Dick Cavett
Born 1936
Known for Beetlejuice, Forrest Gump, Koyaanisqatsi.
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.
Movie Credits
The Capote Tapes (2021)
Hollywood: The Dream Factory (1972)
Koyaanisqatsi (1983)
Moonage Daydream (2022)
Truman & Tennessee: An Intimate Conversation (2021)
Jimi Hendrix (1973)
David Bowie: Five Years (2013)
Alan Pakula: Going for Truth (2019)
Beetlejuice (1988)
Excuse Me for Living (2012)
Inside Deep Throat (2005)
Simon (1980)
Beyoncé: Live at the Glastonbury Festival (2011)
Duane Hopwood (2005)
Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired (2008)
The Lost Weekend: A Love Story (2023)
The Killing$ of Tony Blair (2016)
Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues (2022)
Jim Henson Idea Man (2024)
A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987)
The New Yorker at 100 (2025)
Annie Hall (1977)
What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael (2018)
Frequency (2000)
2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony (2022)
