
Bud Cort
Acting
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.

Affections

The Little Prince
The King (voice)

The Source Family
Self (archive footage)

The Number 23
Dr. Sirius Leary

This Is an Adventure
Self

Matthew Gray Gubler's Life Aquatic Intern Journal
Self

The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
Bill Ubell

The Big Empty
Neely

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

Pollock
Howard Putzel

Coyote Ugly
Romero

But I'm a Cheerleader
Peter

The Million Dollar Hotel
Shorty

South of Heaven, West of Hell
Agent Otts

Altman on His Own Terms
Self

Dogma
John Doe Jersey

I Woke Up Early the Day I Died
Shopkeeper

Sweet Jane
Dr. Geiler

Jitters
Michael

Heat
Solenko, Restaurant Manager (uncredited)

Theodore Rex
Spinner

Girl in the Cadillac
Bud

Crazy for a Kiss
Dr. Webb

And the Band Played On
Antique Shop Owner
Carol Leifer: Gaudy, Bawdy & Blue
Squid Jr.

Ted & Venus
Ted Whitley

Brain Dead
Jack Halsey

The Chocolate War
Brother Jacques

Out of the Dark
Stringer

Out of the Dark
Dave Stringer

Martini Ranch: Reach
Crazy Local

Love at Stake
Parson Babcock

Bates Motel
Alex West

Invaders from Mars
Mark Weinstein

Telephone

Electric Dreams
Edgar (voice)

Maria's Lovers
Harvey

The Secret Diary of Sigmund Freud
Sigmund Freud

The Nightingale
Music Master

Love Letters
Danny De Fronso

Hysterical
Dr. John

Rumpelstiltskin
The Page

Night of 100 Stars
Self

She Dances Alone
Director

Die Laughing
Mueller

Brave New World
Bernard Marx

Son of Hitler
Willi Hitler

Why Shoot the Teacher?
Max Brown

Pumping Iron
Self

Bernice Bobs Her Hair
Warren

Hallucination Strip
Massimo Monaldi

Harold and Maude
Harold

Brewster McCloud
Brewster

The Traveling Executioner
Jimmy Croft

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

The Strawberry Statement
Elliot

M*A*S*H
Pvt. Warren Boone

Sweet Charity
Flower Child (uncredited)

Up the Down Staircase
Student







