Biography
Bud Cort (born Walter Edward Cox on March 29, 1948) is 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 For
Complete Filmography
Affections
2016
A comedy about isolation and loneliness, Affections follows a young woman, adrift, seeking intimacy in the most unlikely places.
The Little Prince
2015
as The King (voice)
Based on the best-seller book 'The Little Prince', the movie tells the story of a little girl that lives with resignation in a world where efficiency ...
The Source Family
2013
as Self (archive footage)
A feature documentary film set in Hollywood, examining a radical experiment in '70s utopian living. The Source Family were the darlings of the Sunset ...
The Number 23
2007
as Dr. Sirius Leary
Animal control officer Walter Sparrow becomes obsessed with a novel that he believes was written about him, as more and more similarities between hims...
This Is an Adventure
2005
as Self
During production on the film "The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou", documentary filmmakers followed the cast and crew of a film which depicts other do...
Matthew Gray Gubler's Life Aquatic Intern Journal
2005
as Self
Documentary created by Matthew Gray Gubler during, and about, his time on the set of The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou. (Released in 2005)
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
2004
as Bill Ubell
Renowned oceanographer Steve Zissou has sworn vengeance upon the rare shark that devoured a member of his crew. In addition to his regular team, he is...
The Big Empty
2003
as Neely
Struggling actor John Person agrees to drive a blue suitcase from Los Angeles to the small town of Baker, Calif., and hand it over to a mysterious cow...
Raw Iron: The Making of 'Pumping Iron'
2002
as Self (archive footage)
A documentary on the making of "Pumping Iron" to celebrate its 25th anniversary. Aired on Cinemax.
Pollock
2000
as Howard Putzel
In August of 1949, Life Magazine ran a banner headline that begged the question: "Jackson Pollock: Is he the greatest living painter in the United Sta...
Coyote Ugly
2000
as Romero
Graced with a velvet voice, 21-year-old Violet Sanford heads to New York to pursue her dream of becoming a songwriter only to find her aspirations sid...
But I'm a Cheerleader
2000
as Peter
Megan is an all-American girl. A cheerleader. She has a boyfriend. But Megan doesn't like kissing her boyfriend very much. And she's pretty touchy wit...
The Million Dollar Hotel
2000
as Shorty
A federal agent searches for a potential killer among the bizarre residents of a dilapidated Los Angeles hotel.
South of Heaven, West of Hell
2000
as Agent Otts
Valentine Casey is a Marshal in the desolate Tucson territory of the early 1900s. On Christmas Eve, his outlaw family pays him a disturbing visit. He ...
Altman on His Own Terms
2000
as Self
A look at the life and career of acclaimed independent filmmaker Robert Altman...on his own words. The genius director who shook the cinema industry w...
Dogma
1999
as John Doe Jersey
An abortion clinic worker with a special heritage is called upon to save the existence of humanity from being negated by two renegade angels trying to...
I Woke Up Early the Day I Died
1998
as Shopkeeper
A mental patient escapes from the looney bin in drag, robs a bank, and goes on the lam!
Sweet Jane
1998
as Dr. Geiler
Jane, an HIV-positive heroin addict, meets Tony, a young AIDS victim with no family, and the two form a bond.
Jitters
1997
as Michael
An independent, professional woman has second thoughts about getting married.
Gun
1997
as Lazy Eye Pete
Follows a gun and the different hands it falls into and the different characters that use it.
Heat
1995
as Solenko, Restaurant Manager (uncredited)
Obsessive master thief Neil McCauley leads a top-notch crew on various daring heists throughout Los Angeles while determined detective Vincent Hanna p...
Theodore Rex
1995
as Spinner
In an alternate futuristic society, a tough female police detective is paired with a talking dinosaur to find the killer of dinosaurs and other prehis...
Girl in the Cadillac
1995
as Bud
A runaway teenage girl and a drifter rob a bank, hit the road to elude the Texas Rangers and find love on the run.
Crazy for a Kiss
1995
as Dr. Webb
On a hot sunny day in Kansas, 1973, Mike Kinross's parents tell him he's going on holiday to his Uncle Dan's house. But instead they drop him off at t...
And the Band Played On
1993
as Antique Shop Owner
The story of the discovery of the AIDS epidemic and the political infighting of the scientific community hampering the early fight with it.
Carol Leifer: Gaudy, Bawdy & Blue
1992
as Squid Jr.
Carol Leifer stars as Rusty Berman, a 1950's burlesque queen with an outrageous, risque act.
Ted & Venus
1991
as Ted Whitley
Ted is a 1970s Venice Beach poet who spends his days drifting along the boardwalk, reciting his poetry to anyone who will listen. His life changes whe...
Ted & Venus
1991
Director, Screenplay
Ted is a 1970s Venice Beach poet who spends his days drifting along the boardwalk, reciting his poetry to anyone who will listen. His life changes whe...
Brain Dead
1990
as Jack Halsey
In a battle of man versus machine, Martin, a top neurosurgeon who's studying brain malfunctions that cause mental illness, delves deep into his own mi...
The Chocolate War
1988
as Brother Jacques
Jerry, a new student at an elite Catholic prep school, must face the hazing practices handed down by the Vigils, a group of powerful students. When te...
Out of the Dark
1988
as Dave Stringer
A deranged killer wearing a clown mask begins preying on a group of young women working at a phone-sex company.
Out of the Dark
1988
as Stringer
A deranged killer wearing a clown mask begins preying on a group of young women working at a phone-sex company.
Love at Stake
1987
as Parson Babcock
Salem, 1692. The mayor and judge are accusing land owner of witchery in order to grab their land. No one knows that are handsome stranger is a real wi...
Bates Motel
1987
as Alex West
A mentally disturbed man, who roomed with the late Norman Bates at a psychiatric facility, inherits the infamous Bates Motel after his death and attem...
Invaders from Mars
1986
as Mark Weinstein
In this remake of the classic 1950s sci-fi tale, a boy tries to stop an invasion of his town by aliens who take over the the minds of his parents, his...
Telephone
1986
An emotionally-distraught and suicidal woman dials a random telephone number and gets a lonely man on the phone. With pistol in hand, she threatens to...
Maria's Lovers
1984
as Harvey
A World War II prisoner returns home to his childhood sweetheart. However, back home, he discovers that he has to compete to win her love.
Electric Dreams
1984
as Edgar (voice)
Miles buys himself a state-of-the-art computer that starts expressing thoughts and emotions after having champagne spilled on it. Things start getting...
The Secret Diary of Sigmund Freud
1984
as Sigmund Freud
Screwball account of the legendary psychologist's life leading up to his ground-breaking theories.
The Nightingale
1983
as Music Master
A kitchen maid and a nightingale help save an emperor with the power of song and friendship.
Love Letters
1983
as Danny De Fronso
After discovering a box of old love letters sent to her mother by a mysterious stranger, Anna, a young radio deejay, begins a torrid affair with a mar...
Hysterical
1982
as Dr. John
Frederic Lansing is a writer who hopes to find inspiration while vacationing in Hellview, Oregon; however, the lighthouse in which he's staying is hau...
Rumpelstiltskin
1982
as The Page
Desperate to save her own life, a miller's daughter makes a bargain with a strange elf-like character. When she cannot cover her debt she is faced wit...
Night of 100 Stars
1982
as Self
The most glittering, expensive, and exhausting videotaping session in television history took place Friday February 19, 1982 at New York's Radio City ...
She Dances Alone
1981
as film director
Director Robert Dornhelm casts Bud Cort for alter-ego purposes in She Dances Alone. Cort plays a documentary director, seeking to produce a film on th...
She Dances Alone
1981
Dramaturgy
Director Robert Dornhelm casts Bud Cort for alter-ego purposes in She Dances Alone. Cort plays a documentary director, seeking to produce a film on th...
Die Laughing
1980
as Mueller
A San Francisco cab driver find himself in possession of a monkey that is carrying a formula for turning atomic waste into a plutonium bomb. He finds ...
Brave New World
1980
as Bernard Marx
A man who grew up in a primitive society educating himself by reading Shakespeare is allowed to join the futuristic society where his parents are from...
Son of Hitler
1979
as Willi Hitler
The leader of a right-wing German political party discovers that an illiterate woodcarver is actually the son of Adolf Hitler.
Why Shoot the Teacher?
1977
as Max Brown
It's the winter of 1935 and Max Brown is newly arrived in Willowgreen, Saskatchewan - a rural Canadian prairie town - on his first teaching job in a o...
Pumping Iron
1977
as Self
Amateur and professional bodybuilders prepare for the 1975 Mr. Olympia and Mr. Universe contests as five-time champion Arnold Schwarzenegger defends h...
Bernice Bobs Her Hair
1976
as Warren
Bernice, a shy young woman, leaves her safe home to go visit her flapper cousin. When her cousin tries to teach Bernice how to be much more modern, Be...
Hallucination Strip
1975
as Massimo Monaldi
The story is about a youth named Massimo Monaldi, who, living in Rome, is a part-time college student who has some involvement in the protests that oc...
Harold and Maude
1971
as Harold
The young Harold lives in his own world of suicide-attempts and funeral visits to avoid the misery of his current family and home environment. Harold ...
Brewster McCloud
1970
as Brewster
Brewster is an owlish, intellectual boy who lives in a fallout shelter of the Houston Astrodome. He has a dream: to take flight within the confines of...
The Traveling Executioner
1970
as Jimmy Croft
Jonas Candide performs his job as state executioner in early 20th century Mississippi like a combination preacher and carnival barker, persuading cond...
Gas! -Or- It Became Necessary to Destroy the World in Order to Save It.
1970
as Hooper
A gas is let loose upon the world that kills anyone over 25 years old.
The Strawberry Statement
1970
as Elliot
A college student joins a group of revolutionaries to meet girls but ends up committed to their goals.
M*A*S*H
1970
as Pvt. Warren Boone
The staff of a Korean War field hospital use humor and hijinks to keep their sanity in the face of the horror of war.
Sweet Charity
1969
as Flower Child (uncredited)
Taxi dancer Charity continues to have faith in the human race despite apparently endless disappointments at its hands, and hope that she will finally ...
Up the Down Staircase
1967
as Student
Sylvia, a novice schoolteacher, is hired to teach English in a high school, but she’s met with an apathetic faculty, a delinquent student body and an ...