Bud Cort
Acting · Born 1948-03-29 · age 77 at death · 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.
Titles
Heat
The Number 23
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
The Little Prince
Dogma
Coyote Ugly
Batman: The Animated Series
Arrested Development
Harold and Maude
M*A*S*H
Justice League Unlimited
But I'm a Cheerleader
Superman: The Animated Series
The Million Dollar Hotel
Pollock
Ugly Betty
Invaders from Mars
The Twilight Zone
Static Shock
Electric Dreams
Sledge Hammer!
Brain Dead
Theodore Rex
And the Band Played On
Brewster McCloud
Tales from the Darkside
Sweet Charity
The Big Empty
Maria's Lovers
Bates Motel
Tales of the Unexpected
Out of the Dark
The Chocolate War
Dream On
Gas! -Or- It Became Necessary to Destroy the World in Order to Save It.
The Strawberry Statement
The Hitchhiker
Brave New World
Love Letters
Up the Down Staircase
Faerie Tale Theatre
I Woke Up Early the Day I Died
South of Heaven, West of Hell
Love at Stake
Hysterical
The Traveling Executioner
Bernice Bobs Her Hair
Sweet Jane
Ted & Venus
Girl in the Cadillac
Bob
Hallucination Strip
Die Laughing
The Secret Diary of Sigmund Freud
Rumpelstiltskin
Why Shoot the Teacher?
Son of Hitler
Affections
The Nightingale
Jack's Place