
Bud Cort
Born March 29, 1948 · Rye, New York, USA
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.
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Harold and Maude

And the Band Played On

Invaders from Mars

Pollock

Altman on His Own Terms

Sweet Charity

Sweet Jane

South of Heaven, West of Hell

Night of 100 Stars

Bates Motel

Pumping Iron

I Woke Up Early the Day I Died

Brain Dead

Hysterical

The Big Empty

This Is an Adventure

The Chocolate War

Love Letters

Out of the Dark

The Traveling Executioner

The Strawberry Statement

Up the Down Staircase

Theodore Rex

Brewster McCloud

Bernice Bobs Her Hair

Martini Ranch: Reach

Ted & Venus

Matthew Gray Gubler's Life Aquatic Intern Journal

Die Laughing

Girl in the Cadillac

Love at Stake

Brave New World

The Secret Diary of Sigmund Freud

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

Raw Iron: The Making of 'Pumping Iron'

The Nightingale

Crazy for a Kiss

The Source Family

Why Shoot the Teacher?

Rumpelstiltskin

Son of Hitler

Hallucination Strip

She Dances Alone

Jitters

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