Dick Cavett

Dick Cavett
Cavett in 2010
Born
Richard Alva Cavett

(1936-11-19) November 19, 1936 (age 88)
Buffalo County, Nebraska, U.S.
Alma materYale University
OccupationTalk show host
Years active1959–present
Spouses
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(m. 1964; died 2006)​
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(m. 2010)​

Richard Alva Cavett (/ˈkævɪt/; 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 from the 1960s through the 2000s.[1]

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.[2][3]

  1. ^ "Dick Cavett". TVGuide.com. Retrieved August 10, 2023.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference variety1 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "Dick Cavett: Classic Interviews". Retrieved February 14, 2010.