Dick Cavett
Acting
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.
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2025One to One: John & Yoko
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2025From Darkness to Light
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2025SLY LIVES! (aka The Burden of Black Genius)
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2025The New Yorker at 100
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2025John Candy: I Like Me
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2024From Roger Moore with Love
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2024Jim Henson Idea Man
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2024An American Family at 50
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2024Group Therapy
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2023The Lost Weekend: A Love Story
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2023Godard Cinema
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2023Godard by Godard
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2022Lucy and Desi
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2022The Ghost of Richard Harris
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2022Moonage Daydream
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20222022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
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2022Groucho & Cavett
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2022Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues
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2022Joni Mitchell, Lady Blue
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2021Live at Mister Kelly's
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2021The Capote Tapes
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2021Truman & Tennessee: An Intimate Conversation
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2021Boulevard! A Hollywood Story
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2019Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am
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