Richard Alva Cavett 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.
Recent movies
| # | Name | Character | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jim Henson Idea Man (2024) | Self (archive footage) | - |
| 2 | The Ghost of Richard Harris (2022) | Self | - |
| 3 | Lucy and Desi (2022) | Self (archive footage) | - |
| 4 | Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues (2022) | Self (archive footage) | 5 |
| 5 | Moonage Daydream (2022) | Self (archive footage) | - |
| 6 | The Capote Tapes (2021) | Self | - |
| 7 | Truman & Tennessee: An Intimate Conversation (2021) | Self - TV Host (archive footage) | - |
| 8 | Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice (2019) | Self (archive footage) | 7 |
| 9 | Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am (2019) | Self (archive footage) | - |
| 10 | Mike Wallace Is Here (2019) | (archive footage) | - |
| 11 | Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast (2019) | Self - TV Host (archive footage) | - |
| 12 | Bergman: A Year in a Life (2018) | Self | - |
| 13 | All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone (2016) | Self | - |
| 14 | Best of Enemies (2015) | Self | - |
| 15 | Listen to Me Marlon (2015) | Self (archive footage) | - |
| 16 | Janis: Little Girl Blue (2015) | Himself | 7.5 |
| 17 | Jimi Hendrix: Hear My Train a Comin' (2013) | Self - TV Host (archive footage) | - |
| 18 | David Bowie: Five Years (2013) | Self (archive footage) | 7.5 |
| 19 | Excuse Me for Living (2012) | Reverend Pilatus | - |
| 20 | Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel (2012) | Self (archive footage) | - |
| 21 | Deceptive Practice: The Mysteries and Mentors of Ricky Jay (2012) | Narrator | 6 |
| 22 | Woody Allen: A Documentary (2011) | Self | - |
| 23 | Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired (2008) | Self (archive footage) | 6 |
| 24 | Black White + Gray: A Portrait of Sam Wagstaff and Robert Mapplethorpe (2007) | Self (archive footage) | - |
| 25 | To My Great Chagrin: The Unbelievable Story of Brother Theodore (2007) | Himself | 10 |
| 26 | Inside Deep Throat (2005) | Self | 6 |
| 27 | Duane Hopwood (2005) | - | - |
| 28 | Forrest Gump (1994) | Dick Cavett | 8.5 |
| 29 | Barbarians at the Gate (1993) | Self | - |
| 30 | Beetlejuice (1988) | Bernard | 7.6 |
| 31 | A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987) | Dick Cavett | 7 |
| 32 | Simon (1980) | Himself | 8 |
| 33 | Annie Hall (1977) | Dick Cavett | 7.7 |
| 34 | Cocksucker Blues (1972) | Self | 6 |
