Dick Cavett

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. Cavett has written an online column for The New York Times, promoted DVDs of his former shows and a book of his Times columns, and hosted replays of his TV interviews with notable figures such as Bette Davis, Lucille Ball, Salvador Dalí, Groucho Marx, and John Lennon on Turner Classic Movies. Cavett was born in either Gibbon or Kearney, Nebraska.