- Born
- Died
- Height5′ 2″ (1.57 m)
- Calvert DeForest was born on July 23, 1921 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Freaked (1993), Mr. Write (1994) and Shortcut to Happiness (2003). He died on March 19, 2007 in West Islip, Long Island, New York, USA.
- RelativesDeForest Kelley(Cousin)
- His voice, white hair, big black glasses
- Calvert's uncle, Lee De Forest, invented the 3-element vacuum tube which helped usher in the age of radio and television.
- Cousin of Bebe Daniels and DeForest Kelley.
- Shortly after David Letterman discovered him in a student movie, he went on to introduce Letterman's very first late-night TV talk show on NBC in February 1982. In this capacity he became best-known as Larry (Bud) Melman, Dave's fumbling sidekick who would frequently upstage Letterman himself.
- Calvert received an average of 200 fan letters and 2 dozen interview requests per week.
- The character name of "Larry 'Bud' Melman" was the intellectual property of NBC and could not be used when David Letterman's show moved to CBS.
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