
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.

Shorty
The Million Dollar Hotel

Harold
Harold and Maude

Bill Ubell
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou

John Doe Jersey
Dogma

Antique Shop Owner
And the Band Played On

Shopkeeper
I Woke Up Early the Day I Died

Self
Pumping Iron

Jack Halsey
Brain Dead

Peter
But I'm a Cheerleader

Dave Stringer
Out of the Dark

Flower Child (uncredited)
Sweet Charity

Mark Weinstein
Invaders from Mars

Agent Otts
South of Heaven, West of Hell

Dr. Sirius Leary
The Number 23

Brother Jacques
The Chocolate War

Brewster
Brewster McCloud

Howard Putzel
Pollock

Spinner
Theodore Rex

Neely
The Big Empty

Bernard Marx
Brave New World

Edgar (voice)
Electric Dreams

Elliot
The Strawberry Statement

Dr. John
Hysterical

Jimmy Croft
The Traveling Executioner

Willi Hitler
Son of Hitler

Hooper
Gas! -Or- It Became Necessary to Destroy the World in Order to Save It.

Ted Whitley
Ted & Venus

Alex West
Bates Motel

Parson Babcock
Love at Stake

Harvey
Maria's Lovers

Massimo Monaldi
Roma drogata - La polizia non può intervenire

Self (archive footage)
The Source Family

Max Brown
Why Shoot the Teacher?

Self
This Is an Adventure

Self
Matthew Gray Gubler's Life Aquatic Intern Journal

Dr. Webb
Crazy for a Kiss

Bud
Girl in the Cadillac

Stringer
Out of the Dark

Mueller
Die Laughing

Michael
Jitters

Affections

Solenko, Restaurant Manager (uncredited)
Heat

The King (voice)
The Little Prince

Pvt. Warren Boone
M*A*S*H

Dr. Geiler
Sweet Jane

The Page
Rumpelstiltskin

Music Master
The Nightingale

Warren
Bernice Bobs Her Hair

Squid Jr.
Carol Leifer: Gaudy, Bawdy & Blue

Student
Up the Down Staircase

Sigmund Freud
The Secret Diary of Sigmund Freud

Danny De Fronso
Love Letters

Romero
Coyote Ugly

Director
She Dances Alone

Self (archive footage)
Raw Iron: The Making of 'Pumping Iron'

Telephone

Self
Night of 100 Stars

Self
Altman on His Own Terms

Crazy Local
Martini Ranch: Reach
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
59
Gender
Male
Birthday
1948-03-29
Place of Birth
Rye, New York, USA
Also Known As
Walter Edward Cox