Bud Cort 1948 - 2026 78

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.

From Rye, New York, USA

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Rating

51M

Budget

100M

Revenue

Acting

Primarily

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2016 Affections

2015 The Little Prince as The King (voice)

2013 The Source Family as Self (archive footage)

2007 The Number 23 as Dr. Sirius Leary

2005 This Is an Adventure as Self

2005 Matthew Gray Gubler's Life Aquatic Intern Journal as Self

2004 The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou as Bill Ubell

2003 The Big Empty as Neely

2002 Raw Iron: The Making of 'Pumping Iron' as Self (archive footage)

2000 Pollock as Howard Putzel

2000 Coyote Ugly as Romero

2000 But I'm a Cheerleader as Peter

2000 The Million Dollar Hotel as Shorty

2000 South of Heaven, West of Hell as Agent Otts

2000 Altman on His Own Terms as Self

1999 Dogma as John Doe Jersey

1998 I Woke Up Early the Day I Died as Shopkeeper

1998 Sweet Jane as Dr. Geiler

1997 Jitters as Michael

1995 Heat as Solenko, Restaurant Manager (uncredited)

1995 Theodore Rex as Spinner

1995 Girl in the Cadillac as Bud

1995 Crazy for a Kiss as Dr. Webb

1993 And the Band Played On as Antique Shop Owner

1992 Carol Leifer: Gaudy, Bawdy & Blue as Squid Jr.

1991 Ted & Venus as Ted Whitley Director, Screenplay

1990 Brain Dead as Jack Halsey

1988 The Chocolate War as Brother Jacques

1988 Out of the Dark as Dave Stringer, Stringer

1988 Martini Ranch: Reach as Crazy Local Recording Supervision

1987 Love at Stake as Parson Babcock

1987 Bates Motel as Alex West

1986 Invaders from Mars as Mark Weinstein

1986 Telephone

1984 Electric Dreams as Edgar (voice)

1984 Maria's Lovers as Harvey

1984 The Secret Diary of Sigmund Freud as Sigmund Freud

1983 The Nightingale as Music Master

1983 Love Letters as Danny De Fronso

1982 Hysterical as Dr. John

1982 Rumpelstiltskin as The Page

1982 Night of 100 Stars as Self

1981 She Dances Alone as Director Dramaturgy

1980 Die Laughing as Mueller

1980 Brave New World as Bernard Marx

1979 Son of Hitler as Willi Hitler

1977 Why Shoot the Teacher? as Max Brown

1977 Pumping Iron as Self

1976 Bernice Bobs Her Hair as Warren

1975 Hallucination Strip as Massimo Monaldi

1971 Harold and Maude as Harold

1971 Brewster McCloud as Brewster

1970 The Traveling Executioner as Jimmy Croft

1970 Gas! -Or- It Became Necessary to Destroy the World in Order to Save It. as Hooper

1970 The Strawberry Statement as Elliot

1970 M*A*S*H as Pvt. Warren Boone

1969 Sweet Charity as Flower Child (uncredited)

1967 Up the Down Staircase as Student

Genres

7.61 Animation 1

6.95 War 1

6.66 History 1

6.61 Documentary 6

6.46 Adventure 4

6.10 Music 5

5.91 Drama 25

5.91 Romance 11

5.86 TV Movie 7

5.82 Action 3

5.67 Comedy 27

5.60 Mystery 3

5.53 Thriller 5

5.43 Crime 6

5.38 Fantasy 7

5.36 Science Fiction 7

5.34 Family 4

5.19 Western 2

5.18 Horror 6