Bud Cort
Born
3/29/1948
Rye, New York, USA
Bud Cort
Biography
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.
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.
Known For58 Movies
Heat
1995
★7.9
The Little Prince
2015
★7.6
Dogma
1999
★6.9
Coyote Ugly
2000
★6.3
The Number 23
2007
★6.4
M*A*S*H
1970
★6.9
Maria's Lovers
1984
★6.0
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
2004
★7.1
But I'm a Cheerleader
2000
★7.1
The Million Dollar Hotel
2000
★5.9
Harold and Maude
1971
★7.6
The Big Empty
2003
★6.1
Invaders from Mars
1986
★5.6
And the Band Played On
1993
★6.4
Pumping Iron
1977
★7.1
Electric Dreams
1984
★6.4
Sweet Charity
1969
★6.9
Pollock
2000
★6.7
Theodore Rex
1995
★3.6
Bates Motel
1987
★4.6
Out of the Dark
1988
★5.6
Out of the Dark
1988
★5.6
Brave New World
1980
★6.2
Brain Dead
1990
★5.7
Brewster McCloud
1971
★6.3
Up the Down Staircase
1967
★7.1
Sweet Jane
1998
★5.5
Hysterical
1982
★4.5
Night of 100 Stars
1982
★5.8
Love Letters
1983
★5.6
South of Heaven, West of Hell
2000
★4.8
Love at Stake
1987
★5.6
The Strawberry Statement
1970
★5.9
Matthew Gray Gubler's Life Aquatic Intern Journal
2005
★6.4
Raw Iron: The Making of 'Pumping Iron'
2002
★7.1
Ted & Venus
1991
★4.5
Gas! -Or- It Became Necessary to Destroy the World in Order to Save It.
1970
★4.3
Bernice Bobs Her Hair
1976
★5.3
This Is an Adventure
2005
★6.8
Altman on His Own Terms
2000
★9.0
The Chocolate War
1988
★6.3
The Traveling Executioner
1970
★5.9
I Woke Up Early the Day I Died
1998
★4.8
Hallucination Strip
1975
★5.4
Die Laughing
1980
★4.6
The Nightingale
1983
★5.3
Martini Ranch: Reach
1988
★3.5
Girl in the Cadillac
1995
★4.8
Rumpelstiltskin
1982
★5.9
Son of Hitler
1979
★5.8
Jitters
1997
★7.0
The Source Family
2013
★6.1
The Secret Diary of Sigmund Freud
1984
★4.6
Why Shoot the Teacher?
1977
★6.4
She Dances Alone
1981
★10.0
Crazy for a Kiss
1995
★7.0
Telephone
1986
★8.0
Affections
2016
★5.5