Bud Cort

Biography

Bud Cort (born Walter Edward Cox on March 29, 1948) is 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

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

film director

She Dances Alone

Self (archive footage)

Raw Iron: The Making of 'Pumping Iron'

Telephone

Self

Night of 100 Stars

Lazy Eye Pete

Gun

Self

Altman on His Own Terms

Personal Info

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