Biography
Richard Alva Cavett is an American television personality and former talk show host. Born on 19 November 1936 in Gibbon, Nebraska, he graduated from Yale University. He hosted The Dick Cavett Show on ABC from 1969 to 1974, with later versions on CBS, PBS, USA Network and CNBC.
Cavett has made occasional screen appearances, often as himself. These include roles in Annie Hall (1977), A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987), Forrest Gump (1994) and Frequency (2000). He played the character Bernard in Beetlejuice (1988).
