Dick Cavett Biography (1936-)

Full name, Richard Alva Cavett; born November 19, 1936, in Gibbon, NE; son ofAlva B. (a teacher) and Eva (a teacher; maiden name, Richards) Cavett; married Carrie Nye McGeoy (an actress as Carrie Nye), June 4, 1964.

Nationality: American
Gender: Male
Occupation: Talk show host, writer, actor
Birth Details: November 19, 1936; Gibbon, Nebraska, United States

Famous Works

CREDITS
Television Appearances
Series
Host, This Morning, ABC, 1968-1969
Host, The Dick Cavett Show, ABC, 1969-1974
Host, Feeling Good, PBS, 1974-1975
Host, The Dick Cavett Show, CBS, 1975
Host, The Dick Cavett Show, PBS, 1977-1982
Host, Time Was, HBO, 1979
Host and narrator, Yesteryear, HBO, 1982
Moe Everhardt, The Edge of Night, 1983
Host, The Grand Tour, syndicated, 1985
Host, The Dick Cavett Show, USA Network, 1985-1986
Host and narrator, Faces of Japan, PBS, 1986
Host, The Dick Cavett Show, ABC, 1986-1987
Host, College Bowl, The Disney Channel, beginning 1987
Oliver Twist, Another World (also known as Another World: Bay City), 1988
Host, Cavett (also known as The Dick Cavett Show), CNBC, 1989-1996
Narrator, Twisted Tales, Animal Planet, 1999
Movies
Himself, Barbarians at the Gate: The Fall of RJR Nabisco (also known as Barbarians at the Gate), HBO, 1993
Narrator, Elvis Meets Nixon, Showtime, 1997
Specials
Tin Pan Alley Today, NBC, 1967
Plimpton! Did You Hear the One About...?, ABC, 1971
Host, Funny Girl to Funny Lady, ABC, 1975
Dick Cavett's Backlot U.S.A., CBS, 1976
Host, "Live from Lincoln Center: The New York Philharmonic with Rafael Kubelik and Claudio Arrau," Great Performances, PBS, 1976
Host, "Live from Lincoln Center: New York City Opera--The Barber of Seville," Great Performances, PBS, 1976
Host, "Live from Lincoln Center: Andre Watts," Great Performances,PBS, 1976
Host and interviewer, "Live from Lincoln Center: American Ballet Theatre--Swan Lake," Great Performances, PBS, 1976
Host, "Zubin Mehta, the New York Philharmonic, and Shirley Verrett," Great Performances, PBS, 1977
The Marx Brothers in a Nutshell, PBS, 1982
Teddy Pendergrass in Concert, HBO, 1982
Parade of Stars, ABC, 1983
Bob Hope's Super Birthday Special (also known as Bob Hope Special: Bob Hope's Super Birthday Special), NBC, 1984
Host, "Live from Lincoln Center: Giselle," Great Performances, PBS, 1985
Bob Hope Buys NBC?, NBC, 1985
Host, Yesteryear ... 1927, HBO, 1985
Harry Belafonte: Don't Stop the Carnival, HBO, 1985
Host, Bodywatch: In Search of the Perfect Day, PBS, 1986
Host, Japan's Grand Kabuki in America, PBS, 1986
Penn & Teller's Invisible Thread (also known as Invisible Thread), Showtime, 1987
The Designing Edge: An Aspen Journal (also known as For Our Times), CBS, 1988
Host, Robert Redford and Sydney Pollack: The Men and Their Movies(also known as Robert Redford: The Man, the Movies and the Myth), NBC,1990
2 Years ... Later, NBC, 1990
Night of 100 Stars III, NBC, 1990
Spy Magazine Presents How to Be Famous (also known as Spy TV: How to Be Famous), NBC, 1990
CNBC's Prime Time Preview, CNBC, 1991
Here He Is ... The One, the Only ... Groucho (also known as TheOne, the Only ... Groucho), HBO, 1991
Host, James Brown: The Man, the Music, and the Message, syndicated, 1992
Dick Cavett with Gore Vidal, PBS, 1992
(In archive footage) Mo' Funny: Black Comedy in America, 1993
Judge, The Miss America Pageant, NBC, 1993
One on One: Classic Television Interviews, CBS, 1993
Talk Back America Special, CNBC, 1993
Talk Back America II, CNBC, 1994
Talk Back America III, CNBC, 1995

Howard Stern: Radio Rebel, Arts and Entertainment, 1996
Janis Joplin: The E! True Hollywood Story, E! Entertainment Television, 1998
NYTV: By the People Who Made It, PBS, 1998
Narrator, Intimate Portrait: Clare Booth Luce, Lifetime, 1999
It's Only Talk: The Real Story of America's Talk Shows, Arts and Entertainment, 1999
Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Primetime Special, NBC, 1999
Narrator, Sell & Spin: A History of Advertising, History Channel, 1999
Straight Shooter: The Story of the Mamas and Papas, Bravo, 1999
The Great American History Quiz: Heroes and Villains, History Channel, 2000
The Great American History Quiz: Pursuit of Happiness, History Channel, 2000
Narrator, Once upon a Sleigh Ride, PBS, 2000
Joan Rivers: The E! True Hollywood Story, E! Entertainment Television, 2001
Episodic
Guest panelist, What's My Line?, 1966, 1967
Host, "Where It's At," Stage '67, ABC, 1967
Toast of the Town, 1970
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In, 1972
Sheriff, "Twenty One Days to Tenstrike," Alias Smith and Jones, 1972
Himself, "Two Men on a Hoarse," The Odd Couple, 1975
Guest host, Saturday Night Live, NBC, 1976
The Tonight Show, NBC, 1981
Himself, "They Called Me Mayday," Cheers, NBC, 1983
Guest host, Saturday Night Live, NBC, 1983
Himself, "Outsiders," Hotel, 1984
Late Night with David Letterman, 1985
The $100,000 Pyramid, 1985
Himself, "High Anxiety," Kate & Allie, CBS, 1986
Himself, "Mirror, Mirror...," Amazing Stories, NBC, 1986
The Tonight Show, NBC, 1991
Himself, "And Now, a Pause for Menopause," Room for Two, 1992
"Groucho Marx," Biography, Arts and Entertainment, 1993
Voice, "Homie the Clown," The Simpsons (animated), Fox, 1995
Himself, "The History of Rock 'n' Roll, Vol. 6," My Generation, syndicated, 1995
The Charlie Rose Show, PBS, 2001
Also appeared on All My Children, The Ed Sullivan Show, CBS, and This Is Tom Jones.
Other
Himself, Nightside (pilot), ABC, 1973
A Very Special Place, 1977
(In archive footage) The Fred Astaire Songbook, 1991
Awards Presentations
The Classical Music Awards, Arts and Entertainment, 1988
The 11th Annual ACE Awards, syndicated, 1990
Film Appearances
Himself, CS Blues (documentary; also known as Cocksucker Blues), 1972
Himself, Janis (also known as Janis: A Film), 1974
Himself, Annie Hall, United Artists, 1977
Himself, Power Play (also known as Operation Overthrow, State of Shock, and Le jeu de la puissance), Robert Cooper, 1978
Himself, Health (also known as H.E.A.L.T.H.), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1980
Himself, Simon, Warner Bros., 1980
Himself, Acting: Lee Strasberg and the Actors' Studio (documentary), Davida, 1981
Himself, A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors, New Line Cinema, 1987
Bernard, Beetlejuice, Warner Bros., 1988
Himself, Moon over Parador, Universal, 1988
Himself, Private Tutor (also known as After School, Before God, and Return to Eden), Moviestore Entertainment, 1988
Himself, Funny, Original Cinema, 1989
Ben Gershon, Year of the Gun, Triumph Releasing, 1991
Himself, Forrest Gump, Paramount, 1994
Heliumhead, 1994
Good Money, 1996
Himself, Frequency, New Line Cinema, 2000
Stage Appearances
(Broadway debut) Simon, Otherwise Engaged, Plymouth Theatre, 1977
Fred Allen, Parade of Stars Playing the Palace, Palace Theatre, New York City, 1983
Narrator, Into the Woods, Martin Beck Theatre, New York City, 1988
Andrew Makepeace Ladd III, Love Letters, Promenade Theatre, New York City, 1989
Andrew Makepeace Ladd III, Love Letters, Edison Theatre, New YorkCity, 1990
Night of 100 Stars III, Radio City Music Hall, New York City, 1990
Narrator, The Rocky Horror Show, Circle in the Square, New York City, 2000-2002
Also appeared in productions in New York City and Williamstown, MA, 1958-60.
Radio Appearances
Series
Host, The Dick Cavett Show, syndicated, 1997
RECORDINGS
Videos
(In archive footage) Crosby, Stills & Nash: Long Time Comin',1990
WRITINGS
Television Series
Staff writer, The Tonight Show, NBC, 1960-1962
Staff writer, The Merv Griffin Show, NBC, 1962-1963
Staff writer, The Jerry Lewis Show, ABC, 1963
The Dick Cavett Show, CBS, 1975
Other
(With Christopher Porterfield) Cavett (autobiography), Harcourt (New York City), 1974
(With Porterfield) Eye on Cavett (autobiography), Arbor House, 1983
Also contributor to such magazines as Film Comment, Newsweek, and U.S. News & World Report.

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Books

St. James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture, St. James Press, 2000

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