)
Himself
 
2005 Inside Deep Throat (documentary)
Himself
 
2002 Jimi Hendrix: The Dick Cavett Show (video documentary)
Himself
 
2001 Long Island's Lighthouses (TV documentary)
Narrator
 
2001 ESPN SportsCentury (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Brian Piccolo (2001) … Himself
– Billie Jean King (2001) … Himself
 
2001 The 55th Annual Tony Awards (TV special)
Himself - Presenter & Performer
 
2001 Bravo Profiles (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Penn and Teller (2001) … Himself
 
2000 Once Upon a Sleigh Ride: The Music & Life of Leroy Anderson (TV documentary)
Himself - Narrator
 
2000 Frequency
Himself
 
1998 NY TV: By the People Who Made It - Part I & II (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1996 Lauren Hutton and... (TV series)
Himself
– Dick Cavett (1996) … Himself
 
1995 The Simpsons (TV series)
Himself
– Homie the Clown (1995) … Himself (voice)
 
1995 Biography (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Raquel Welch: Beyond the Fantasy (1995) … Himself
 
1995 The History of Rock 'N' Roll, Vol. 6 (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1994 Forrest Gump
Himself
 
1993 Late Night with Conan O'Brien (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 8 November 1993 (1993) … Himself
 
1993 Barbarians at the Gate (TV movie)
Himself
 
1991 Newton's Apple (TV series)
Himself
– Sewers/Cancer Treatments/Dick Cavett/Porcupines (1991) … Himself
 
1991 The 12th Annual CableACE Awards (TV movie)
Himself - Winner
 
1991 The One, the Only... Groucho (TV documentary)
Himself (also archive footage)
 
1990 The Howard Stern Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 8 December 1990 (1990) … Himself
 
1990 Night of 100 Stars III (TV movie)
Himself
 
1989 Funny (documentary)
Himself
 
1988-1989 The New Hollywood Squares (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 13 March 1989 (1989) … Himself
– Episode dated 2 January 1989 (1989) … Himself
– Episode dated 12 December 1988 (1988) … Himself
– Episode dated 14 March 1988 (1988) … Himself
– Episode dated 7 March 1988 (1988) … Himself
 
1988 Wheel of Fortune (TV series)
Himself - Special Guest
– Radio City Music Hall 1 (1988) … Himself - Special Guest
 
1988 After School
Himself
 
1988 Imagine: John Lennon (documentary)
Himself
 
1988 Moon Over Parador
Himself
 
1987-1988 Super Password (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 4 March 1988 (1988) … Himself
– Episode dated 3 March 1988 (1988) … Himself
– Episode dated 2 March 1988 (1988) … Himself
– Episode dated 1 March 1988 (1988) … Himself
– Episode dated 29 February 1988 (1988) … Himself
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1976-1988 The (New) $25,000 Pyramid (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 15 January 1988 (1988) … Himself
– Episode dated 14 January 1988 (1988) … Himself
– Episode dated 13 January 1988 (1988) … Himself
– Episode dated 12 January 1988 (1988) … Himself
– Episode dated 11 January 1988 (1988) … Himself
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1987 A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
Himself
 
1987 College Bowl (TV series)
Host
 
1986-1987 Faces of Japan (TV series documentary)
Host
 
1986 The Dick Cavett Show (TV series)
Himself
 
1986 Amazing Stories (TV series)
Himself
– Mirror, Mirror (1986) … Himself
 
1986 Kate & Allie (TV series)
Himself
– High Anxiety (1986) … Himself
 
1986 Doctor Duck's Super Secret All-Purpose Sauce (video)
Himself - Player
 
1982-1985 Late Night with David Letterman (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 28 August 1985 (1985) … Himself
– Episode dated 16 February 1982 (1982) … Himself
 
1984 Hotel (TV series)
Himself
– Outsiders (1984) … Himself
 
1983 Cheers (TV series)
Himself
– They Called Me Mayday (1983) … Himself
 
1976-1983 Saturday Night Live (TV series)
Himself - Host / Various / Himself / …
– Danny DeVito & Rhea Pearlman/Eddy Grant (1983) … Himself (uncredited)
– Dick Cavett/Ry Cooder (1976) … Himself - Host / John Dean / Various
– Dick Cavett/Jimmy Cliff (1976) … Himself - Host/Various
 
1983 The 35th Annual Emmy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Presenter: Best Writing in a Comedy Series/Best Writing in a Variety or Music Program
 
1982 Catch a Rising Star's 10th Anniversary (TV special)
Himself
 
1967-1982 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (TV series)
Himself / Himself - Guest Host
– Episode dated 25 August 1982 (1982) … Himself - Guest Host
– Episode dated 28 October 1981 (1981) … Himself
– Episode dated 22 September 1969 (1969) … Himself
– Episode dated 5 May 1967 (1967) … Himself
– Episode dated 18 February 1967 (1967) … Himself
 
1982 The Marx Brothers in a Nutshell (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1975-1981 The Dick Cavett Show (TV series)
Himself / Himself - Host
– Episode dated 14 October 1981 (1981) … Himself
– Richard Burton: Part I (1980) … Himself
– Jean-Luc Godard: Part I (1980) … Himself
– Jean-Luc Godard: Part II (1980) … Himself
– Episode #1.3 (1975) … Himself - Host
 
1981 Rich and Famous
Himself (uncredited)
 
1981 Remember When... (TV series)
Himself
 
1981 Acting: Lee Strasberg and the Actors Studio (documentary)
Himself
 
1980 HealtH
Himself
 
1980 Simon
Himself
 
1979 Hollywood Greats (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Groucho Marx (1979) … Himself
 
1978 Power Play
Himself
 
1977 Good Morning America (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 4 August 1977 (1977) … Himself
 
1977 Annie Hall
Himself
 
1976 Live from Lincoln Center (TV series)
Himself - Host
– André Watts in Recital (1976) … Himself - Host
– New York Philharmonic with Rafael Kubelik and Claudio Arrau (1976) … Himself - Host
– New York City Opera: The Barber of Seville (1976) … Himself - Host
– American Ballet Theatre: Swan Lake (1976) … Himself - Host
 
1976 Backlot USA (TV movie)
Himself - Host
 
1975 Funny Girl to Funny Lady (TV special documentary)
Himself/Interviewer/Presenter
 
1974 Dinah! (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.8 (1974) … Himself
 
1974 Janis (documentary)
Himself
 
1972-1974 Parkinson (TV series)
Himself / Himself - Interviewer
– Episode #3.18 (1974) … Himself - Interviewer
– Episode #2.6 (1972) … Himself
 
1968-1973 The Dick Cavett Show (TV series)
Himself - Host / Himself / Interviewer / …
– Katharine Hepburn: Part 2 (1973) … Himself - Host
– Katharine Hepburn: Part 1 (1973) … Himself - Host
– Episode dated 12 June 1973 (1973) … Himself - Host
– Episode dated 15 November 1972 (1972) … Himself - Host
– Episode dated 9 November 1972 (1972) … Himself - Host
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1972 Imagine (documentary)
Himself
 
1972 VD Blues (TV movie)
Himself - Host
 
1972 Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #5.22 (1972) … Himself
– Episode #5.19 (1972) … Himself
 
1972 Hollywood: The Dream Factory (TV documentary)
Himself - Narrator (voice)
 
1972 Cocksucker Blues (documentary)
Himself
 
1971 Plimpton! Did You Hear the One About? (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1971 The 25th Annual Tony Awards (TV movie)
Himself - Presenter
 
1971 Fight of the Century (TV movie)
Himself - Audience Member
 
1971 The Most Deadly Game (TV series)
Himself
– I, Said the Sparrow (1971) … Himself
 
1967-1970 The Kraft Music Hall (TV series)
Himself
– Friars Club Roast of Don Rickles (1970) … Himself
– Episode #1.35 (1968) … Himself
– A Taste of Funny (1967) … Himself
– Tin Pan Alley Today (1967) … Himself
 
1969 The Joe Namath Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.11 (1969) … Himself
 
1969 This Is Tom Jones (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Episode #2.8 (1969) … Himself
– Episode #1.15 (1969) … Himself
– Episode #1.5 (1969) … Himself
– Episode #1.4 (1969) … Himself
 
1968 Operation: Entertainment (TV series)
Himself - Host
– Episode #1.3 (1968) … Himself - Host
 
1967 The Mike Douglas Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 13 March 1967 (1967) … Himself
 
1967 To Tell the Truth (TV series)
Himself - Guest Panelist
– Episode dated 30 January 1967 (1967) … Himself - Guest Panelist
 
1966-1967 What's My Line? (TV series)
Himself - Guest Panelist
– Episode dated 1 January 1967 (1967) … Himself - Guest Panelist
– Episode dated 23 October 1966 (1966) … Himself - Guest Panelist
 
1966 The Ed Sullivan Show (TV series)
Himself - Comedian
– Episode #20.11 (1966) … Himself - Comedian
 
1966 ABC Stage 67 (TV series)
Himself - Host
– Where It's At (1966) … Himself - Host
 
1965 The Merv Griffin Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #3.53 (1965) … Himself
– Episode #3.28 (1965) … Himself
– Episode #3.20 (1965) … Himself
– Episode #2.32 (1965) … Himself
 
1958 The Steve Allen Plymouth Show (TV series)
Himself - Comedian
– Episode #3.34 (1958) … Himself - Comedian
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (21 titles)
2011 Ebert Presents: At the Movies (TV series)
 
2011 Cinema Verite (TV movie)
Himself
 
2010 Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy (video documentary)
Himself
 
2009 Muppets 201: Rarities from the Henson Vault (documentary)
Himself
 
2008 Shine a Light (documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
2008 Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired (documentary)
Himself
 
2007 Brando (TV documentary)
Himself (archive sound) (uncredited)
 
2007 Black White + Gray: A Portrait of Sam Wagstaff and Robert Mapplethorpe (documentary)
Himself
 
2007 Anita O'Day: The Life of a Jazz Singer (documentary)
Himself
 
2006 The U.S. vs. John Lennon (documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
2006 Stardust: The Bette Davis Story (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2004 Celsius 41.11: The Temperature at Which the Brain... Begins to Die (documentary)
Himself
 
2004 Going Upriver: The Long War of John Kerry (documentary)
Himself
 
2003 MythBusters (TV series documentary)
 
2000-2003 American Masters (TV series documentary)
 
2000 Heroes of Magic (TV documentary)
 
1994-2000 Biography (TV series documentary)
 
1993 Fallen Champ: The Untold Story of Mike Tyson (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1993 Mo' Funny: Black Comedy in America (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1991 Great Performances (TV series)
 
1990 Crosby, Stills & Nash: Long Time Comin' (video documentary)
Himself
 

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Personal Details

Other Works:

Stage: Played role of Narrator in Broadway musical "The Rocky Horror Show". See more »

Publicity Listings:

2 Print Biographies  | 1 Interview  | 1 Magazine Cover Photo  | See more »

Height:

5' 3" (1.60 m)
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Personal Quote:

Anyone who steals another comic's material should be sentenced for life to reading Aristophanes to the O.J. [O.J. Simpson] jury. See more »

Trivia:

Early in his career he applied to be an page at NBC's Rockefeller Center studio in New York City but was turned down. See more »

Star Sign:

Scorpio