Dick Cavett – Pacific Pioneer Broadcasters Honors Dick Cavett with the Art Gilmore Career Achievement Award at the Sportsman’s Lodge in Studio City – November 7, 2014 – Sportsman’s Lodge – Studio City, CA, USA – Photo Credit: Billy Bennight / PR Photos
Birth Name: Richard Alva Cavett
Place of Birth: Gibbon, Nebraska, U.S.
Date of Birth: November 19, 1936
Ethnicity: German, Welsh, English, Scottish, distant Irish
Dick Cavett is an American television personality and talk show host. He was the host of The Dick Cavett Show from 1968 to 1986.
Dick is the son of Erabel “Era” (Richards) and Alva Bayard Cavett. Dick is married to author Martha Rogers. He was previously married to actress Carrie Nye, until her death.
Dick has stated:
My grandfather came from… one of them came from England, the other one came from Wales… I’m Scottish, Irish, English, and possibly partly French, and a dose of German.
Dick’s paternal grandmother was German and his maternal grandfather was Welsh. Dick’s paternal grandfather was not English, as stated, although his ancestry was English and Scottish.
Dick’s paternal grandfather was Alva Arthur Cavett (the son of Andrew James Cavett/Cavitt and Miami Eaton Coupland). Andrew was the son of Richard Cavett/Cavitt and Margaret Graham. Miami was the daughter of Joseph Coupland, who was English, and of Charity Wright.
Dick’s paternal grandmother Gertrude Pinsch (the daughter of Friedrich Pinsch and Maria). Gertrude was German.
Dick’s maternal grandfather was Richard Richards (the son of James Richards and Martha Evans). Richard was born in Laugharne, Carmarthenshire, Wales.
Dick’s maternal grandmother was Etta May/Mae/Martha Mitchell (the daughter of William Mitchell and Eliza Ellen Mitchell). William was the son of John Silas Mitchell and Mary “Polly” Atkins. Eliza was the daughter of William Mitchell and Mary Anne Atkison.
Sources: Genealogies of Dick Cavett – https://www.geni.com
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com
Genealogy of Dick’s father – https://www.findagrave.com
Genealogy of Dick’s mother – https://www.findagrave.com