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.
Filmography
She Dances Alone
1981 · 10.0
Batman: The Animated Series
1992 · 8.6
Justice League Unlimited
2004 · 8.3
Faerie Tale Theatre
1982 · 8.1
Static Shock
2000 · 8.0
Sledge Hammer!
1986 · 8.0
Jack's Place
1992 · 8.0
Telephone
1986 · 8.0
Heat
1995 · 7.9
Arrested Development
2003 · 7.9
The Twilight Zone
1985 · 7.7
Superman: The Animated Series
1996 · 7.7
The Little Prince
2015 · 7.6
Bob
1992 · 7.6
Harold and Maude
1971 · 7.6
Tales from the Darkside
1984 · 7.2
But I'm a Cheerleader
2000 · 7.1
Up the Down Staircase
1967 · 7.1
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
2004 · 7.1
Crazy for a Kiss
1995 · 7.0
M*A*S*H
1970 · 6.9
Dream On
1990 · 6.9
Dogma
1999 · 6.9
Sweet Charity
1969 · 6.9
Tales of the Unexpected
1979 · 6.8
Pollock
2000 · 6.7
Ugly Betty
2006 · 6.4
The Number 23
2007 · 6.4
Electric Dreams
1984 · 6.4
And the Band Played On
1993 · 6.4
Why Shoot the Teacher?
1977 · 6.4
Brewster McCloud
1971 · 6.3
The Chocolate War
1988 · 6.3
Coyote Ugly
2000 · 6.3
The Hitchhiker
1983 · 6.2
The Big Empty
2003 · 6.1
Brave New World
1980 · 6.1
Maria's Lovers
1984 · 6.0
The Traveling Executioner
1970 · 5.9
The Strawberry Statement
1970 · 5.9
Rumpelstiltskin
1982 · 5.9
The Million Dollar Hotel
2000 · 5.9
Son of Hitler
1979 · 5.8
Brain Dead
1990 · 5.6
Invaders from Mars
1986 · 5.6
Out of the Dark
1988 · 5.6
Love Letters
1983 · 5.6
Love at Stake
1987 · 5.6
Sweet Jane
1998 · 5.5
Affections
2016 · 5.5
Hallucination Strip
1975 · 5.4
Bernice Bobs Her Hair
1976 · 5.3
The Nightingale
1983 · 5.2
I Woke Up Early the Day I Died
1998 · 4.8
Girl in the Cadillac
1995 · 4.8
Gun
1997 · 4.6
South of Heaven, West of Hell
2000 · 4.6
The Secret Diary of Sigmund Freud
1984 · 4.6
Die Laughing
1980 · 4.6
Hysterical
1982 · 4.5
Bates Motel
1987 · 4.5
Ted & Venus
1991 · 4.5
Gas! -Or- It Became Necessary to Destroy the World in Order to Save It.
1970 · 4.3
Theodore Rex
1995 · 3.6
Martini Ranch: Reach
1988 · 3.5
Carol Leifer: Gaudy, Bawdy & Blue
1992 · 0.0