Bud Cort
Department: Acting
Biography
Walter Edward Cox, known professionally as Bud Cort (March 29, 1948 – February 11, 2026) was an American film and stage actor, writer, and director. He is best known for his portrayals of Harold in Hal Ashby's 1971 film Harold and Maude and the titular hero in Robert Altman's 1970 film Brewster McCloud. Both films have large cult followings today.
Known For
The Million Dollar Hotel
2000
Harold and Maude
1971
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
2004
Dogma
1999
And the Band Played On
1993
I Woke Up Early the Day I Died
1998
Pumping Iron
1977
Brain Dead
1990
But I'm a Cheerleader
2000
Out of the Dark
1988
Sweet Charity
1969
Invaders from Mars
1986
South of Heaven, West of Hell
2000
The Number 23
2007
The Chocolate War
1988
Brewster McCloud
1971
Pollock
2000
Theodore Rex
1995
The Big Empty
2003
Brave New World
1980
Electric Dreams
1984
The Strawberry Statement
1970
Hysterical
1982
The Traveling Executioner
1970
Son of Hitler
1979
Gas! -Or- It Became Necessary to Destroy the World in Order to Save It.
1970
Ted & Venus
1991
Bates Motel
1987
Love at Stake
1987
Maria's Lovers
1984
Hallucination Strip
1975
The Source Family
2013
Why Shoot the Teacher?
1977
This Is an Adventure
2005
Matthew Gray Gubler's Life Aquatic Intern Journal
2005
Crazy for a Kiss
1995
Girl in the Cadillac
1995
Out of the Dark
1988
Die Laughing
1980
Jitters
1997
Affections
2016
Heat
1995
The Little Prince
2015
M*A*S*H
1970
Sweet Jane
1998
Rumpelstiltskin
1982
The Nightingale
1983
Bernice Bobs Her Hair
1976
Carol Leifer: Gaudy, Bawdy & Blue
1992
Up the Down Staircase
1967
The Secret Diary of Sigmund Freud
1984
Love Letters
1983
Coyote Ugly
2000
She Dances Alone
1981
Raw Iron: The Making of 'Pumping Iron'
2002
Telephone
1986
Night of 100 Stars
1982
Altman on His Own Terms
2000
Martini Ranch: Reach
1988
Tales from the Darkside
1984
Sledge Hammer!
1986
Static Shock
2000
The Twilight Zone
1985
Tales of the Unexpected
1979
Faerie Tale Theatre
1982
Arrested Development
2003
The Hitchhiker
1983
Superman: The Animated Series
1996
Batman: The Animated Series
1992
Jack's Place
1992
Justice League Unlimited
2004
Faerie Tale Theatre
1982
Dream On
1990
Bob
1992
Ugly Betty
2006