Editing Calvert DeForest (section)

===Early life===
DeForest grew up in [[Bay Ridge, Brooklyn]].<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.nysun.com/obituaries/calvert-deforest-85-raised-to-fame-as-larry-bud/50970| title = Calvert DeForest, 85, Raised to Fame as Larry 'Bud' Melman}}</ref> He was born to Calvert Martin DeForest, M.D., a physician who died in 1930 at the age of 49, and Mabelle (Taylor) DeForest.<ref name="nytimes.com">Lee, Jennifer [https://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/22/arts/television/22defo.html "Calvert DeForest, 85, Larry (Bud) Melman on 'Letterman', Dies"], ''New York Times'', March 22, 2007.</ref> He claimed that his father was related to radio pioneer [[Lee de Forest]].<ref>Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211205/COSIxe1GS2Q Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20180911140706/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COSIxe1GS2Q&feature=youtu.be Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite web| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COSIxe1GS2Q| title = Tom Snyder's Last Cable Show w/Bob Newhart, Calvert DeForest, Dec. 1, 1994 | website=[[YouTube]]}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

DeForest attended [[Poly Prep Country Day School]] in [[Brooklyn]], [[New York (state)|New York]]. He was employed for many years as a [[clerk|file clerk]] at the pharmaceutical company [[Parke-Davis]], which was later acquired by [[Pfizer]]. He had aspirations of acting but was discouraged by his mother, who was briefly an actress herself. After her death in 1969, DeForest did part-time backstage work, which eventually led to acting work, and is credited with appearing in five films from 1972 to 1982. He 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 (as it was part of a program designed for those who made under $6,000 a year) and asked him to resign.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1984/03/12/arts/leterman-aide-loses-a-job.html |title=Letterman Aide Loses a Job |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=1984-03-12|access-date=2014-04-28}}</ref>