Bud Cort has died aged 77 – starred in the 1971 dark comedy film Harold and Maude that later became a cult classic
As the death-obsessed young man Harold Chasen in the 1971 countercultural romcom Harold and Maude, the actor Bud Cort, who has died aged 77 of complications from pneumonia, set the mould for mordant bedroom iconoclasts in successive generations of indie films, from Rushmore to Ghost World to Submarine. The film, directed by Hal Ashby, was …