Bud Cort (born Walter Edward Cox on March 29, 1948) is an American actor.

Biography

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Early life

Cort was born in New Rochelle, New York and grew up in Rye, New York with his mother Alma Mary Court (a variation of whose maiden name he would later use professionally), his Irish American father, Joseph Parker Cox, Sr., who suffered from multiple sclerosis, three younger sisters and an older brother. His father was a bandleader, pianist, and merchant, and his mother was a reporter of English and French Canadian descent who took over the family clothing business when her husband took ill. Bud Cort graduated from the Roman Catholic Iona Preparatory School in New Rochelle in 1966.

Career

Cort entered New York University to study design in 1967, but dropped out in 1969 to pursue acting. His first role was as an extra in the film version of Up the Down Staircase, and he then went on to study acting with Stella Adler and do television commercials, as well as stand-up comedy in New York City. He was discovered in a revue by Robert Altman who cast him in two Robert Altman movies, M*A*S*H and gave him the leading role in Brewster McCloud.

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