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Dick Cavett

Highest Rated: 100% Live at Mister Kelly's (2021)

Lowest Rated: 14% Excuse Me for Living (2012)

Birthday: Nov 19, 1936

Birthplace: Gibbon, Nebraska, USA

Dick Cavett was often referred to as "the thinking man's talk show host," for the intelligent and sophisticated interview style he displayed on the Emmy Award-winning series "The Dick Cavett Show" (ABC, 1968-1972). Cavett's witty conversations with a wide array of guests captured viewers' attention and made his show a formidable competitor against late night Goliath "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson" (NBC, 1962-1992). Throughout its run, "The Dick Cavett Show" delivered some of the most memorable moments ever seen on the small screen - from Katherine Hepburn's mid-interview walkout, to multiple appearances from John Lennon and Yoko Ono, to a heated debate about the Vietnam War. While interviewing every household name from the worlds of entertainment, politics, and media, Cavett remained a distinguished and fascinated host, admirable traits that helped turn the former stand-up comedian and writer into a television legend.

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Highest rated movies

100% 97% Live at Mister Kelly's Watchlist
97% 92% Annie Hall
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93% 71% Deceptive Practice: The Mysteries and Mentors of Ricky Jay
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93% 86% Best of Enemies Watchlist 93% 86% The Capote Tapes Watchlist
91% 88% Woody Allen: A Documentary
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83% 82% Beetlejuice Watchlist
78% 100% Ali & Cavett: The Tale of the Tapes
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75% 95% Forrest Gump Watchlist
68% 68% A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
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Filmography

Movies

Credit
100% 97% Live at Mister Kelly's Self - 2021
93% 86% The Capote Tapes Self - 2020
78% 100% Ali & Cavett: The Tale of the Tapes Writer - 2018
No Score Yet No Score Yet On the Sly: In Search of the Family Stone Self - 2017
93% 86% Best of Enemies Host $892.0K 2015
No Score Yet No Score Yet A Venue for the End of the World Unknown (Character) - 2014
No Score Yet 83% River of Fundament Wake Guest (Character) $43.1K 2014
93% 71% Deceptive Practice: The Mysteries and Mentors of Ricky Jay Narrator $151.4K 2012
14% 15% Excuse Me for Living Rev. Pilatus (Character) - 2012
91% 88% Woody Allen: A Documentary Self - 2012
No Score Yet 67% Norman Mailer: The American Unknown (Character) - 2010
No Score Yet No Score Yet Muppets 201: Rarities From the Henson Vault Unknown (Character) - 2009
No Score Yet No Score Yet Brother Theodore Unknown (Character) - 2007
55% 60% Duane Hopwood Fred (Character) $13.5K 2005
75% 95% Forrest Gump Self $330.3M 1994
No Score Yet 0% After School Self - 1988
42% 46% Moon Over Parador Self $10.1M 1988
83% 82% Beetlejuice Bernard (Character) $73.5M 1988
68% 68% A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors Self $44.1M 1987
No Score Yet No Score Yet Acting: Lee Strasberg and the Actors Studio Self - 1981
60% 69% Simon Self - 1980
No Score Yet 31% H.E.A.L.T.H. Self - 1980
97% 92% Annie Hall Self - 1977
No Score Yet No Score Yet Imagine Self - 1972

TV

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No Score Yet No Score Yet The Story of Late Night Self 2020-2021
No Score Yet 50% The Late Show With Stephen Colbert Guest 2020
No Score Yet 61% Late Night With Seth Meyers Guest 2018
No Score Yet No Score Yet The History of Comedy Self 2017
No Score Yet 44% The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon Guest 2015
No Score Yet No Score Yet American Masters Narrator 2015
No Score Yet No Score Yet Larry King Now Guest 2014
No Score Yet No Score Yet Dateline NBC Guest 2014
No Score Yet No Score Yet Late Night With Jimmy Fallon Guest 2010 2014
84% 79% Gossip Girl Unknown (Guest Star) 2012
85% 76% The Simpsons Himself (Guest Voice) 1995
No Score Yet No Score Yet Super Password Guest 1987-1988
No Score Yet 82% Amazing Stories Unknown (Character) 1986
No Score Yet No Score Yet Kate & Allie Unknown (Guest Star) 1986
No Score Yet No Score Yet Hotel Unknown (Guest Star) 1984
87% 95% Cheers Dick Cavett (Guest Star) 1983
No Score Yet 57% Saturday Night Live Host 1976
No Score Yet No Score Yet Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In Guest 1972
No Score Yet No Score Yet Alias Smith and Jones Unknown (Guest Star) 1972
No Score Yet No Score Yet What's My Line? Guest 1968