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Dick Cavett

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Richard Alva Cavett (; born November 19, 1936) is an American television personality, comedian and former talk show host. He appeared regularly on nationally broadcast television in the United States from the 1960s through the 2000s. 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, Mae West and Bobby Fischer, among others, on Turner Classic Movies. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2024). Dick Cavett is the 6,159th most popular writer (down from 6,022nd in 2024), the 10,799th most popular biography from United States (down from 9,866th in 2019) and the 790th most popular American Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Dick Cavett ranks 6,159 out of 7,302. Before him are Marie NDiaye, Buddhadeb Dasgupta, Lev Rubinstein, Véronique Tadjo, Giuseppe Berto, and John Barbour. After him are Colum McCann, Edith Hamilton, Simon Sebag Montefiore, Philippa Pearce, Lee Strobel, and Oliver Friggieri.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1936, Dick Cavett ranks 525. Before him are Peter Cook, Charles Dierkop, M. Scott Peck, James Stacy, Elizabeth Dole, and Gary Hart. After him are Akwasi Afrifa, Dick Richards, Barbara Sobotta, Roger Staub, Salvador Reyes Monteón, and Adán Godoy.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Dick Cavett ranks 10,801 out of 20,380. Before him are Elmer Ambrose Sperry (1860), Mary Kay Letourneau (1962), Allen Daviau (1942), Christine Ebersole (1953), Mac Wilkins (1950), and George Siegmann (1882). After him are Rick Rude (1958), Samuel Ramey (1942), RJ Mitte (1992), Ira Remsen (1846), Lee Strobel (1952), and Avram Glazer (1960).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Dick Cavett ranks 790. Before him are George Saunders (1958), Tim LaHaye (1926), Mark Manson (1984), Jerry Pournelle (1933), Donald A. Wollheim (1914), and John Logan (1961). After him are Lee Strobel (1952), Lawrence Venuti (1953), Tony Hillerman (1925), M. H. Abrams (1912), Bill Prady (1960), and Hugh Howey (1975).

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