1. Calvert DeForest claimed that his father was related to radio pioneer Lee de Forest.
16 Facts About Calvert DeForest
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Calvert DeForest attended Poly Prep Country Day School in Brooklyn, New York.
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Calvert DeForest was employed for many years as a file clerk at the pharmaceutical company Parke-Davis, which was later acquired by Pfizer.
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Calvert DeForest had aspirations of acting but was discouraged by his mother, who was briefly an actress herself.
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Calvert DeForest worked part-time as a receptionist at a drug rehabilitation center until February 1984, when his supervisor learned of his employment with NBC and his resulting ineligibility for the position and asked him to resign.
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In early 1982, Calvert DeForest was hired to appear on the new NBC program Late Night with David Letterman.
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On Late Night, Calvert DeForest played the role of Larry "Bud" Melman.
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Calvert DeForest was simply an older, short, portly man with thick black-framed glasses who was seen relatively frequently, especially in the early years.
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Calvert DeForest was ostensibly the producer of the show as the head of "Melman Productions", although this facet of the character was dropped.
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Calvert DeForest was noted for his remote interviews in which he would ask the interviewee a question, but pitch the microphone to the interviewee too quickly, resulting in the last part of the question being inaudible to Dave and the audience.
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However, starting from the first edition of Late Show with David Letterman, Calvert DeForest continued to play exactly the same character he had played on Late Night, now simply using his real name.
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Calvert DeForest has appeared on Letterman's show until his 81st birthday in 2002 before retiring from acting.
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Calvert DeForest had appeared in 15 outside films or TV shows since he began his association with Letterman in 1982.
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Calvert DeForest was co-host on the local SF Bay Area radio program, 10@10, on KFOG with Dave Morey.
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Calvert DeForest appeared on the first episode of the 1996 series The Dana Carvey Show on ABC.
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Calvert DeForest appeared as Rusty in the 1986 episode The Gang's All Here of the television show Pee-wee's Playhouse.