Personal Info
Birth date
1948-03-29 (77 Years)
Gender
Male
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Rye, New York, USA
Also known as
Walter Edward Cox
Bud Cort
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.
Filmography
Arrested Development
7.926
Overview:
The story of a wealthy family that lost everything, and the one son who had no choice but to keep them all together.Superman: The Animated Series
7.606
Overview:
Superman, an incredibly powerful alien from the planet Krypton, defends Metropolis from supercriminals. Superman hides his identity behind the glasses of Clark Kent; a mild-mannered reporter for the newspaper the Daily Planet. At the Daily Planet Superman works with fellow reporter Lois Lane and photographer Jimmy Olsen.Batman: The Animated Series
8.546
Overview:
Vowing to avenge the murder of his parents, Bruce Wayne devotes his life to wiping out crime in Gotham City as the masked vigilante "Batman".Justice League Unlimited
8.3
Overview:
The galaxy's most powerful superheroes return to battle the allied villains and criminal plots that endanger the universe.The Twilight Zone
7.763
Overview:
This 1980s revival of the classic sci-fi series features a similar style to the original anthology series. Each episode tells a tale (sometimes two or three) rooted in horror or suspense, often with a surprising twist at the end. Episodes usually feature elements of drama and comedy.Bob
7.3
Overview:
Bob McKay is the creator of the 1950s comic book superhero "Mad-Dog". When a Senate sub-committee decided such reading material could corrupt young readers, Mad-Dog faded into oblivion, and Bob became a greeting card artist. Years later the American-Canadian Trans-Continental Communications Company buys the rights to the series, and Bob is offered a chance to revive Mad-Dog.Tales from the Darkside
7.174
Overview:
Tales from the Darkside is an anthology horror TV series created by George A. Romero, each episode was an individual short story that ended with a plot twist. The series' episodes spanned the genres of horror, science fiction, and fantasy, and some episodes featured elements of black comedy or more lighthearted themes.Tales of the Unexpected
6.711
Overview:
A British television anthology of stories, often with sinister and wryly comedic undertones, and a twist at the end. With early episodes written and presented by Roald Dahl, the series featured a plethora of big name guest stars.Jack's Place
8
Overview:
Jack Evans is a retired jazz musician who runs a restaurant where romances tend to start.Sledge Hammer!
7.922
Overview:
Sledge Hammer! is an American satirical police sitcom produced by New World Television that ran for two seasons on ABC from 1986 to 1988. The series was created by Alan Spencer and stars David Rasche as Inspector Sledge Hammer, a preposterous caricature of the standard "cop on the edge" character. Al Jean and Mike Reiss, best known for their work on The Simpsons, wrote for the show and worked as story editors.Static Shock
8.035
Overview:
An ordinary inner-city kid gains extraordinary powers and becomes an urban legend as the first teenage African-American superhero.Heat
7.92
Overview:
Obsessive master thief Neil McCauley leads a top-notch crew on various daring heists throughout Los Angeles while determined detective Vincent Hanna pursues him without rest. Each man recognizes and respects the ability and the dedication of the other even though they are aware their cat-and-mouse game may end in violence.Dream On
6.885
Overview:
The family life, romantic life, and career of Martin Tupper, a divorced New York City book editor. The show distinctively interjected clips from older black and white television series to punctuate Tupper's feelings or thoughts.Faerie Tale Theatre
8.1
Overview:
A live-action children's television anthology series retelling popular fairy tales.The Hitchhiker
6.1
Overview:
A young hitchhiker introduces characters who are about to experience a frightening and sometimes supernatural incident of some kind in this moody anthology series.The Little Prince
7.611
Overview:
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 and work are the only dogmas. Everything will change when accidentally she discovers her neighbor that will tell her about the story of the Little Prince that he once met.Coyote Ugly
6.263
Overview:
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 sidelined by the accolades and notoriety she receives at her "day" job as a barmaid at Coyote Ugly. The "Coyotes" as they are affectionately called tantalize customers and the media alike with their outrageous antics, making Coyote Ugly the watering hole for guys on the prowl.The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
7.07
Overview:
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 joined on his boat by Ned, a man who believes Zissou to be his father, and Jane, a journalist pregnant by a married man. They travel the sea, all too often running into pirates and, perhaps more traumatically, various figures from Zissou's past, including his estranged wife, Eleanor.Dogma
6.929
Overview:
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 exploit a loophole and reenter Heaven.But I'm a Cheerleader
7.058
Overview:
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 with her cheerleader friends. Her conservative parents worry that she must be a lesbian and send her off to "sexual redirection" school, where she must, with other lesbians and gays learn how to be straight.The Number 23
6.415
Overview:
Animal control officer Walter Sparrow becomes obsessed with a novel that he believes was written about him, as more and more similarities between himself and his literary alter ego seem to arise.M*A*S*H
7
Overview:
The staff of a Korean War field hospital use humor and hijinks to keep their sanity in the face of the horror of war.Electric Dreams
6.254
Overview:
Miles buys himself a state-of-the-art computer that starts expressing thoughts and emotions after having champagne spilled on it. Things start getting out of hand when both Miles and Edgar, the computer, fall in love with Madeline, an attractive neighbor.Harold and Maude
7.614
Overview:
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 meets an 80-year-old woman named Maude who also lives in her own world yet one in which she is having the time of her life. When the two opposites meet they realize that their differences don’t matter and they become best friends and love each other.Maria's Lovers
6.129
Overview:
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.The Million Dollar Hotel
5.888
Overview:
A federal agent searches for a potential killer among the bizarre residents of a dilapidated Los Angeles hotel.Brain Dead
5.702
Overview:
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 mind to save himself from a megalomaniacal corporation.Invaders from Mars
5.545
Overview:
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 least-liked schoolteacher and other townspeople. With the aid of the school nurse the boy enlists the aid of the U.S. Marines.Pollock
6.7
Overview:
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 States?" The film is a look back into the life of an extraordinary man, a man who has fittingly been called "an artist dedicated to concealment, a celebrity who nobody knew." As he struggled with self-doubt, engaging in a lonely tug-of-war between needing to express himself and wanting to shut the world out, Pollock began a downward spiral.Acting
2016Affections as Unknown
2015The Little Prince as The King (voice)
2013The Source Family as Self (archive footage)
2007The Number 23 as Dr. Sirius Leary
2005This Is an Adventure as Self
2005Matthew Gray Gubler's Life Aquatic Intern Journal as Self
2004The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou as Bill Ubell
2004Justice League Unlimited (1 Episode) as Toyman (voice)
2003Arrested Development (1 Episode) as Himself
2003The Big Empty as Neely
2002Raw Iron: The Making of 'Pumping Iron' as Self (archive footage)
2000Static Shock (1 Episode) as Toyman (voice)
2000Pollock as Howard Putzel
2000Coyote Ugly as Romero
2000But I'm a Cheerleader as Peter
2000The Million Dollar Hotel as Shorty
2000South of Heaven, West of Hell as Agent Otts
2000Altman on His Own Terms as Self
1999Dogma as John Doe Jersey
1998I Woke Up Early the Day I Died as Shopkeeper
1998Sweet Jane as Dr. Geiler
1997Jitters as Michael
1997Gun as Lazy Eye Pete
1996Superman: The Animated Series (2 Episodes) as The Toyman (voice)
1995Heat as Solenko, Restaurant Manager (uncredited)
1995Theodore Rex as Spinner
1995Girl in the Cadillac as Bud
1995Crazy for a Kiss as Dr. Webb
1993And the Band Played On as Antique Shop Owner
1992Carol Leifer: Gaudy, Bawdy & Blue as Squid Jr.
1992Bob (1 Episode) as Unknown
1992Batman: The Animated Series (1 Episode) as Josiah Wormwood (voice)
1992Jack's Place (2 Episodes) as Unknown
1991Ted & Venus as Ted Whitley
1990Dream On (1 Episode) as Creepy Guy
1990Brain Dead as Jack Halsey
1988The Chocolate War as Brother Jacques
1988Out of the Dark as Dave Stringer, Stringer
1987Love at Stake as Parson Babcock
1987Bates Motel as Alex West
1986Sledge Hammer! (1 Episode) as Unknown
1986Invaders from Mars as Mark Weinstein
1986Telephone as Unknown
1985The Twilight Zone (1 Episode) as Unknown
1984Tales from the Darkside (1 Episode) as Abe North
1984Maria's Lovers as Harvey
1984Electric Dreams as Edgar (voice)
1984The Secret Diary of Sigmund Freud as Sigmund Freud
1983The Hitchhiker (1 Episode) as Wax
1983The Nightingale as Music Master
1983Love Letters as Danny De Fronso
1982Hysterical as Dr. John
1982Rumpelstiltskin as The Page
1982Faerie Tale Theatre (1, 1 Episode) as Music Master, The Page
1982Night of 100 Stars as Self
1981She Dances Alone as film director
1980Die Laughing as Mueller
1980Brave New World as Bernard Marx
1979Tales of the Unexpected (1 Episode) as Newt
1979Son of Hitler as Willi Hitler
1977Why Shoot the Teacher? as Max Brown
1977Pumping Iron as Self
1976Bernice Bobs Her Hair as Warren
1975Hallucination Strip as Massimo Monaldi
1971Harold and Maude as Harold
1970Brewster McCloud as Brewster
1970The Traveling Executioner as Jimmy Croft
1970Gas! -Or- It Became Necessary to Destroy the World in Order to Save It. as Hooper
1970The Strawberry Statement as Elliot
1970M*A*S*H as Pvt. Warren Boone
1969Sweet Charity as Flower Child (uncredited)
1967Up the Down Staircase as Student
Directing
1991Ted & Venus ... Director
Writing
1991Ted & Venus ... Screenplay
Crew
1981She Dances Alone ... Dramaturgy