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