Biography bud cort

Credits Edit. Expand below. Previous Affections 5. The Little Prince 7. Dream Corp LLC 8. Eagleheart 7. Funny or Die Presents Criminal Minds 8. Ugly Betty 6. The Number 23 6. Justice League Unlimited 8. Arrested Development 8. The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou 7. The Big Empty 6. Static Shock 7. Made 6. Pollock 7. Bud Cort has one older brother and three younger sisters.

His mother ran a clothing business in Rye for nearly 30 years. As a child, Bud took on the responsibility of caring for his younger sisters and his father, who suffered from Alzheimer's disease and passed away in Bud developed an interest in reading and painting during his school years and was considered a local artistic talent. He began taking acting lessons and attended Catholic schools.

Inhe graduated from Iona Preparatory School for Boys. His breakthrough in the entertainment industry came when director Robert Altman discovered him performing in a stage revue and immediately cast him in his films "MASH" and "Brewster McCloud," where Bud played the lead role. Retrieved July 20, The Hollywood Reporter. France February 27, Behind The Voice Actors.

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Biography bud cort

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In Bud survived a near fatal car crash on the Hollywood Freeway. Bud performed the entire J. He appeared with Tom Waits in the L. Tri Star Home Video which Bud directed, co-wrote, and starred in with Woody Harrelson and Gena Rowlands and which initially, like "Harold and Maude" disturbed some critics and yet was hailed as a "tiny masterpiece," and "a courageous film, Bud Cort's finest performance.

Parents Joseph Parker Cox. Alma Mary Cox. Soft-spoken voice. Chameleon-like ability to inhabit his characters in a completely brilliant and inimitable way. Had three great-grandfathers, all of whom were fishermen and lost at sea. Inhe 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. 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.

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.