Name: Bud Cort
Date of Birth: 29 March 1948 He is a founding member of the L.A. Classical Theatre. In 1979, he was nearly killed in a car accident where he suffered a fractured skull, severe facial lacerations, the loss of several teeth and a broken arm and leg. He survived, but due to the medical necessities of his accident, he endured years of plastic surgery and physical therapy, lost the court case for the accident and saw his blooming career slip away from him. Proposed to actress Patti D'Arbanville. Was a close friend of Orson Welles and Ruth Gordon, and is very good friends with Sally Kellerman. ... When asked who he wanted to play Maude in Harold and Maude (1971), he suggested Greta Garbo. Changed his name from Walter Edward Cox to Bud Cort when he realized he could not share his name with well-known character actor Wally Cox. He chose "Bud," as it was a nickname he'd been called, and "Cort" derived from his mother's maiden name, being Court. In the 1980s, he owned a Boston Terrier named Lillian. Product of a strict Catholic upbringing and education he spent nine years with the Sisters of Charity, and four years with the Christian Brothers of Ireland. Used to live on 12th Street and Second Avenue in New York City. Used to have a band who called themselves "Bud Cort and the Medflies". They occasionally performed at a "night spot" on the Sunset Strip in L.A. Bud briefly joined the psychedelic, 1960s spiritual group "The Source". Read more Bud Cort movies (actor)User Comments |
