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Bud Cort
Born: 1948-03-29 in 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.
Rated Filmography (58)
Sorted by Score10.0
She Dances Alone
1981
9.0
Altman on His Own Terms
2000
8.0
Telephone
1986
7.9
Heat
1995
7.6
The Little Prince
2015
7.6
Harold and Maude
1971
7.2
Pumping Iron
1977
7.1
Raw Iron: The Making of 'Pumping Iron'
2002
7.1
Up the Down Staircase
1967
7.1
But I'm a Cheerleader
2000
7.1
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
2004
7.0
Crazy for a Kiss
1995
7.0
Jitters
1997
6.9
Dogma
1999
6.9
M*A*S*H
1970
6.9
Sweet Charity
1969
6.8
This Is an Adventure
2005
6.7
Pollock
2000
6.4
Matthew Gray Gubler's Life Aquatic Intern Journal
2005
6.4
And the Band Played On
1993
6.4
The Number 23
2007
6.4
Electric Dreams
1984
6.4
Why Shoot the Teacher?
1977
6.3
Brewster McCloud
1971
6.3
The Chocolate War
1988
6.3
Coyote Ugly
2000
6.1
Brave New World
1980
6.1
The Source Family
2013
6.1
The Big Empty
2003
6.0
Maria's Lovers
1984
5.9
The Strawberry Statement
1970
5.9
Rumpelstiltskin
1982
5.9
The Million Dollar Hotel
2000
5.9
The Traveling Executioner
1970
5.8
Son of Hitler
1979
5.8
Night of 100 Stars
1982
5.7
Brain Dead
1990
5.6
Love Letters
1983
5.6
Out of the Dark
1988
5.6
Out of the Dark
1988
5.6
Invaders from Mars
1986
5.6
Love at Stake
1987
5.5
Affections
2016
5.5
Sweet Jane
1998
5.4
Hallucination Strip
1975
5.3
Bernice Bobs Her Hair
1976
5.3
The Nightingale
1983
4.8
I Woke Up Early the Day I Died
1998
4.8
Girl in the Cadillac
1995
4.8
South of Heaven, West of Hell
2000
4.6
The Secret Diary of Sigmund Freud
1984
4.6
Bates Motel
1987
4.6
Die Laughing
1980
4.5
Hysterical
1982
4.5
Ted & Venus
1991
4.3
Gas! -Or- It Became Necessary to Destroy the World in Order to Save It.
1970
3.6
Theodore Rex
1995
3.5
Martini Ranch: Reach
1988