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The Dick Cavett Show (TV Series 1975–1982) Poster

(1975–1982)

Full Cast & Crew

Series Directed by 

Richard Romagnola ... (67 episodes, 1978-1982)
Gordon Rigsby ... (3 episodes, 1977)

Series Cast complete, awaiting verification  

Dick Cavett ...  Self - Host / ... 116 episodes, 1976-1982
Bobby Rosengarden Bobby Rosengarden ...  Self - Bandleader 11 episodes, 1977-1982
Phil Silvers ...  Self / ... 4 episodes, 1982
Neil Simon ...  Self - Guest 3 episodes, 1977-1981
Richard Burton ...  Self - Guest 4 episodes, 1979-1980
Carl Bernstein ...  Self 3 episodes, 1978
John Dean ...  Self 3 episodes, 1978
Joe DiMona Joe DiMona ...  Self 3 episodes, 1978
Arthur Miller ...  Self - Playwright / ... 3 episodes, 1979
Sophia Loren ...  Self - Guest 2 episodes, 1977-1979
Julia Child ...  Self - Guest 2 episodes, 1978-1980
Ingrid Bergman ...  Self - Guest 2 episodes, 1978-1980
André Previn ...  Self / ... 2 episodes, 1978
Robin Williams ...  Self - Guest 2 episodes, 1979
Jean-Luc Godard ...  Self / ... 2 episodes, 1980
Roger Moore ...  Self - Guest 2 episodes, 1981
Marcello Mastroianni ...  Self - Guest 2 episodes, 1977-1981
Martin Scorsese ...  Self - Guest 2 episodes, 1978
Brian De Palma ...  Self / ... 2 episodes, 1978
Ruth Gordon ...  Self - Guest 2 episodes, 1978
Joseph L. Mankiewicz ...  Self 2 episodes, 1978
Claude Pepper ...  Self - Guest 2 episodes, 1978
Henry Kissinger ...  Self 2 episodes, 1979
Anita O'Day ...  Self 2 episodes, 1979
Virginia Johnson Virginia Johnson ...  Self 2 episodes, 1979
William H. Masters William H. Masters ...  Self - Dr. Masters 2 episodes, 1979
Stephen King ...  Self 2 episodes, 1980
Laurence Olivier ...  Self - Guest 2 episodes, 1980
Shelley Winters ...  Self 2 episodes, 1980
Joan Plowright ...  Self - Guest 2 episodes, 1980
Myrna Loy ...  Self - Guest 2 episodes, 1980
Truman Capote ...  Self 2 episodes, 1980
George A. Romero ...  Self 2 episodes, 1980
Bob Fosse ...  Self - Guest 2 episodes, 1980
Ira Levin ...  Self 2 episodes, 1980
Peter Straub Peter Straub ...  Self 2 episodes, 1980
Steven Spielberg ...  Self - Guest 2 episodes, 1981
Cher ...  Self - Guest 2 episodes, 1982
Carly Simon ...  Self - Guest 1 episode, 1977
Anthony Hopkins ...  Self - Guest 1 episode, 1978
Chevy Chase ...  Self - Guest 1 episode, 1978
Eartha Kitt ...  Self - Guest 1 episode, 1978
Jane Fonda ...  Self - Guest 1 episode, 1979
Carol Burnett ...  Self - Guest 1 episode, 1979
Alan Arkin ...  Self - Guest 1 episode, 1979
John Cleese ...  Self - Guest 1 episode, 1979
Vincent Scully Vincent Scully ...  Self - Guest 1 episode, 1979
Kris Kristofferson ...  Self - Guest 1 episode, 1980
Gale Sondergaard ...  Self - Guest 1 episode, 1980
Sugar Ray Leonard ...  Self - Guest 1 episode, 1980
Arthur Ashe ...  Self - Guest 1 episode, 1980
Ian McKellen ...  Self - Guest 1 episode, 1981
Charles Grodin ...  Self - Guest 1 episode, 1981
David Attenborough ...  Self - Guest 1 episode, 1981
Tom Wicker ...  Self - Guest 1 episode, 1982
James Taylor ...  Self - Guest 1 episode, 1977
Vincent Price ...  Self - Guest 1 episode, 1978
Stanley Milgram Stanley Milgram ...  Self - Guest 1 episode, 1979
Rudy Giuliani ...  Self - Guest 1 episode, 1982
Mae West ...  Self 1 episode, 1976
Henry Winkler ...  Self - Guest 1 episode, 1977
Colleen Dewhurst ...  Self - Guest 1 episode, 1977
Fred Foy Fred Foy ...  Self - Announcer 1 episode, 1977
Celeste Holm ...  Self - Guest 1 episode, 1978
Art Garfunkel ...  Self - Guest 1 episode, 1978
Charles Addams ...  Self - Cartoonist 1 episode, 1978
Alan Jay Lerner ...  Self 1 episode, 1978
Charles M. Schulz ...  Self 1 episode, 1978
Marshall Brickman ...  Self - Writer 1 episode, 1978
Sammy Cahn ...  Self 1 episode, 1978
Agnes Nixon ...  Self 1 episode, 1978
Allen Ginsberg ...  Self - Writer 1 episode, 1978
David Lloyd David Lloyd ...  Self - Writer 1 episode, 1978
Arthur Schwartz Arthur Schwartz ...  Self 1 episode, 1978
Barbara Lea Barbara Lea ...  Self 1 episode, 1978
J.T. Cromwell J.T. Cromwell ...  Self 1 episode, 1978
Frank Modell Frank Modell ...  Self - Cartoonist 1 episode, 1978
Lee Lorenz Lee Lorenz ...  Self - Cartoonist 1 episode, 1978
Robert Butler Robert Butler ...  Self - Guest 1 episode, 1978
Robert Nolan Robert Nolan ...  Self - Guest 1 episode, 1978
George Booth George Booth ...  Self - Cartoonist 1 episode, 1978
Lauren Bacall ...  Self - Guest 1 episode, 1979
George Burns ...  Self 1 episode, 1979
Catherine Deneuve ...  Self - Guest 1 episode, 1979
Lillian Gish ...  Self - Actress 1 episode, 1979
Bob Hope ...  Self - Comedian 1 episode, 1979
Chuck Jones ...  Self 1 episode, 1979
Charles 'Honi' Coles Charles 'Honi' Coles ...  Self - Dancer 1 episode, 1979
Gerald Ford ...  Self - Former US President 1 episode, 1979
Gretchen Cryer Gretchen Cryer ...  Self - Guest 1 episode, 1979
Malcolm Cowley Malcolm Cowley ...  Self - Writer 1 episode, 1979
Nancy Ford Nancy Ford ...  Self Guest 1 episode, 1979
Diana Rigg ...  Self - Guest 1 episode, 1980
Dyan Cannon ...  Self - Guest 1 episode, 1980
Richard Attenborough ...  Self - Guest 1 episode, 1980
Anthony Perkins ...  Self - Guest 1 episode, 1980
Patty Duke ...  Self Guest 1 episode, 1980
Eve Arden ...  Self - Guest 1 episode, 1980
David Garrison ...  Self - Impersonates Groucho Marx 1 episode, 1980
Buddy Hackett ...  Self - Comedian 1 episode, 1980
Gary Merrill ...  Self 1 episode, 1980
Tommy Tune ...  Self - Guest 1 episode, 1980
Plácido Domingo ...  Self - Vocalist 1 episode, 1980
Frank Lazarus Frank Lazarus ...  Self - Impersonates Chico Marx 1 episode, 1980
Ellen Burstyn ...  Self - Guest 1 episode, 1981
Walter Matthau ...  Self - Guest 1 episode, 1981
Jack Lemmon ...  Self - Guest 1 episode, 1981
Jessica Tandy ...  Self - Guest 1 episode, 1981
Sissy Spacek ...  Self - Guest 3 episodes, 1978-1981
Federico Fellini ...  Self 1 episode, 1981
Jack Palance ...  Self - Guest 1 episode, 1981
Marsha Mason ...  Self - Guest 1 episode, 1981
Michael Palin ...  Self - Guest 1 episode, 1981
Graham Chapman ...  (Self) 1 episode, 1981
Lena Horne ...  Self 1 episode, 1981
George Cukor ...  Self - Director 1 episode, 1981
Toni Morrison ...  Self - Author 1 episode, 1981
Oliver Sacks ...  Author / ... 1 episode, 1981
John Updike ...  Self 1 episode, 1981
John Cheever John Cheever ...  Self 1 episode, 1981
John Hammond ...  Self 1 episode, 1981
Julie Andrews ...  Self - Guest 1 episode, 1982
Billy Wilder ...  Self 1 episode, 1982
Marshall Efron Marshall Efron ...  Various unknown episodes

Series Produced by 

Robin Breed ... producer / associate producer / producer / segment producer (42 episodes, 1978-1982)
Lynda Sheldon ... segment producer (34 episodes, 1978-1982)
Christopher Porterfield ... producer / executive producer (30 episodes, 1977-1979)
Jackie Craig ... coordinating producer / producer / coordinating producer: WNET/13 (21 episodes, 1979-1980)
Joan Konner ... executive producer (19 episodes, 1977-1978)
Tom O'Malley ... segment producer (12 episodes, 1978-1979)
Howard Weinberg ... executive producer (11 episodes, 1978-1979)
Walter W. Meyer ... segment producer (11 episodes, 1980-1982)
Ann Terry ... segment producer (9 episodes, 1978-1980)
Tom Lacy ... segment producer / line producer (8 episodes, 1980-1982)
Nancy E.K. Schaef ... coordinating producer (7 episodes, 1980-1981)
Ronald K. Fried ... segment producer (5 episodes, 1980-1982)
Julie Rubenstein ... segment producer (3 episodes, 1978)
Steve Lawson ... segment producer (1 episode, 1979)
Tom Brady ... line producer (1 episode, 1982)
Malcolm Morris ... producer (unknown episodes)

Series Art Direction by 

Ron Baldwin ... (1 episode, 1978)

Series Makeup Department 

Judy Widener ... makeup / makeup artist (2 episodes, 1979-1980)
Lyzanne Goodson ... makeup (2 episodes, 1982)
Gale East ... makeup (1 episode, 1981)
Don Otis ... makeup (1 episode, 1981)

Series Production Management 

John Haggerty ... production manager (1 episode, 1978)
Nina Steiner ... production manager (1 episode, 1980)
Brenda L. Jones ... production manager (1 episode, 1981)

Series Second Unit Director or Assistant Director 

Henry Z. Neimark ... associate director (7 episodes, 1978-1982)
Henry M. Neimark ... assistant director (1 episode, 1978)
Terry Benson ... associate director (1 episode, 1980)
John Edwards ... associate director (1 episode, 1980)
Ron Magdaleno ... associate director (1 episode, 1981)

Series Art Department 

Bill Mandel ... graphic / graphics (2 episodes, 1978-1980)
Robert Wightman ... scenic designer (1 episode, 1980)
Karner Benjamin ... scenic art (1 episode, 1981)
Jon Mill ... graphics (1 episode, 1981)

Series Sound Department 

Bill Flood ... audio (1 episode, 1979)
Francis X. Hanley ... audio (1 episode, 1980)

Series Visual Effects by 

Mike Scharfman ... facilities producer (1 episode, 1981)

Series Camera and Electrical Department 

John W. Kinard Jr. ... lighting director (7 episodes, 1978-1982)
Danny Cirella ... lighting assistant (1 episode, 1978)
Paul Saitta ... lighting assistant (1 episode, 1978)
Martin Gross ... camera operator (1 episode, 1980)
C. Brownie Harris ... still photographer (1 episode, 1980)
Randy Joseph ... camera operator (1 episode, 1980)
William Kockler ... camera operator (1 episode, 1980)
Don Perdue ... still photographer (1 episode, 1980)
Laurie Frietag ... camera operator (1 episode, 1981)
Phil Kerns ... camera operator (1 episode, 1981)
Al Rush ... camera operator (1 episode, 1981)
Dick Sulprizio ... lighting director (1 episode, 1981)
Marsh Theemling ... camera operator (1 episode, 1981)

Series Music Department 

Bobby Rosengarden ... musical director (21 episodes, 1978-1982)

Series Additional Crew 

Leonard Chumbley ... technical director (7 episodes, 1978-1982)
Nancy McGrath ... assistant to mr. cavett (3 episodes, 1978-1979)
Robin Breed ... assistant to producer (2 episodes, 1978)
Hugh Triffet ... technical director (2 episodes, 1981)
Judy Englander ... assistant to mr. cavett (2 episodes, 1982)
Wayne Palmer ... stage manager (2 episodes, 1982)
Rolf Drucker ... engineer in charge (1 episode, 1978)
Kay Matschullat ... assistant to executive producer (1 episode, 1978)
Bob Morris ... stage manager (1 episode, 1978)
Gary Beaty ... engineer in charge (1 episode, 1980)
Ken Crawford ... electronic graphics (1 episode, 1980)
Bruce Follmer ... videotape (1 episode, 1980)
Ronald K. Fried ... production assistant (1 episode, 1980)
Doreen Geraci ... production staff (1 episode, 1980)
John Jesurun ... production staff (1 episode, 1980)
Jo Ann Muchmore ... assistant to mr. cavett (1 episode, 1980)
Henry Z. Neimark ... stage manager (1 episode, 1980)
Manfred Schorn ... videotape (1 episode, 1980)
Dale Vennes ... technical director (1 episode, 1980)
Randy Gibson ... stage manager (1 episode, 1981)
Tom Mouzis ... stage manager (1 episode, 1981)
Marty Sisko ... stage manager (1 episode, 1981)
Carol Vonsiick ... production assistant (1 episode, 1981)
Rick Rickson ... technical director (1 episode, 1982)

See also

Release Dates | Official Sites | Company Credits | Filming & Production | Technical Specs

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