# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/calvert-deforest
# Generated: 2026-08-12T18:00:15.898Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/calvert-deforest"
name: "Calvert DeForest"
slug: "calvert-deforest"
description: "Calvert Grant DeForest, also known by his character name Larry \"Bud\" Melman, was an American actor and comedian, best known for his appearances on Late Night with David Letterman and Late Show with David Letterman."
tagline: "American comedian"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Calvert_DeForest_(1990).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1921-07-23"
deathDate: "2007-03-19"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.769482666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0214531/"
    handle:    "nm0214531"
sources:
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    title: "کالورٹ ڈی فارسٹ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Calvert DeForest"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "كالفيرت ديفوريست"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calvert_DeForest"
    title: "Calvert DeForest"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calvert_DeForest"
    title: "Calvert DeForest"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calvert_DeForest"
    title: "Calvert DeForest"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calvert_DeForest"
    title: "Calvert DeForest"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calvert_DeForest"
    title: "Calvert DeForest"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2934525"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1058636"
    title: "Calvert DeForest"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump