| 2026 | Mel Brooks: The 99 Year Old Man!Series | Self - Talk Show Host | 90 |
| 2025 | John Candy: I Like MeMovie | Self - Host, The Dick Cavett Show (archive footage) | 89 |
| 2025 | SLY LIVES! (aka The Burden of Black Genius)Movie | Self | 89 |
| 2025 | The New Yorker at 100Movie | Self (archive footage) | 89 |
| 2025 | One to One: John & YokoMovie | Self (archive footage) | 89 |
| 2025 | From Darkness to LightMovie | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 89 |
| 2024 | Jim Henson Idea ManMovie | Self (archive footage) | 88 |
| 2024 | From Roger Moore with LoveMovie | Self | 88 |
| 2024 | Remembering Gene WilderMovie | Self (archive footage) | 88 |
| 2024 | Group TherapyMovie | Self - Host, The Dick Cavett Show (archive footage) | 88 |
| 2023 | Paul Newman: The RestlessMovie | Self | 87 |
| 2023 | Godard CinemaMovie | Self (archive footage) | 87 |
| 2023 | Godard by GodardMovie | Self (archive footage) | 87 |
| 2023 | The Lost Weekend: A Love StoryMovie | Self (archive footage) | 87 |
| 2022 | Moonage DaydreamMovie | Self (archive footage) | 86 |
| 2022 | Louis Armstrong's Black & BluesMovie | Self (archive footage) | 86 |
| 2022 | 2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction CeremonyMovie | Self (archive footage) | 86 |
| 2022 | Lucy and DesiMovie | Self (archive footage) | 86 |
| 2022 | The Ghost of Richard HarrisMovie | Self | 86 |
| 2021 | 1971: The Year That Music Changed EverythingSeries | Self (archive footage) | 85 |
| 2021 | Boulevard! A Hollywood StoryMovie | Self (archive footage) | 85 |
| 2021 | The Story of Late NightSeries | Self | 85 |
| 2021 | The Capote TapesMovie | Self | 85 |
| 2021 | Truman & Tennessee: An Intimate ConversationMovie | Self - TV Host (archive footage) | 85 |
| 2019 | Nice Girls Don't Stay for BreakfastMovie | Self - TV Host (archive footage) | 83 |
| 2019 | Mike Wallace Is HereMovie | (archive footage) | 83 |
| 2019 | What She Said: The Art of Pauline KaelMovie | Self | 83 |
| 2019 | What's My Name | Muhammad AliSeries | Self (archive footage) | 83 |
| 2019 | Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My VoiceMovie | Self (archive footage) | 83 |
| 2019 | Toni Morrison: The Pieces I AmMovie | Self (archive footage) | 83 |
| 2019 | Alan Pakula: Going for TruthMovie | Self | 83 |
| 2018 | Bergman: A Year in a LifeMovie | Self | 82 |
| 2018 | NureyevMovie | Self, Archive Footage | 82 |
| 2018 | Ali & Cavett: The Tale of the TapesMovie | Self | 82 |
| 2017 | This Is Bob Hope...Movie | Self | 81 |
| 2017 | On the Sly: In Search of the Family StoneMovie | — | 81 |
| 2016 | All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. StoneMovie | Self | 80 |
| 2015 | The Late Show with Stephen ColbertSeries | Self - Guest | 79 |
| 2015 | Best of EnemiesMovie | Self | 79 |
| 2015 | Janis: Little Girl BlueMovie | Himself | 79 |
| 2015 | Listen to Me MarlonMovie | Self (archive footage) | 79 |
| 2014 | Late Night with Seth MeyersSeries | Self | 78 |
| 2014 | River of FundamentMovie | Wake Guest | 78 |
| 2013 | David Bowie: Five YearsMovie | Self (archive footage) | 77 |
| 2013 | Gore Vidal: The United States of AmnesiaMovie | Self (archive footage) | 77 |
| 2013 | Jimi Hendrix: Hear My Train a Comin'Movie | Self - TV Host (archive footage) | 77 |
| 2012 | Driving Me CrazyMovie | Mr. Johnson | 76 |
| 2012 | Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to TravelMovie | Self (archive footage) | 76 |
| 2012 | Deceptive Practice: The Mysteries and Mentors of Ricky JayMovie | Narrator | 76 |
| 2012 | Excuse Me for LivingMovie | Reverend Pilatus | 76 |
| 2011 | Woody Allen: A DocumentaryMovie | Self | 75 |
| 2011 | George Harrison: Living in the Material WorldSeries | Self (archive footage) | 75 |
| 2011 | Mel Brooks and Dick Cavett Together AgainMovie | Self | 75 |
| 2010 | Smash His CameraMovie | Self | 74 |
| 2009 | Watch What Happens Live with Andy CohenSeries | Self - Guest | 73 |
| 2009 | Celebrity Ghost StoriesSeries | Self | 73 |
| 2008 | Childrens HospitalSeries | Dick Cavett | 72 |
| 2008 | Roman Polanski: Wanted and DesiredMovie | Self (archive footage) | 72 |
| 2007 | Gossip GirlSeries | Self | 71 |
| 2007 | Black White + Gray: A Portrait of Sam Wagstaff and Robert MapplethorpeMovie | Self (archive footage) | 71 |
| 2007 | To My Great Chagrin: The Unbelievable Story of Brother TheodoreMovie | Self | 71 |
| 2006 | Stardust: The Bette Davis StoryMovie | Self (archive footage) | 70 |
| 2005 | Duane HopwoodMovie | — | 69 |
| 2005 | Inside Deep ThroatMovie | Self | 69 |
| 2004 | Celsius 41.11Movie | Self (archive footage) | 68 |
| 2003 | Jimmy Kimmel Live!Series | Self - Guest | 67 |
| 2000 | FrequencyMovie | Himself | 64 |
| 1997 | Elvis Meets NixonMovie | Narrator | 61 |
| 1994 | Forrest GumpMovie | Dick Cavett | 58 |
| 1993 | Barbarians at the GateMovie | Self | 57 |
| 1991 | Year of the GunMovie | Ben Gershon | 55 |
| 1991 | The One, the Only... GrouchoMovie | Self | 55 |
| 1990 | Night of 100 Stars IIIMovie | Self | 54 |
| 1989 | The SimpsonsSeries | Dick Cavett (voice) | 53 |
| 1988 | BeetlejuiceMovie | Bernard | 52 |
| 1988 | Moon Over ParadorMovie | Self | 52 |
| 1988 | After SchoolMovie | Himself | 52 |
| 1987 | A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream WarriorsMovie | Dick Cavett | 51 |
| 1987 | Penn & Teller's Invisible ThreadMovie | Dick Cavett | 51 |
| 1986 | It's Garry Shandling's ShowSeries | Self (archive footage) (audio) (uncredited) | 50 |
| 1986 | Doctor Duck's Super Secret All-Purpose SauceMovie | Self | 50 |
| 1986 | Bye Bye KiplingMovie | Self | 50 |
| 1985 | Amazing StoriesSeries | Dick Cavett | 49 |
| 1983 | KoyaanisqatsiMovie | Self (archive footage) | 47 |
| 1982 | HotelSeries | — | 46 |
| 1982 | CheersSeries | Himself | 46 |
| 1982 | Late Night with David LettermanSeries | Self - Guest | 46 |
| 1982 | The Marx Brothers in a NutshellMovie | Self | 46 |
| 1980 | SimonMovie | Himself | 44 |
| 1980 | HealtHMovie | Dick Cavett | 44 |
| 1978 | Power PlayMovie | Dick Cavett | 42 |
| 1977 | Annie HallMovie | Dick Cavett | 41 |
| 1975 | Saturday Night LiveSeries | Self - Host | 39 |
| 1974 | Dinah!Series | Self | 38 |
| 1974 | JanisMovie | — | 38 |
| 1973 | Jimi HendrixMovie | Self (archive footage) | 37 |
| 1972 | ImagineMovie | Self | 36 |
| 1972 | Hollywood: The Dream FactoryMovie | Narrator (voice) | 36 |
| 1972 | Cocksucker BluesMovie | Self | 36 |
| 1971 | Alias Smith and JonesSeries | — | 35 |
| 1970 | The Odd CoupleSeries | Dick Cavett | 34 |
| 1968 | The Dick Cavett ShowSeries | Self - Host | 32 |
| 1968 | Rowan & Martin's Laugh-InSeries | Self | 32 |
| 1966 | ABC Stage 67Series | Self - Host | 30 |
| 1962 | The Merv Griffin ShowSeries | Self | 26 |
| 1962 | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonSeries | Self | 26 |
| 1960 | Playhouse 90: The Hiding PlaceMovie | — | 24 |
| 1958 | Kraft Music HallSeries | Self | 22 |
| 0 | I Refuse to Kill: He Went to War with WarMovie | Self | — |
