Bud Cort
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.
As actor 74
Arrested Development
2003
Batman: The Animated Series
1992
Tales from the Darkside
1984
Superman: The Animated Series
1996
Ugly Betty
2006
The Twilight Zone
1985
Heat
1995
Tales of the Unexpected
1979
The Hitchhiker
1983
Justice League Unlimited
2004
Static Shock
2000
Faerie Tale Theatre
1982
Sledge Hammer!
1986
Dream On
1990
The Little Prince
2015
Dogma
1999
Coyote Ugly
2000
The Number 23
2007
M*A*S*H
1970
Bob
1992
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
2004
But I'm a Cheerleader
2000
Gun
1997
Sweet Charity
1969
Maria's Lovers
1984
The Big Empty
2003
Harold and Maude
1971
Jack's Place
1992
The Million Dollar Hotel
2000
Bates Motel
1987
Electric Dreams
1984
Pumping Iron
1977
And the Band Played On
1993
Brewster McCloud
1971
Theodore Rex
1995
Brain Dead
1990
Brave New World
1980
Invaders from Mars
1986
Pollock
2000
Sweet Jane
1998
Night of 100 Stars
1982
Crazy for a Kiss
1995
Love Letters
1983
Son of Hitler
1979
The Chocolate War
1988
Out of the Dark
1988
South of Heaven, West of Hell
2000
The Strawberry Statement
1970
Ted & Venus
1991
Matthew Gray Gubler's Life Aquatic Intern Journal
2005
I Woke Up Early the Day I Died
1998
Hysterical
1982
The Traveling Executioner
1970
Martini Ranch: Reach
1988
Up the Down Staircase
1967
Altman on His Own Terms
2000
Love at Stake
1987
Hallucination Strip
1975
Girl in the Cadillac
1995
Carol Leifer: Gaudy, Bawdy & Blue
1992
The Source Family
2013
Gas! -Or- It Became Necessary to Destroy the World in Order to Save It.
1970
The Nightingale
1983
Die Laughing
1980
She Dances Alone
1981
Raw Iron: The Making of 'Pumping Iron'
2002
This Is an Adventure
2005
Jitters
1997
Why Shoot the Teacher?
1977
The Secret Diary of Sigmund Freud
1984
Bernice Bobs Her Hair
1976
Rumpelstiltskin
1982
Telephone
1986
Affections
2016