Bud Cort
Birth name	Walter Edward Cox
Born	March 29, 1948 (1948-03-29) (age 59) New Rochelle, New York, United States

Harold and Maude, 1971

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Cort was discovered in a revue by director Robert Altman, who subsequently cast him in two of his movies, M*A*S*H and Brewster McCloud (in which he played the title role). Robert Bernard Altman (February 20, 1925 – November 20, 2006) was an American film director known for making films that are highly naturalistic, but with a stylized perspective. ... M*A*S*H is a 1970 satirical American dark comedy film directed by Robert Altman, based extremely loosely on the novel written by Richard Hooker. ... Brewster McCloud is a 1970 movie directed by Robert Altman; it centers on a young recluse who lives in a fallout shelter of the Houston Astrodome building a pair of wings so hell be able to fly. ...

Cort next went on to his most famous role, as the suicide-obsessed Harold, in Harold and Maude. Though the film was not particularly successful at the time of its release, it later gained international cult status and now is acclaimed as an American film classic. Harold and Maude is a movie directed by Hal Ashby in 1971. ...

In 1979 Cort suffered a major life and career setback when he was almost killed in a car accident on the Hollywood Freeway. Consequently, he spent years enduring plastic surgery and physical therapy, the loss of his savings because of enormous hospital bills, and a court case regarding the accident.

Since then, Cort has appeared in The Chocolate War, Dogma, But I'm A Cheerleader, Pollock, and The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou. The Chocolate War is a 1988 drama film based on the celebrated novel of the same name about a young man who rebels against the ingrained hierarchy of an elite catholic school. ... Dogma is a 1999 comedy film, written and directed by Kevin Smith, who stars in the film along with Ben Affleck, Matt Damon, Linda Fiorentino, Alan Rickman, Bud Cort, Salma Hayek, Chris Rock, Jason Lee, Jason Mewes, George Carlin, Janeane Garofalo, and Alanis Morissette. ... But Im a Cheerleader is a 1999 satire film directed by Jamie Babbit about a high school cheerleader, Megan Bloomfield (Natasha Lyonne), who is sent to a reparative therapy camp. ... Pollock is a 2000 biographical film which tells the life story of artist Jackson Pollock. ... The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou is Wes Andersons fourth feature length film and was released in the U.S. on December 25, 2004. ...

On Broadway, Cort appeared in the short-lived 1972 play Wise Child by Simon Gray. Wise Child is a play by Simon Gray. ... Simon James Holliday Gray, CBE (October 21, 1936-) is an English playwright. ...

Spent a short stint in federal prison in 1978 for apparently "smuggling bears", however he is still the greatest actor of this or any time.

References

• Venice Magazine article, May 2005. (PDF)
• Salon.com's Bud Cort article, September 4, 1999
• Bud Cort interview, about his role in The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou, 2005

The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou is Wes Andersons fourth feature length film and was released in the U.S. on December 25, 2004. ...

External links

• Bud Cort at the Internet Movie Database
• Unofficial Bud Cort Fan Site