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.
Filmography
Cast Credits
From Darkness to Light
Character: Self (archive footage)
MOVIE • 2025
One to One: John & Yoko
Character: Self (archive footage)
MOVIE • 2025
SLY LIVES! (aka The Burden of Black Genius)
Character: Self
MOVIE • 2025
From Roger Moore with Love
Character: Self
MOVIE • 2024
Godard Cinema
Character: Self (archive footage)
MOVIE • 2023
Godard by Godard
Character: Self (archive footage)
MOVIE • 2023
The Lost Weekend: A Love Story
Character: Self (archive footage)
MOVIE • 2023
Groucho & Cavett
Character: Self
MOVIE • 2022
2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
Character: Self (archive footage)
MOVIE • 2022
Moonage Daydream
Character: Self (archive footage)
MOVIE • 2022
Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues
Character: Self (archive footage)
MOVIE • 2022
The Ghost of Richard Harris
Character: Self
MOVIE • 2022
Joni Mitchell, Lady Blue
Character: Self (archive footage)
MOVIE • 2022
Lucy and Desi
Character: Self (archive footage)
MOVIE • 2022
Live at Mister Kelly's
Character: Self
MOVIE • 2021
The Capote Tapes
Character: Self
MOVIE • 2021
Truman & Tennessee: An Intimate Conversation
Character: Self - TV Host (archive footage)
MOVIE • 2021
1971: The Year That Music Changed Everything
Character: Self (archive footage)
TV • 2021
The Story of Late Night
Character: Self
TV • 2021
Alan Pakula: Going for Truth
Character: Self
MOVIE • 2019
Crew
