'Harold and Maude' icon Bud Cort dead at 77

Bud Cort, 'Harold and Maude' Actor, Dead at 77

Bud Cort Dies: ‘Harold And Maude’ Actor Was 77

Bud Cort, Who Starred in 1971’s ‘Harold and Maude,’ Dies at 77

G’bye, God. In another loss for the universe this week, the inimitable Bud Cort has died. I grew up watching Hal Ashby’s cult classic “Harold and Maude” in the early days of cable TV, so Bud was already an icon. When I met @samosier at the @vancouverfilmschool, we bonded over a love of specific cinema, and “Harold” was a shared favorite. So when we had a chance to cast him as the Skeeball-loving Old Man who’s actually God, we fanboyed out and locked Bud in. He couldn’t have been nicer or more wi