| * | November 19, 1936 Gibbon, Nebraska, USA | |
| as Richard Alva Cavett |
| Ronald L. Smith Who's Who in Comedy, Comedians, Comics and Clowns From Vaudeville to Today's Stand-ups New York, Oxford, 1992 |
| Monica M. O'Donnell (ed.) Contemporary Theatre, Film, and Television, Volume 1 Detroit, 1984
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