Bud Cort
Born: 1948-03-29
• Rye, New York, USA
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.
Filmography
Affections
The Little Prince
The Source Family
The Number 23
This Is an Adventure
Matthew Gray Gubler's Life Aquatic Intern Journal
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
The Big Empty
Raw Iron: The Making of 'Pumping Iron'
Pollock
Coyote Ugly
But I'm a Cheerleader
The Million Dollar Hotel
South of Heaven, West of Hell
Altman on His Own Terms
Dogma
I Woke Up Early the Day I Died
Sweet Jane
Jitters
Heat
Theodore Rex
Girl in the Cadillac
Crazy for a Kiss
And the Band Played On
No Image
Carol Leifer: Gaudy, Bawdy & Blue
Ted & Venus
Brain Dead
The Chocolate War
Out of the Dark
Out of the Dark
Martini Ranch: Reach
Love at Stake
Bates Motel
Invaders from Mars
Telephone
Electric Dreams
Maria's Lovers
The Secret Diary of Sigmund Freud
The Nightingale
Love Letters
Hysterical
Rumpelstiltskin
Night of 100 Stars
She Dances Alone
Die Laughing
Brave New World
Son of Hitler
Why Shoot the Teacher?
Pumping Iron
Bernice Bobs Her Hair
Hallucination Strip
Harold and Maude
Brewster McCloud
The Traveling Executioner
Gas! -Or- It Became Necessary to Destroy the World in Order to Save It.
The Strawberry Statement
M*A*S*H
Sweet Charity
Up the Down Staircase