| Movie | 1977 | Annie Hall | Dick Cavett | |
| Movie | N/A | From the Ashes: The Life and Times of Tick Hall | Self | |
| Movie | 1987 | A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors | Dick Cavett | |
| Movie | 2018 | Bergman: A Year in a Life | Self | |
| Movie | 1972 | Cocksucker Blues | Self | |
| Movie | 2021 | Live at Mister Kelly's | Self | |
| Movie | 1986 | Doctor Duck's Super Secret All-Purpose Sauce | Self | |
| Movie | 2023 | The Lost Weekend: A Love Story | Self (archive footage) | |
| Movie | 2023 | Godard Cinema | Self (archive footage) | |
| Movie | 1988 | Moon Over Parador | Self | |
| Movie | 1988 | Funny | Self | |
| Movie | 1972 | Yoko Ono: This Is Not Here | Self | |
| Movie | 2011 | Woody Allen: A Documentary | Self | |
| Movie | 1995 | The History of Rock 'n' Roll | Self | |
| Movie | 2013 | David Bowie: Five Years | Self (archive footage) | |
| Movie | 1980 | HealtH | Dick Cavett | |
| Movie | 2010 | Smash His Camera | Self | |
| Movie | 1982 | The Marx Brothers in a Nutshell | Self | |
| Movie | 2012 | Norman Mailer: The American | Self | |
| Movie | 2022 | Lucy and Desi | Self (archive footage) | |
| Movie | 1982 | The Video Wine Guide with Dick Cavett | Self | |
| Movie | 2021 | The Capote Tapes | Self | |
| Movie | 2012 | Deceptive Practice: The Mysteries and Mentors of Ricky Jay | Narrator | |
| Movie | 2008 | Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired | Self (archive footage) | |
| Movie | 2007 | To My Great Chagrin: The Unbelievable Story of Brother Theodore | Himself | |
| Movie | 2023 | Godard by Godard | Self (archive footage) | |
| Movie | 1988 | After School | Himself | |
| Movie | 2014 | River of Fundament | Wake Guest | |
| Movie | 2022 | The Ghost of Richard Harris | Self | |
| Movie | 2007 | Tension: Who's Guilty Now? | Self | |
| Movie | 2007 | Decoy: A Map to Nowhere | Self | |
| Movie | 2014 | A Venue For The End Of The World | Himself | |
| Movie | 2014 | James Brown - The Man, The Music & The Message | Self | |
| Movie | 1990 | Night of 100 Stars III | Self | |
| Movie | 2022 | Moonage Daydream | Self (archive footage) | |
| Movie | 1988 | Beetlejuice | Bernard | |
| Movie | 1997 | Elvis Meets Nixon | Narrator | |
| Movie | 1990 | Robert Redford & Sydney Pollack: The Men and Their Movies | Self | |
| Movie | 1972 | Hollywood: The Dream Factory | Narrator (voice) | |
| Movie | 2000 | Behind the Seams | Detective | |
| Movie | 2011 | Mel Brooks and Dick Cavett Together Again | Self | |
| Movie | 2019 | Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am | Self (archive footage) | |
| Movie | 2019 | What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael | Self | |
| Movie | 2022 | 2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony | Self (archive footage) | |
| Movie | 2019 | Mike Wallace Is Here | (archive footage) | |
| Movie | 2015 | Best of Enemies | Self | |
| Movie | 2012 | Driving Me Crazy | Mr. Johnson | |
| Movie | 2022 | Groucho & Cavett | Self | |
| Movie | 1994 | Forrest Gump | Dick Cavett | |
| Movie | 1973 | Jimi Hendrix | Self (archive footage) | |
| Movie | 2022 | Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues | Self (archive footage) | |
| Movie | N/A | I Refuse to Kill: He Went to War with War | Self | |
| Movie | 2005 | Duane Hopwood | | |
| Movie | 2015 | Janis: Little Girl Blue | Himself | |
| Movie | 1990 | Spy Magazine Presents How to Be Famous | Self | |
| Movie | 1986 | Bye Bye Kipling | Self | |
| Movie | 2017 | On the Sly: In Search of the Family Stone | | |
| Movie | 2006 | The Dick Cavett Show with Mel Brooks | Self | |
| Movie | 2024 | Faye | Self (archive footage) | |
| Movie | 1970 | Friars Club Roast of Don Rickles | Self | |
| Movie | 1971 | Fight of the Century | Self-(Audience Member) | |
| Movie | 2015 | Listen to Me Marlon | Self (archive footage) | |
| Movie | 1987 | Penn & Teller's Invisible Thread | Dick Cavett | |
| Movie | 1969 | Jimi Hendrix: The Dick Cavett Show | Self | |
| Movie | 2014 | Dick Cavett's Watergate | Himself | |
| Movie | 2016 | All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone | Self | |
| Movie | 2005 | Frontier University Dreams | Narrator | |
| Movie | 2017 | This Is Bob Hope... | Self | |
| Movie | 1980 | Simon | Himself | |
| Movie | 1979 | Remember Me | Narrator | |
| Movie | 2018 | Ali & Cavett: The Tale of the Tapes | Self | |
| Movie | 2014 | Katharine Hepburn: The Great Kate | Self - Chat-Show Host | |
| Movie | 2017 | Stewart & Mitchum: The Two Faces of America | Self | |
| Movie | 1972 | Imagine | Self | |
| Movie | 1994 | Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage | Self (archive footage) | |
| Movie | 1975 | Funny Girl to Funny Lady | Self | |
| Movie | 2005 | Inside Deep Throat | Self | |
| Movie | 2003 | The Education of Gore Vidal | Self (archive footage) | |
| Movie | 2018 | Nureyev | Self, Archive Footage | |
| Movie | 2003 | Jack Paar: Smart Television | Self | |
| Movie | 2019 | Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice | Self (archive footage) | |
| Movie | 2017 | Kyoko | Self (archive footage) | |
| Movie | 1991 | The One, the Only... Groucho | Self | |
| Movie | 2015 | Dick Cavett's Vietnam | | |
| Movie | 1974 | Janis | | |
| Movie | 2012 | Excuse Me for Living | Reverend Pilatus | |
| Movie | 1991 | Year of the Gun | Ben Gershon | |
| Movie | 1999 | Sell & Spin: A History of Advertising | Narrator | |
| Movie | 2010 | Simon & Garfunkel: Across the Airwaves | Self | |
| Movie | 2019 | Alan Pakula: Going for Truth | Self | |
| Movie | 2013 | Jimi Hendrix: Hear My Train a Comin' | Self - TV Host (archive footage) | |
| Movie | 2007 | Where Danger Lives: White Rose for Julie | | |
| Movie | 2000 | Once Upon a Sleigh Ride: The Music & Life of Leon Anderson | Narrator | |
| Movie | 2017 | I Am Not Your Negro | Self (archive footage) | |
| Movie | 1991 | The Fred Astaire Songbook | Self (archive footage) | |
| Movie | 2012 | Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel | Self (archive footage) | |
| Movie | 2004 | Celsius 41.11 | Self (archive footage) | |
| Movie | 1993 | Barbarians at the Gate | Self | |
| Movie | 1973 | Nightside | Dick Cavett | |
| Movie | 1978 | Power Play | Dick Cavett | |
| Movie | 2007 | Black White + Gray: A Portrait of Sam Wagstaff and Robert Mapplethorpe | Self (archive footage) | |
| Movie | 2021 | Truman & Tennessee: An Intimate Conversation | Self - TV Host (archive footage) | |
| Movie | 2010 | Unforgettable | | |
| Movie | 1971 | Festival at Ford's | Self | |
| Movie | 2022 | Joni Mitchell, Lady Blue | Self (archive footage) | |
| Movie | 2019 | Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast | Self - TV Host (archive footage) | |
| Movie | 2024 | From Roger Moore with Love | Self | |
| Movie | 1981 | Dick Cavett Meets ABBA | Host | |
| Movie | 2025 | One to One: John & Yoko | Self (archive footage) | |
| Movie | 2000 | Lucille Ball: Finding Lucy | Self (archive footage) | |
| Movie | 2025 | From Darkness to Light | Self (archive footage) | |
| Movie | 2013 | Gore Vidal: The United States of Amnesia | Self (archive footage) | |
| TV Show | 1982 | Cheers | Himself | 1 |
| TV Show | 1989 | The Simpsons | Dick Cavett (voice) | 1 |
| TV Show | 2003 | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Self | 1 |
| TV Show | 1970 | The Odd Couple | Dick Cavett | 1 |
| TV Show | 1971 | Alias Smith and Jones | | 1 |
| TV Show | 1962 | The Merv Griffin Show | Self | 3 |
| TV Show | 1982 | Hotel | | 1 |
| TV Show | 2007 | Gossip Girl | Self | 1 |
| TV Show | 1979 | Time Was | Self - Host | 6 |
| TV Show | 1968 | Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In | Self | 2 |
| TV Show | 2021 | The Story of Late Night | Self | 6 |
| TV Show | 1966 | ABC Stage 67 | Self - Host | 1 |
| TV Show | 1969 | This Is Tom Jones | Self | 1 |
| TV Show | 1975 | Saturday Night Live | Self - Cameo (uncredited) | 1 |
| TV Show | 1985 | Amazing Stories | Dick Cavett | 1 |
| TV Show | 1962 | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Self | 3 |
| TV Show | 2008 | Childrens Hospital | Dick Cavett | 1 |
| TV Show | 1974 | Dinah! | Self | 3 |
| TV Show | 2014 | Late Night with Seth Meyers | Self | 1 |
| TV Show | 1967 | The Phil Donahue Show | Self | 1 |
| TV Show | 2021 | 1971: The Year That Music Changed Everything | Self (archive footage) | 1 |
| TV Show | 1968 | The Dick Cavett Show | Self - Host | 470 |
| TV Show | 2009 | Celebrity Ghost Stories | Self | 1 |
| TV Show | 2019 | What's My Name | Muhammad Ali | Self (archive footage) | 2 |
| TV Show | 1975 | Saturday Night Live | Self - Host | 2 |
| TV Show | 2009 | Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen | Self - Guest | 1 |
| TV Show | 2015 | The Late Show with Stephen Colbert | Self | 1 |
| TV Show | 1981 | Remember When | Self - Host | 8 |
| TV Show | 1982 | Yesteryear | Self - Host | 6 |
| TV Show | 1958 | Kraft Music Hall | Self | 5 |
| TV Show | 1986 | It's Garry Shandling's Show | Self (archive footage) (audio) (uncredited) | 1 |
| TV Show | 2011 | George Harrison: Living in the Material World | Self (archive footage) | 2 |
