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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Electric Dreams
And the Band Played On
Pollock
Invaders from Mars
The Big Empty
Sweet Charity
Out of the Dark
Theodore Rex
Pumping Iron
Brain Dead
Bates Motel
I Woke Up Early the Day I Died
South of Heaven, West of Hell
Celebrating Laughter: The Life and Films of Colin Higgins
Brewster McCloud
Hysterical
Bernice Bobs Her Hair
Up the Down Staircase
Love Letters
Gas! -Or- It Became Necessary to Destroy the World in Order to Save It.
Raw Iron: The Making of 'Pumping Iron'
Girl in the Cadillac
The Strawberry Statement
Night of 100 Stars
Altman on His Own Terms
Ted & Venus
Why Shoot the Teacher?
Hallucination Strip
Brave New World
The Chocolate War
This Is an Adventure
The Secret Diary of Sigmund Freud
The Source Family
Die Laughing
Love at Stake
Matthew Gray Gubler's Life Aquatic Intern Journal
Martini Ranch: Reach
Son of Hitler
The Traveling Executioner
The Nightingale
She Dances Alone
Rumpelstiltskin
Crazy for a Kiss
Jitters
Affections
