Dick Cavett Net Worth
Dick Cavett Net Worth is
$10 Million
Dick Cavett Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Richard Alva "Dick" Cavett (/ˈkævɨt/; born November 19, 1936) is an American former television talk show host known for his conversational style and in-depth discussions. Cavett appeared regularly on nationally broadcast television in the United States in five consecutive decades, the 1960s through the 2000s.In recent years, Cavett has written a column for the online New York Times, promoted DVDs of his former shows as well as a book of his Times columns, and hosted replays of his classic TV interviews with Groucho Marx, Katharine Hepburn, Judy Garland, Marlon Brando, John Lennon and others on Turner Classic Movies channel. | Full Name | Dick Cavett |
| Net Worth | $10 Million |
| Date Of Birth | November 19, 1936 |
| Place Of Birth | Gibbon, Nebraska, United States |
| Height | 5' 6½" (1.69 m) |
| Profession | Actor, Writer, Soundtrack |
| Education | Yale University, Yale School of Drama |
| Nationality | American |
| Spouse | Martha Rogers, Ph.D. (m. 2010), Carrie Nye (m. 1964–2006) |
| Parents | Alva Cavett, Erabel Cavett |
| Awards | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy-Variety Or Music Program, Primetime Emmy Award for Special Classification Of Outstanding Program Achievement |
| Nominations | Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing - Variety Series, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Program Achievement - Special Class |
| Movies | Excuse Me for Living, Norman Mailer: The American, Duane Hopwood, Beetlejuice, 1. Danny Kaye, 1. Ingmar Bergman, 8. Ingmar Bergman |
| Star Sign | Scorpio |
| # | Trademark |
|---|---|
| 1 | Distinctive raspy, gravelly voice |
| # | Quote |
|---|---|
| 1 | At one point, I thought: I'm not so sure I want to become the poster boy for depression. But I still get mail about it, even today: 'You saved my dad's life.' 'You helped me acknowledge my own depression.' 'If Cavett can have this, then I guess it's all right for me to.'...Depression is epidemic because it's still so undiagnosed. And even my analyst made the mistake of saying to me - after I'd told him I wished he knew for a minute what my depression felt like - he said, 'Oh, that's all right, I was pretty low when my dad died.' I sat up and said, 'You think grief is even close to this?' He apologized. |
| 2 | [on making President Richard Nixon angry] Well, apparently the White House was furious about a show I did with John Kerry and John O'Neill, debating the Vietnam War. That started it. Then, your friend and mine John Lennon asked if I'd come down to court and assert that he should not be deported by the Nixon administration. That really did it...You can even go to YouTube after lunch and listen to Nixon asking [Bob]Haldeman, 'What can we do to screw Cavett?' And years later, I learned from several members of my staff that he had used one of his favorite illegal hobbies and had the I.R.S. audit all of them, which was just hurting 'the little people, in the words of 'Joan Crawford (I)' qv. |
| 3 | [re interviewing George Harrison] I remember saying to him, Yoko Ono sat in that chair.' And he knew to jump out of it, horrified. And by the end of the show, he was as interesting as anyone I had met. If you can convince them that you're not going to hurt them, that security led people to say: 'I've never felt this good on a talk show. My God, I don't know how you got me to talk about my abortion.' And that was a man. |
| 4 | I remember being in a play once, and there were just 30 minutes left, and I thought, I don't want this ever to end. It's like being in a protective womb for a couple hours, then the poor actor has to go home. |
| 5 | [on writing for Johnny Carson] I was a starving actor. And I wanted to be a comic, I thought vaguely. But most of all, I wanted to be on a talk show - as a guest - and even if I'd done it only once, I could go back to Nebraska and say: I made it, just like Johnny, who left Nebraska 12 years before me...There were sides of Johnny that I didn't know. But I know he was one of the unhappiest men in the world. But he loved me, so I felt good about him...Oh, God, he had a wretched mother. One time, Johnny wins some great prestigious award, and she says, 'I guess they know what they're doing'...She never encouraged him. And when I worked for him, there was an awful lot of tension. He was like a wire, a tight wire...And he had a wife on the ledge, and drinking troubles. His happiest hour was when he was out there on the set, and the rest of his life was really horrible. |
| 6 | I never missed a Jack Paar show until I made my ludicrously ballsy move and got myself hired by him. I was a copy boy for Time magazine, and someone left The Herald Tribune open on the copy boy desk, and I read Marie Torre's column about Jack Paar. It said he worried more about his monologue than anything else. So I went home and typed one up, then took it to the bowels of the RCA Building and sneaked up to NBC. Of course, if there was security like there is now, I'd never be here today...So, here comes Jack Paar, walking out of the men's room, and I had the wits to put the monologue in a Time magazine envelope, and that caught his eye. I hand it to him. 'I wrote a monologue for you, Mr. Paar.' 'Oh yeah?' he says. And I think that's that for my monologue. But that night, he ad-libbed three of my lines on the show. |
| 7 | [on being a talk-show host] It's a wonderful job for people who have never had a nervous breakdown and have always wanted one. |
| 8 | [on Stu Hample] He was a great appreciator of comedy. He was an extremely funny man. He could be funny in a good stand-up comedy way in your living room. or walking across the park. And he had a prodigious memory for comic literature and could quote whole routines -- with the accuracy they deserved. |
| 9 | There's so much comedy on television. Does that cause comedy in the streets? |
| 10 | I'm perplexed when people adopt the modish abbreviation "Ms.," which doesn't abbreviate anything except common sense. |
| 11 | Anyone who steals another comic's material should be sentenced for life to reading Aristophanes to the O.J. [O.J. Simpson] jury. |
| # | Fact |
|---|---|
| 1 | Though they graduated one year apart from one another he and actress Sandy Dennis attended the same high school in Lincoln, Nebraska and were in plays together. |
| 2 | Jimmy Fallon wrote the foreword to Dick Cavett's book "Brief Encounters: Conversations, Magic Moments, and Assorted Hijinks" which was published in 2014. |
| 3 | "The Dick Cavett Show" aired on 5 networks for over 35 years: ABC daytime (March 4, 1968-January 24, 1969) (originally titled This Morning) ABC prime time (May 26-September 19, 1969) ABC late night (December 29, 1969-January 1, 1975) CBS prime time (August 16-September 6, 1975) PBS (October 10, 1977-October 8, 1982) USA prime time (September 30, 1985-September 23, 1986) ABC late night (September 23-December 30, 1986) CNBC (April 17, 1989-January 26, 1996). |
| 4 | He appeared in two Best Picture Academy Award winners: Annie Hall (1977) and Forrest Gump (1994). |
| 5 | Insisted that his surname is technically pronounced "CAY-vit"/"cave-it", not as commonly "Cav-vet". |
| 6 | Inducted into the Nebraska Broadcasters Association Hall of Fame in 1991. |
| 7 | Appeared in the 1964 US Army "Big Picture" film, "Thayer of West Point" as a cadet enumerating the new rules that Superintendent Thayer was implementing, such as no valets or other servants to be employed by cadets. |
| 8 | Announced November 9, 2010, on Imus in the Morning, that he had married Martha Rogers "about a week ago in New Orleans". |
| 9 | The segment of "Sgt Bilko" called "Bilko's Godson" was his first appearance on TV. During an recent interview he recalled how during a break in the shooting, he approached Phil Silvers and said, "I know there's no way you'd remember, but I saw you in (the Broadway show) "Top Banana" and went backstage and you gave me an autographed picture." And without a moment's hesitation Silvers replied "What's the deal, kid, you here to give it back?". |
| 10 | Was a gymnast when he was younger. |
| 11 | Grew up in Lincoln, Nebraska. |
| 12 | Suffered from manic-depressive disorder, since his freshman year at Yale University. |
| 13 | Early in his career he applied to be an page at NBC's Rockefeller Center studio in New York City but was turned down. |
| 14 | Biography in: "Who's Who in Comedy" by Ronald L. Smith. Pg. 99. New York: Facts on File, 1992. ISBN 0816023387 |
| 15 | Was a talent coordinator for Jack Paar's TV show. Appeared many times on talk shows as a stand-up comic. |
| 16 | Was an actor in army training films. |
| 17 | Born at 1:24am-CST |
Actor
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Playhouse 90 | 1960 | TV Series | |
| The Phil Silvers Show | 1959 | TV Series | Student in Front Row |
| The Edge of Night | 1956 | TV Series | Moe Everhardt (1983) |
| Before I Do | announced | Jonathan Chance | |
| Childrens Hospital | 2016 | TV Series | Dick Cavett |
| River of Fundament | 2014 | Wake Guest | |
| Are We There Yet? | 2012 | TV Series | Harold Bradlee |
| Excuse Me for Living | 2012 | Reverend Pilatus | |
| Driving Me Crazy | 2012 | Mr. Johnson | |
| Duane Hopwood | 2005 | Fred | |
| The Yesterday Show with John Kerwin | 2004 | TV Series | |
| Behind the Seams | 2000 | Detective | |
| Elvis Meets Nixon | 1997 | TV Movie | Narrator |
| Good Money | 1996 | Doug | |
| Forrest Gump | 1994 | Dick Cavett | |
| Year of the Gun | 1991 | Ben Gershon | |
| True Blue | 1990 | TV Series | |
| Beetlejuice | 1988 | Bernard | |
| Invisible Thread | 1987 | TV Movie | |
| A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors | 1987 | Dick Cavett | |
| Hotel | 1984 | TV Series | Dick Cavett |
| Parade of Stars | 1983 | TV Movie | Fred Allen |
| Power Play | 1978 | Dick Cavett | |
| Annie Hall | 1977 | Dick Cavett | |
| Feelin' Good | 1974 | TV Series | Host |
| Nightside | 1973 | TV Movie | Dick Cavett |
| Alias Smith and Jones | 1972 | TV Series | Sheriff |
| Another World | 1964 | TV Series | Oliver Twist (hypnotist / magician) (1988) |
Writer
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| The John Kerwin Show | 2008 | TV Series writer - 1 episode | |
| The Jerry Lewis Show | TV Series 1 episode, 1963 writer - 5 episodes, 1963 | ||
| The Tonight Show | 1962 | TV Series 1 episode |
Miscellaneous
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Biography | 1995 | TV Series documentary photos - 1 episode |
Thanks
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listen to Me Marlon | 2015 | Documentary thanks | |
| Dick Cavett's Watergate | 2014 | TV Movie and especially | |
| Black White + Gray: A Portrait of Sam Wagstaff and Robert Mapplethorpe | 2007 | Documentary thanks | |
| Inside Deep Throat | 2005 | Documentary thanks | |
| Errol Flynn: Portrait of a Swashbuckler | 1983 | Video documentary acknowledgment: film and stills courtesy of |
Self
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Last Days of Edward Gorey | Documentary post-production | Himself | |
| Talk Stoop with Cat Greenleaf | 2011-2016 | TV Series | Himself |
| American Masters | 2011-2016 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Joan Rivers: Exit Laughing | 2016 | Documentary | Himself |
| Janis: Little Girl Blue | 2015 | Documentary | Himself |
| The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | 2015 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Seventies | 2015 | TV Series documentary | Himself - Host, 'The Dick Cavett Show' |
| Dick Cavett's Vietnam | 2015 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson | 2010-2015 | TV Series | Himself |
| Best of Enemies | 2015 | Documentary | Himself |
| A Venue for the End of the World | 2014 | Documentary | Himself |
| Larry King Now | 2014 | TV Series | Himself |
| Tom Green Live | 2014 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| Hellman v. McCarthy | 2014 | TV Movie | Himself |
| Dateline NBC | 2014 | TV Series documentary | Himself - Guest |
| Dick Cavett's Watergate | 2014 | TV Movie | Himself |
| Park Bench with Steve Buscemi | 2014 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Sixties | 2014 | TV Mini-Series documentary | Himself |
| The Book of Saunders | 2014 | Documentary | Himself |
| Katharine Hepburn: The Great Kate | 2014 | TV Movie documentary | Himself - Chat-Show Host |
| Imus in the Morning | 2014 | TV Series | Himself - Phone Interview |
| Late Night with Jimmy Fallon | 2010-2014 | TV Series | Himself |
| Moms Mabley: I Got Somethin' to Tell You | 2013 | Documentary | Himself |
| Celebrity Ghost Stories | 2012 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Deceptive Practice: The Mysteries and Mentors of Ricky Jay | 2012 | Documentary | Himself - Narrator (voice) |
| Woody Allen: A Documentary | 2012 | Documentary | Himself |
| Gossip Girl | 2012 | TV Series | Himself |
| Bored to Death | 2011 | TV Series | Himself |
| That Is All | 2011 | Short | Himself |
| Mel Brooks and Dick Cavett Together Again | 2011 | TV Movie | Himself |
| Charlie Rose | 2001-2011 | TV Series | Himself - Guest / Himself |
| Bobby Fischer Against the World | 2011 | Documentary | Himself |
| Tavis Smiley | 2006-2010 | TV Series | Himself |
| Nixon's the One: The '68 Election | 2010 | Documentary | Narrator |
| Norman Mailer: The American | 2010 | Documentary | |
| The Battle for Late Night | 2010 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| Unforgettable | 2010 | Documentary | Himself |
| Smash His Camera | 2010 | Documentary | Himself |
| In the House with Peter Bart & Peter Guber | 2009 | TV Series | |
| Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist and Rebel | 2009 | Documentary | Himself: TV Talk Show Host |
| Make 'Em Laugh: The Funny Business of America | 2009 | TV Series documentary | Himself - Talk Show Host |
| James Brown: The Man, the Music, & the Message | 2008 | Video documentary | Himself |
| Pioneers of Television | 2008 | TV Mini-Series documentary | Himself |
| To My Great Chagrin: The Unbelievable Story of Brother Theodore | 2007 | Documentary | Himself |
| Decoy: A Map to Nowhere | 2007 | Video short | Himself |
| Tension: Who's Guilty Now? | 2007 | Video short | Himself |
| Where Danger Lives: White Rose for Julie | 2007 | Video documentary short | Himself |
| 48 Hours | 2007 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| The Dick Cavett Show with Mel Brooks | 2006 | TV Movie | Himself |
| Jimmy Kimmel Live! | 2006 | TV Series | Himself |
| Cavett Backstage | 2006 | Video documentary short | Himself |
| Cavett Remembers the Comic Legends | 2006 | Video documentary short | Himself |
| Cavett and the Lennons | 2005 | Video documentary short | Himself |
| Larry King Live | 2005 | TV Series | Himself |
| NewsNight with Aaron Brown | 2005 | TV Series | Himself |
| Cavett Meets The Rolling Stones | 2005 | Video short | Himself |
| Cavett Remembers Ray | 2005 | Video documentary short | Himself |
| Inside Deep Throat | 2005 | Documentary | Himself |
| The Dick Cavett Interview | 2005 | Video short | Himself |
| Jack Paar: Smart Television | 2003 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| Jimi Hendrix: The Dick Cavett Show | 2002 | Video documentary | Himself |
| Long Island's Lighthouses | 2001 | TV Movie documentary | Narrator |
| ESPN SportsCentury | 2001 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| The 55th Annual Tony Awards | 2001 | TV Special | Himself - Presenter: The Rocky Horror Show |
| Bravo Profiles | 2001 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Once Upon a Sleigh Ride: The Music & Life of Leroy Anderson | 2000 | TV Movie documentary | Himself - Narrator |
| Frequency | 2000 | Himself | |
| NY TV: By the People Who Made It - Part I & II | 1998 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| Lauren Hutton and... | 1996 | TV Series | Himself |
| The History of Rock 'n' Roll | 1995 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| The Dick Cavett Show | 1989-1995 | TV Series | Himself - Host |
| The Simpsons | 1995 | TV Series | Himself |
| Biography | 1995 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Late Night with Conan O'Brien | 1993-1994 | TV Series | Himself |
| Barbarians at the Gate | 1993 | TV Movie | Himself |
| The One, the Only... Groucho | 1991 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| Newton's Apple | 1991 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Dick Cavett Show | 1975-1991 | TV Series | Himself - Host |
| The 12th Annual CableACE Awards | 1991 | TV Special | Himself - Winner |
| The Howard Stern Show | 1990 | TV Series | Himself |
| Night of 100 Stars III | 1990 | TV Movie | Himself |
| The New Hollywood Squares | 1988-1989 | TV Series | Himself - Panelist |
| The Pat Sajak Show | 1989 | TV Series | Himself |
| Wheel of Fortune | 1988 | TV Series | Himself - Special Guest |
| Imagine: John Lennon | 1988 | Documentary | Himself |
| Moon Over Parador | 1988 | Himself | |
| After School | 1988 | Himself | |
| Super Password | 1987-1988 | TV Series | Himself - Celebrity Contestant |
| The $10,000 Pyramid | 1976-1988 | TV Series | Himself |
| Funny | 1988 | Documentary | Himself |
| College Bowl | 1987 | TV Series | Host |
| The Dick Cavett Show | 1986 | TV Series | Himself - Host |
| Bodywatch | 1986 | TV Series | Himself |
| Late Night with David Letterman | 1982-1986 | TV Series | Himself |
| Amazing Stories | 1986 | TV Series | Himself |
| Kate & Allie | 1986 | TV Series | Himself |
| Bye Bye Kipling | 1986 | TV Movie | Himself |
| Doctor Duck's Super Secret All-Purpose Sauce | 1986 | Video | Himself - Player |
| Faces of Japan | 1986 | TV Series documentary | Host (1986-1987) |
| Harry Belafonte in Concert | 1985 | TV Special | Himself |
| Bob Hope Buys NBC? | 1985 | TV Special | Himself |
| The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | 1966-1984 | TV Series | Himself - Guest / Himself / Himself - Guest Host |
| Super Birthday: A World's Fair Salute to Bob Hope | 1984 | TV Movie | Himself |
| Cheers | 1983 | TV Series | Himself |
| Saturday Night Live | 1976-1983 | TV Series | Himself - Host / Himself |
| The 35th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards | 1983 | TV Special | Himself - Presenter: Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series and Outstanding Writing in a Variety or Music Program |
| Tom Cottle: Up Close | 1982-1983 | TV Series | Himself |
| Dick Cavett Behind the Scenes with John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John | 1983 | TV Movie | Himself - Host |
| The Marx Brothers in a Nutshell | 1982 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| Catch a Rising Star's 10th Anniversary | 1982 | TV Special | Himself |
| Yesteryear | 1982 | TV Series documentary | Himself - Host |
| Acting: Lee Strasberg and the Actors Studio | 1981 | Documentary | Himself |
| Remember When... | 1981 | TV Series | Himself |
| Rich and Famous | 1981 | Himself (uncredited) | |
| HealtH | 1980 | Himself | |
| Simon | 1980 | Himself | |
| Time Was... | 1979-1980 | TV Series documentary | Himself - Host |
| All My Children | 1979 | TV Series | Himself |
| Hollywood Greats | 1979 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Dick Cavett und... | 1978-1979 | TV Series | Himself / Himself - Host |
| The Annual Friars Club Tribute Presents a Salute to Johnny Carson | 1979 | TV Movie | Himself |
| Dinah! | 1974-1978 | TV Series | Himself / Himself - Guest |
| Hocus Pocus, It's Magic | 1978 | TV Movie | Himself - Host |
| Good Morning America | 1977 | TV Series | Himself |
| Live from Lincoln Center | 1976 | TV Series | Himself - Host |
| The Mike Douglas Show | 1967-1976 | TV Series | Himself - TV Talk Show Host / Himself - TV Personality / Himself |
| Backlot USA | 1976 | TV Movie | Himself - Host |
| Funny Girl to Funny Lady | 1975 | TV Special documentary | Himself / Interviewer / Presenter |
| The Odd Couple | 1975 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Dick Cavett Show | 1968-1974 | TV Series | Himself - Host |
| Janis | 1974 | Documentary | Himself |
| Parkinson | 1972-1974 | TV Series | Himself - Interviewer / Himself |
| Cocksucker Blues | 1972 | Documentary | Himself |
| Imagine | 1972 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| VD Blues | 1972 | TV Movie | Himself - Host |
| John & Yoko in Syracuse, New York | 1972 | TV Short documentary | Himself |
| Laugh-In | 1972 | TV Series | Himself |
| Hollywood: The Dream Factory | 1972 | TV Movie documentary | Himself - Narrator (voice) |
| Plimpton! Did You Hear the One About? | 1971 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| The 25th Annual Tony Awards | 1971 | TV Special | Himself - Presenter |
| Fight of the Century | 1971 | TV Movie | Himself - Audience Member |
| The Most Deadly Game | 1971 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Kraft Music Hall | 1967-1970 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Joe Namath Show | 1969 | TV Series | Himself |
| This Is Tom Jones | 1969 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Operation: Entertainment | 1968 | TV Series | Himself - Host |
| To Tell the Truth | 1967 | TV Series | Himself - Guest Panelist |
| What's My Line? | 1966-1967 | TV Series | Himself - Panelist |
| The Ed Sullivan Show | 1966 | TV Series | Himself |
| ABC Stage 67 | 1966 | TV Series | Himself - Host |
| The Merv Griffin Show | 1965 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Steve Allen Plymouth Show | 1958 | TV Series | Himself |
Archive Footage
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jerry Lewis: The Man Behind the Clown | 2016 | Documentary | Himself |
| Now More Than Ever: The History of Chicago | 2016 | Documentary | Himself |
| The Seventies | 2015 | TV Series documentary | Himself - Host, 'The Dick Cavett Show' |
| Inside Edition | 2015 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Listen to Me Marlon | 2015 | Documentary | Himself (uncredited) |
| Pawn Sacrifice | 2014 | Himself (uncredited) | |
| Altman | 2014 | Documentary | Himself |
| Entertainment Tonight | 2014 | TV Series | Himself |
| American Masters | 2000-2013 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Crossfire Hurricane | 2012 | Documentary | Himself |
| Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel | 2011 | Documentary | Himself |
| Ebert Presents: At the Movies | 2011 | TV Series | Himself - Host, 'The Dick Cavett Show' |
| Cinema Verite | 2011 | TV Movie | Himself |
| The Harmony Game | 2011 | Documentary | Himself |
| The Age of Aquarius: The New Left and the Counterculture | 2010 | Short | Himself |
| Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy | 2010 | Video documentary | Himself |
| Muppets 201: Rarities from the Henson Vault | 2009 | Documentary | Himself |
| Shine a Light | 2008 | Documentary | Himself (uncredited) |
| Pioneers of Television | 2008 | TV Mini-Series documentary | Himself |
| Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired | 2008 | Documentary | Himself |
| Black White + Gray: A Portrait of Sam Wagstaff and Robert Mapplethorpe | 2007 | Documentary | Himself |
| Brando | 2007 | TV Movie documentary | Himself (uncredited) |
| Anita O'Day: The Life of a Jazz Singer | 2007 | Documentary | Himself |
| The U.S. vs. John Lennon | 2006 | Documentary | Himself (uncredited) |
| Stardust: The Bette Davis Story | 2006 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| The Fight | 2004 | TV Mini-Series documentary | Himself |
| Celsius 41.11: The Temperature at Which the Brain... Begins to Die | 2004 | Documentary | Himself |
| Going Upriver: The Long War of John Kerry | 2004 | Documentary | Himself |
| Brian Williams Reports: John Kerry: Bringing the War Home | 2004 | Documentary | Himself |
| MythBusters | 2003 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Heroes of Magic | 2000 | TV Special documentary | |
| Biography | 1994-2000 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Mo' Funny: Black Comedy in America | 1993 | TV Special documentary | Himself |
| Fallen Champ: The Untold Story of Mike Tyson | 1993 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| Great Performances | 1991 | TV Series | Himself |
| Crosby, Stills & Nash: Long Time Comin' | 1990 | Video documentary | Himself |
| Inside Story | 1989 | TV Series documentary | Himself - Host, Dick Cavett Show |
| It's Garry Shandling's Show. | 1986 | TV Series | Himself |
Won Awards
| Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | Primetime Emmy | Primetime Emmy Awards | Special Classification of Outstanding Program and Individual Achievement | The Dick Cavett Show (1968) |
| 1972 | Primetime Emmy | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Variety Series - Talk | The Dick Cavett Show (1968) |
Nominated Awards
| Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Primetime Emmy | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Variety Special | Mel Brooks and Dick Cavett Together Again (2011) |
| 1979 | Primetime Emmy | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Program Achievement - Special Class | The Dick Cavett Show (1975) |
| 1978 | Primetime Emmy | Primetime Emmy Awards | Special Classification of Outstanding Program Achievement | The Dick Cavett Show (1975) |
| 1975 | Primetime Emmy | Primetime Emmy Awards | Special Classification of Outstanding Program and Individual Achievement | The Dick Cavett Show (1968) |
| 1973 | Primetime Emmy | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Variety Musical Series | The Dick Cavett Show (1968) |
| 1971 | Primetime Emmy | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Variety Series - Talk | The Dick Cavett Show (1968) |
| 1970 | Primetime Emmy | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Variety or Musical Series | The Dick Cavett Show (1968) |
Known for movies
The Dick Cavett Show (1968-1974)
as Himself - Host
The Dick Cavett Show (1975-1991)
as Himself - Host
Frequency (2000)
as Himself
Inside Deep Throat (2005)
as Thanks