Dick Cavett

Characters played by Dick Cavett

Bernard — Beetlejuice (1988)

Afterlife administrator overseeing ghost assignments.

Dick Cavett — A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987)

TV talk show host.

Career Overview

Dick Cavett has 142 screen credits in a career dating back to 1960. Their work spans 3 cinematic universes — most prominently Beetlejuice with 1 titles. Signature works include The Dick Cavett Show, Beetlejuice, Groucho & Cavett. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.

Personal Facts

Known For: Acting
Gender: male
Known Credits: 142
Birth Date: 1936-11-19
Birth Place: Gibbon, Nebraska, USA

Known For

Associated Universes

Universe traveler — spans 3 universes

Beetlejuice (1 titles)
A Nightmare on Elm Street (1 titles)
Qatsi Collection (1 titles)

Frequent Collaborators

Groucho Marx (2 collaborations)
Truman Capote (2 collaborations)
Alec Baldwin (1 collaborations)
Geena Davis (1 collaborations)
Winona Ryder (1 collaborations)
Catherine O'Hara (1 collaborations)
Jeffrey Jones (1 collaborations)
Michael Keaton (1 collaborations)
Glenn Shadix (1 collaborations)
Sylvia Sidney (1 collaborations)

Credits

actors (141 credits)
- I Refuse to Kill: He Went to War with War
  Self
  
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  2026
- From the Ashes: The Life and Times of Tick Hall
  Self
  
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  2026
- John Candy: I Like Me
  Self - Host, The Dick Cavett Show (archive footage)
  
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  2025
- The New Yorker at 100
  Self (archive footage)
  
  actor
  
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  2025
- NASA, Nazis and the Space Race
  Self (archive footage)
  
  actor
  
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  2025
- From Darkness to Light
  Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
  
  actor
  
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  2025
- One to One: John & Yoko
  Self (archive footage)
  
  actor
  
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  2025
- SLY LIVES! (aka The Burden of Black Genius)
  Self
  
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  2025
- From Roger Moore with Love
  Self
  
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  2024
- Group Therapy
  Self - Host, The Dick Cavett Show (archive footage)
  
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  2024
- Jim Henson Idea Man
  Self (archive footage)
  
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  2024
- Remembering Gene Wilder
  Self (archive footage)
  
  actor
  
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  2024
- An American Family at 50
  Self
  
  actor
  
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  2024
- Paul Newman: The Restless
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2023
- Godard Cinema
  Self (archive footage)
  
  actor
  
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  2023
- Godard by Godard
  Self (archive footage)
  
  actor
  
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  2023
- The Lost Weekend: A Love Story
  Self (archive footage)
  
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  2023
- Groucho & Cavett
  Self
  
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  2022
- 2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
  Self (archive footage)
  
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  2022
- Moonage Daydream
  Self (archive footage)
  
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  2022
- Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues
  Self (archive footage)
  
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  2022
- The Ghost of Richard Harris
  Self
  
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  2022
- Joni Mitchell, Lady Blue
  Self (archive footage)
  
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  2022
- Lucy and Desi
  Self (archive footage)
  
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  2022
- My Guest is Orson Welles
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  2021
- Live at Mister Kelly's
  Self
  
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  2021
- The Capote Tapes
  Self
  
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  2021
- Boulevard! A Hollywood Story
  Self (archive footage)
  
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  2021
- Truman & Tennessee: An Intimate Conversation
  Self - TV Host (archive footage)
  
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  2021
- Alan Pakula: Going for Truth
  Self
  
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  2019
- Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice
  Self (archive footage)
  
  actor
  
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  2019
- Mike Wallace Is Here
  (archive footage)
  
  actor
  
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  2019
- Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am
  Self (archive footage)
  
  actor
  
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  2019
- What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael
  Self
  
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  2019
- Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast
  Self - TV Host (archive footage)
  
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  2019
- Nureyev
  Self, Archive Footage
  
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  2018
- Ali & Cavett: The Tale of the Tapes
  Self
  
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  2018
- Bergman: A Year in a Life
  Self
  
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  2018
- This Is Bob Hope...
  Self
  
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  2017
- Stewart & Mitchum: The Two Faces of America
  Self
  
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  2017
- Kyoko
  Self (archive footage)
  
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  2017
- On the Sly: In Search of the Family Stone
  actor
  
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  2017
- All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone
  Self
  
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  2016
- Janis: Little Girl Blue
  Himself
  
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  2015
- Best of Enemies
  Self
  
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  2015
- Listen to Me Marlon
  Self (archive footage)
  
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  2015
- Dick Cavett's Vietnam
  actor
  
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  2015
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
  
  - Hello Goodbye (2026) ... Self (archive footage) (uncredited) actor actors
  
  - Patrick Stewart, Dick Cavett (2020) ... Self - Guest actor actors
  
  2015
- James Brown - The Man, The Music & The Message
  Self
  
  actor
  
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  2014
- A Venue For The End Of The World
  Himself
  
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  2014
- Dick Cavett's Watergate
  Himself
  
  actor
  
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  2014
- Katharine Hepburn: The Great Kate
  Self - Chat-Show Host
  
  actor
  
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  2014
- River of Fundament
  Wake Guest
  
  actor
  
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  2014
- Late Night with Seth Meyers
  
  - Jeff Goldblum, Dick Cavett, Mark Iacono (2018) ... Self actor actors
  
  2014
- Jimi Hendrix: Hear My Train a Comin'
  Self - TV Host (archive footage)
  
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  2013
- Gore Vidal: The United States of Amnesia
  Self (archive footage)
  
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  2013
- David Bowie: Five Years
  Self (archive footage)
  
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  2013
- Excuse Me for Living
  Reverend Pilatus
  
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  2012
- Deceptive Practice: The Mysteries and Mentors of Ricky Jay
  Narrator
  
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  2012
- Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel
  Self (archive footage)
  
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  2012
- Driving Me Crazy
  Mr. Johnson
  
  actor
  
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  2012
- Woody Allen: A Documentary
  Self
  
  actor
  
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  2011
- George Harrison: Living in the Material World
  Self (archive footage)
  
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  - Part 2 (2011) ... Self (archive footage) actor actors
  
  - Part 1 (2011) ... Self (archive footage) actor actors
  
  2011
- Mel Brooks and Dick Cavett Together Again
  Self
  
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  2011
- Simon & Garfunkel: Across the Airwaves
  Self
  
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  2010
- Unforgettable
  Self
  
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  2010
- Smash His Camera
  Self
  
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  2010
- Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
  
  - Megan Mullally & Dick Cavett (2014) ... Self - Guest actor actors
  
  2009
- Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired
  Self (archive footage)
  
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  2008
- Childrens Hospital
  
  - Show Me a Hero (2016) ... Dick Cavett actor actors
  
  2008
- To My Great Chagrin: The Unbelievable Story of Brother Theodore
  Self
  
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  2007
- Tension: Who's Guilty Now?
  Self
  
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  2007
- Where Danger Lives: White Rose for Julie
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  2007
- Decoy: A Map to Nowhere
  Self
  
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  2007
- Black White + Gray: A Portrait of Sam Wagstaff and Robert Mapplethorpe
  Self (archive footage)
  
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  2007
- Gossip Girl
  
  - Con-Heir (2012) ... Self actor actors
  
  2007
- The Dick Cavett Show with Mel Brooks
  Self
  
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  2006
- Stardust: The Bette Davis Story
  Self (archive footage)
  
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  2006
- Duane Hopwood
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  2005
- Frontier University Dreams
  Narrator
  
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  2005
- Inside Deep Throat
  Self
  
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  2005
- Celsius 41.11
  Self (archive footage)
  
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  2004
- Jack Paar: Smart Television
  Self
  
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  2003
- The Education of Gore Vidal
  Self (archive footage)
  
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  2003
- Jimmy Kimmel Live!
  
  - Eva Longoria, Dick Cavett, Dresden Dolls (2006) ... Self - Guest actor actors
  
  2003
- Bravo Profiles: Penn and Teller
  Self
  
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  2001
- Lucille Ball: Finding Lucy
  Self (archive footage)
  
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  2000
- Behind the Seams
  Detective
  
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  2000
- Once Upon a Sleigh Ride: The Music & Life of Leon Anderson
  Narrator
  
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  2000
- Frequency
  Himself
  
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  2000
- Sell & Spin: A History of Advertising
  Narrator
  
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  1999
- Elvis Meets Nixon
  Narrator
  
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  1997
- Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage
  Self (archive footage)
  
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  1994
- Forrest Gump
  Dick Cavett
  
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  1994
- Barbarians at the Gate
  Self
  
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  1993
- Year of the Gun
  Ben Gershon
  
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  1991
- The One, the Only... Groucho
  Self
  
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  1991
- The Fred Astaire Songbook
  Self (archive footage)
  
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  1991
- Robert Redford & Sydney Pollack: The Men and Their Movies
  Self
  
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  1990
- Night of 100 Stars III
  Self
  
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  1990
- Spy Magazine Presents How to Be Famous
  Self
  
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  1990
- The Simpsons
  
  - Homie the Clown (1995) ... Dick Cavett (voice) actor actors
  
  1989
- Moon Over Parador
  Self
  
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  1988
- After School
  Himself
  
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  1988
- Funny
  Self
  
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  1988
- Beetlejuice
  Bernard
  
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  1988
- Penn & Teller's Invisible Thread
  Dick Cavett
  
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  1987
- A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
  Dick Cavett
  
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  1987
- Bye Bye Kipling
  Self
  
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  1986
- Doctor Duck's Super Secret All-Purpose Sauce
  Self
  
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  1986
- Amazing Stories
  
  - Mirror, Mirror (1986) ... Dick Cavett actor actors
  
  1985
- Koyaanisqatsi
  Self (archive footage)
  
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  1983
- The Video Wine Guide with Dick Cavett
  Self
  
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  1982
- The Marx Brothers in a Nutshell
  Self
  
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  1982
- Late Night with David Letterman
  
  - 850828 (1985) ... Self - Guest actor actors
  
  1982
- Cheers
  
  - They Called Me Mayday (1983) ... Himself actor actors
  
  1982
- Hotel
  
  - Outsiders (1984) ... actor actors
  
  1982
- Dick Cavett Meets ABBA
  Host
  
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  1981
- HealtH
  Dick Cavett
  
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  1980
- Simon
  Himself
  
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  1980
- Remember Me
  Narrator
  
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  1979
- Power Play
  Dick Cavett
  
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  1978
- Hocus Pocus, It's Magic
  Self - Host
  
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  1978
- Annie Hall
  Dick Cavett
  
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  1977
- Funny Girl to Funny Lady
  Self
  
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  1975
- Saturday Night Live
  
  - Danny DeVito & Rhea Perlman/Eddy Grant (1983) ... Self (uncredited) actor actors
  
  - Dick Cavett/Ry Cooder (1976) ... Self - Host actor actors
  
  - Dick Cavett with Jimmy Cliff (1976) ... Self - Host actor actors
  
  1975
- Janis
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  1974
- Jimi Hendrix
  Self (archive footage)
  
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  1973
- Nightside
  Dick Cavett
  
  actor
  
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  1973
- Imagine
  Self
  
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  1972
- Cocksucker Blues
  Self
  
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  1972
- Yoko Ono: This Is Not Here
  Self
  
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  1972
- Hollywood: The Dream Factory
  Narrator (voice)
  
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  1972
- Festival at Ford's
  Self
  
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  1971
- Fight of the Century
  Self-(Audience Member)
  
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  1971
- Friars Club Roast of Don Rickles
  Self
  
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  1970
- Jimi Hendrix: The Dick Cavett Show
  Self
  
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  1969
- The Dick Cavett Show
  Self - Host
  
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  actors
  
  - James Earl Jones, Part 1 (1995) ... Self - Host actor actors
  
  - Anthony Hopkins (1992) ... Self - Host actor actors
  
  - Conan O'Brien, Steve O'Donnell (1991) ... Self - Host actor actors
  
  - Tom McCarty (1989) ... Self - Host actor actors
  
  - Captain David Linsley, Captain Don McLure, Part 1 (1989) ... Self - Host actor actors
  
  1968
- The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
  
  - Episode 10 (1979) ... Self actor actors
  
  - Episode 237 (1968) ... Self actor actors
  
  - Episode 16 (1967) ... Self actor actors
  
  1962
- The Merv Griffin Show
  
  - Episode 137 (1965) ... Self actor actors
  
  - Episode 104 (1965) ... Self actor actors
  
  - Episode 77 (1965) ... Self actor actors
  
  - Episode 32 (1965) ... Self actor actors
  
  1962
- Playhouse 90: The Hiding Place
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1960
writing (1 credits)
- Ali & Cavett: The Tale of the Tapes
  writer
  
  writing
  
  2018

Content sources

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