Bud Cort
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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
Credits
Heat (1995)
as Solenko, Restaurant Manager (uncredited)
Coyote Ugly (2000)
as Romero
The Little Prince (2015)
as The King (voice)
Dogma (1999)
as John Doe Jersey
But I'm a Cheerleader (2000)
as Peter
M*A*S*H (1970)
as Pvt. Warren Boone
The Number 23 (2007)
as Dr. Sirius Leary
The Big Empty (2003)
as Neely
Maria's Lovers (1984)
as Harvey
Harold and Maude (1971)
as Harold
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004)
as Bill Ubell
Bates Motel (1987)
as Alex West
Pollock (2000)
as Howard Putzel
Electric Dreams (1984)
as Edgar (voice)
Love Letters (1983)
as Danny De Fronso
The Million Dollar Hotel (2000)
as Shorty
Invaders from Mars (1986)
as Mark Weinstein
Pumping Iron (1977)
as Self
Theodore Rex (1995)
as Spinner
Brain Dead (1990)
as Jack Halsey
And the Band Played On (1993)
as Antique Shop Owner
Sweet Charity (1969)
as Flower Child (uncredited)
Out of the Dark (1988)
as Dave Stringer
The Chocolate War (1988)
as Brother Jacques
Night of 100 Stars (1982)
as Self
Up the Down Staircase (1967)
as Student
Ted & Venus (1991)
as Ted Whitley
Sweet Jane (1998)
as Dr. Geiler
Hysterical (1982)
as Dr. John
Brewster McCloud (1971)
as Brewster
I Woke Up Early the Day I Died (1998)
as Shopkeeper
South of Heaven, West of Hell (2000)
as Agent Otts
Love at Stake (1987)
as Parson Babcock
Brave New World (1980)
as Bernard Marx
The Strawberry Statement (1970)
as Elliot
The Source Family (2013)
as Self (archive footage)
Gas! -Or- It Became Necessary to Destroy the World in Order to Save It. (1970)
as Hooper
Altman on His Own Terms (2000)
as Self
The Traveling Executioner (1970)
as Jimmy Croft
Die Laughing (1980)
as Mueller
The Nightingale (1983)
as Music Master
Son of Hitler (1979)
as Willi Hitler
Hallucination Strip (1975)
as Massimo Monaldi
This Is an Adventure (2005)
as Self
Martini Ranch: Reach (1988)
as Crazy Local
Bernice Bobs Her Hair (1976)
as Warren
Raw Iron: The Making of 'Pumping Iron' (2002)
as Self (archive footage)
Why Shoot the Teacher? (1977)
as Max Brown
Girl in the Cadillac (1995)
as Bud
Crazy for a Kiss (1995)
as Dr. Webb
Jitters (1997)
as Michael
The Secret Diary of Sigmund Freud (1984)
as Sigmund Freud
Matthew Gray Gubler's Life Aquatic Intern Journal (2005)
as Self
Carol Leifer: Gaudy, Bawdy & Blue (1992)
as Squid Jr.
Affections (2016)
Actor
She Dances Alone (1981)
as Director
Rumpelstiltskin (1982)
as The Page
Telephone (1986)
Actor