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