Calvert DeForest - Definition and Overview

Calvert DeForest (born July 23, 1921 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American actor and comedian.

DeForest is best known for his work as "Larry 'Bud' Melman" on Late Night with David Letterman. He appeared under his own name, but as essentially the same character, when Letterman moved to CBS to do The Late Show with David Letterman.

Filmography

• While the Cat's Away 1972 movie
• Apple Pie 1976 movie
• Blond Poison 1979 movie
• Late Night with David Letterman, 1982 TV Series, as "Larry Bud Melman"'
• The First Time, 1982 movie
• Nothing Lasts Forever, 1984
• Heaven Help Us, 1985 movie
• My Demon Lover, 1987 movie
• Leader of the Band, 1987 movie
• The Couch Potato Workout, 1988 video, as "Larry Bud Melman"
• Late Show with David Letterman, 1993 TV Series
• Freaked, 1993 movie as, "Larry Bud Melman"
• Mr. Write, 1994 movie
• Encino Woman, 1996 TV movie
• Nine Inch Nails: Closure, 1997 video
• Hercules, 1998 TV Series (voice of "Mr. Pygmalion")