Bud Cort (born Walter Edward Cox; March 29, 1948 in New Rochelle, New York) is an American actor best known for his starring role in the Cult Classic Harold and Maude.
After some early bit parts, Cort's breakout role was in Robert Altman's original film of M*A*S*H, as Private Boone (who Frank Burns unfairly blames for a patient's death). Altman then cast him in the starring role of his next film, Brewster McCloud. After Harold and Maude Cort carved out a niche appearing in quirky movies, and also had a close Intergenerational Friendship with Groucho Marx in his last years. A near-fatal 1979 car accident stunted his career, but he gradually recovered and has become a prolific character actor, including a much-noticed appearance in The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou.
Filmography:
- Up the Down Staircase as Student (uncredited)
- Sweet Charity as Flower child (uncredited)
- M*A*S*H as Pvt. Boone
- The Strawberry Statement as Elliot
- Gas Or It Became Necessary To Destroy The World In Order To Save It as Hooper
- The Traveling Executioner as Jimmy
- Brewster McCloud as Brewster McCloud
- Harold and Maude as Harold Chasen
- The Hallucinating Trip as Massimo Monaldi
- Why Shoot The Teacher as Max Brown
- Son Of Hitler as Willi Hitler
- Die Laughing as Mueller
- She Dances Alone as Director
- Hysterical as Dr. John
- Love Letters 1984 as Danny
- Electric Dreams as Edgar (voice)
- Marias Lovers as Harvey
- The Secret Diary Of Sigmund Freud as Sigmund Freud
- Invaders From Mars as Mark Weinstein
- Bates Motel (1987) as Alex West
- Love At Stake as Parson Babcock
- Out Of The Dark as Doug Stringer
- The Chocolate War as Brother Jacques
- BrainDead as Jack Halsey
- Going Under as McNally (uncredited)
- Ted And Venus as Ted Whitley (writer and director)
- Girl In The Cadillac as Bud
- Heat as Solenko (uncredited)
- Theodore Rex as Spinner
- Sweet Jane as Dr. Geiler
- I Woke Up Early The Day I Died as Shopkeeper
- Dogma as John Doe Jersey
- But I'm a Cheerleader as Peter
- South Of Heaven West Of Hell as Agent Otts
- The Million Dollar Hotel as Shorty
- Coyote Ugly as Romero
- Pollock as Howard Putzel
- Made as Interior Decorator (uncredited)
- The Big Empty as Neely
- The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou as Bill Ubell
- The Number 23 as Dr. Sirius Leary (uncredited)
- The Little Prince (2015) as The King
- The Governor And JJ as Marvin Harris (1 episode)
- Insight as Teddy (1 episode)
- Tales from the Darkside as Abe North (1 episode)
- Tales of the Unexpected as Newt (1 episode)
- The Hitchhiker as Wax (1 episode)
- Sledge Hammer! as Zeff Campbell (1 episode)
- The Twilight Zone (1985) as Willy Gardner (1 episode)
- Midnight Caller as Gaddis (1 episode)
- Batman: The Animated Series as Josiah Wormwood (1 episode)
- Dream On as Creepy Guy (1 episode)
- Tom And Jerry Kids Show (1 episode)
- B.o.B as Malcolm Tibbets (1 episode)
- Screen Two as Dr. Webb (1 episode)
- The Mask as Tempest/Fritz Drizzle (2 episodes)
- The Sylvester and Tweety Mysteries as Flint Northwood (1 episode)
- Superman: The Animated Series as Winslow Scott/The Toyman (recurring)
- Static Shock as Toyman (1 episode)
- Justice League Unlimited as Toyman (1 episode)
- Ugly Betty as Priest (1 episode)
- Criminal Minds as Roger Roycewood (1 episode)
- Eagleheart as Gleeko (1 episode)
