# Strange old man....

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [May 8, 2000, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-old-man/18960 "2000-05-08T22:18:56Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 8, 2000, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-old-man/18960/1 "2000-05-08T22:18:56Z")

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Does anybody know the name of the old man who appeared in the 1-800-Collect commercials? He had the high voice. Of course the follow-up question, is he living?

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**Post date:** [May 8, 2000, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-old-man/18960/2 "2000-05-08T22:48:51Z")

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Calvert DeForest playing his Larry “Bud” Melman character.

He has a website [http://www.calvertdeforest.com/](http://www.calvertdeforest.com/)

He’s not listed on the Dead People Server, and as I don’t have the time to read his site, I presume he’s alive. But I could be wrong.