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