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Dick Cavett
Richard Alva Cavett, known as Dick Cavett, is an American television personality and former talk show host. Born on November 19, 1936, Cavett made a name for himself regularly appearing on nationally broadcast television in the U.S. from the 1960s through the 2000s. He has notably written an online column for The New York Times and promoted DVDs of his former shows along with a book of his Times columns. Cavett's interviewing skills are held in high regard, with re-runs of his TV interviews with famous individuals like Bette Davis, Woody Allen, and Jimi Hendrix on Turner Classic Movies being particularly popular. According to Cavett, his birth certificate gives Kearney, Nebraska, as his birthplace. Both of his parents worked as teachers, he has Scottish, Irish, English, French, and German ancestry. Cavett stated on his own show that he is a self-described agnostic. Cavett, a Yale University alumni, began his career in the entertainment industry by performing magic shows and later got hired on The Tonight Show, first as a writer and then as a host. His contribution to TV and radio networks is quite expansive, and he also appeared in several films.
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Given Name: Richard Alva Cavett
Born: Buffalo County, Nebraska, U.S.
Citizenship: American
Birthday: November 19, 1936
Occupations: Television Personality, Talk Show Host
Years Active: 1959-present
Spouses: Carrie Nye, Martha Rogers
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Movies Featuring Dick Cavett
Jane Fonda in Five Acts
Best of Enemies
The Great Buster: A Celebration
Nureyev
Truman & Tennessee: An Intimate Conversation
What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael
Mel Brooks and Dick Cavett Together Again
Norman Mailer: The American
George Harrison: Living in the Material World
Woody Allen: A Documentary
David Bowie: Five Years
Katharine Hepburn: The Great Kate
Jimi Hendrix: Hear My Train a Comin’
Dick Cavett’s Watergate
Dick Cavett’s Vietnam
Kyoko
This Is Bob Hope…
Ali & Cavett: The Tale of the Tapes
Nice Girls Don’t Stay for Breakfast
Stewart & Mitchum: The Two Faces of America
Bergman: A Year in a Life
What’s My Name | Muhammad Ali
The Capote Tapes
Alan Pakula: Going for Truth
The Education of Gore Vidal
Celsius 41.11
Black White + Gray: A Portrait of Sam Wagstaff and Robert Mapplethorpe
Night of 100 Stars III
To My Great Chagrin: The Unbelievable Story of Brother Theodore
The Fred Astaire Songbook
The One, the Only… Groucho
Year of the Gun
HealtH
The Marx Brothers in a Nutshell
Bye Bye Kipling
Simon
Penn & Teller’s Invisible Thread
After School
Moon Over Parador
The Story of Late Night
The Lost Weekend: A Love Story
Groucho & Cavett
Funny Girl to Funny Lady
Fight of the Century
Janis
Jimi Hendrix
Remember Me
Power Play
Barbarians at the Gate
Cocksucker Blues
The History of Rock ’n’ Roll
Godard Cinema
Joni Mitchell, Lady Blue
From Roger Moore with Love
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
From Darkness to Light
Waltzing with Brando
Career Timeline
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2022
The Lost Weekend: A Love Story
Self (archive footage)
Groucho & Cavett
Self
Godard Cinema
Self (archive footage)
Joni Mitchell, Lady Blue
Self (archive footage)
2019
Nureyev
Self
What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael
The Capote Tapes
Self
Alan Pakula: Going for Truth
Self
2018
Jane Fonda in Five Acts
Self - Television Personality
The Great Buster: A Celebration
Self
Ali & Cavett: The Tale of the Tapes
Self
Nice Girls Don’t Stay for Breakfast
Self - TV Host (archive footage)
Bergman: A Year in a Life
Self
2017
Kyoko
Self (archive footage)
This Is Bob Hope…
Self
Stewart & Mitchum: The Two Faces of America
Self
2013
David Bowie: Five Years
Self (archive footage)
Jimi Hendrix: Hear My Train a Comin’
Self - TV Host (archive footage)
2007
Black White + Gray: A Portrait of Sam Wagstaff and Robert Mapplethorpe
Self (archive footage)
To My Great Chagrin: The Unbelievable Story of Brother Theodore
Himself
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