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