Bud Cort

Birthday: Mar 29, 1948
Birthplace: New Rochelle, New York, USA

Bio: Inasmuch as there was already a Wally Cox, American actor Walter Edward Cox chose the stage name Bud Cort when applying for his Equity card. Straight off the stage, Cort was cast in the small role of an intern browbeaten into tears by Robert Duvall in M*A*S*H* (1970). This brief appearance was enough to encourage M*A*S*H director Robert Altman to entrust Cort with… More Bio: Inasmuch as there was already a Wally Cox, American actor Walter Edward Cox chose the stage name Bud Cort when applying for his Equity card. Straight off the stage, Cort was cast in the small role of an intern browbeaten into tears by Robert Duvall in M*A*S*H* (1970). This brief appearance was enough to encourage M*A*S*H director Robert Altman to entrust Cort with the lead in his next film, Brewster McCloud (1971), a Vonnegut-like pastiche about a flying boy. Cort was not "standard leading man" material, thus many of his roles were in the offbeat vein of Brewster McCloud, even in more down-to-earth material like The Strawberry Statement (1971). Thus Cort was in many ways perfect for the suicidal teen protagonist of Hal Ashby's Harold and Maude (1972), whose life would be turned inside out (and back on track) by septuagenarian "free spirit" Ruth Gordon. It wasn't that Cort quit acting after Harold and Maude; it's simply that many of his subsequent films tried too hard to emulate Harold and Maude's cult status, and fell so short of this goal as to be forgettable. The later Cort films in this "midnight movie wannabe" vein included Electric Dreams (1984), Invaders From Mars (1989), Love at Stake (1991), and Ted & Venus (1992), a charmingly outdated "crazy for love" opus which Cort also directed. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

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And the Band Played On

M*A*S*H (MASH)

Harold and Maude

Heat

Filmography

The Traveling Executioner (2012)
- Actor
Passion Play (2011)
- Actor
- 3%
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004)
- Bill Ubell
- 53%
The Big Empty (2003)
- Neely
- 71%
Pollock (2000)
- Howard Putzel
- 81%
South of Heaven, West of Hell (2000)
- Agent Otts
- 14%
The Million Dollar Hotel (2000)
- Shorty
- 26%
But I'm A Cheerleader (1999)
- Peter
- 34%
Dogma (1999)
- John Doe Jersey
- 67%
Sweet Jane (1997)
- Therapist
Theodore Rex (1996)
- Splinter
Heat (1995)
- Solenko
- 86%
Crazy for a Kiss (1995)
- Actor
Girl In The Cadillac (1994)
- Bud
And the Band Played On (1993)
- Antique Shop Owner
- 100%
Ted and Venus (1993)
- Ted Whitley, Director
Going Under (1991)
- Actor
Brain Dead (1989)
- Jack Halsey
- 17%
Out of the Dark (1989)
- Stringer
The Chocolate War (1988)
- Brother Jacques
- 82%
Bates Motel (1987)
- Actor
Love at Stake (1987)
- Parson Babcock
Invaders from Mars (1986)
- Mark Weinstein
- 27%
Maria's Lovers (1984)
- Harvey
Electric Dreams (1984)
- Edgar
- 40%
The Secret Diary of Sigmund Freud (1984)
- Sigmund Freud
Love Letters (1983)
- Danny
Hysterical (1983)
- Dr. John
Love Letters (1983)
- Actor
She Dances Alone (1981)
- Director
Die Laughing (1980)
- Mueller
Why Shoot the Teacher (1979)
- Actor
Son of Hitler (Hitler's Son) (1978)
- Wilhelm Hitler
Why Shoot the Teacher? (1977)
- Max Brown
Bernice Bobs Her Hair (1976)
- Warren
Harold and Maude (1971)
- Harold Chasen
- 86%
Brewster McCloud (1970)
- Brewster McCloud
- 83%
M*A*S*H (MASH) (1970)
- Pvt. Lorenzo Boone
- 90%
The Strawberry Statement (1970)
- Elliot the Coxswain
Gas-S-S-S (1970)
- Hooper
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Bud Cort Videos
                        
Heat2 minutes 17 seconds

But I'm A Cheerleader2 minutes 51 seconds

Pollock2 minutes 20 seconds

Dogma1 minutes 31 seconds

Passion Play2 minutes 39 seconds

The Million Dollar Hotel2 minutes 33 seconds

The Big Empty2 minutes 17 seconds

South Of Heaven West Of Hell2 minutes 3 seconds

Sweet Jane2 minutes 53 seconds

Theodore Rex2 minutes 39 seconds

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