Born on this day – Bud Cort:

Bud Cort

Actor

Writer

Director

March 29, 1948 – February 11, 2026

Credits:

Affections (2016); AFI's 100 Years... 100 Laughs: America's Funniest Movies (2000); Altman on His Own Terms (2000); An Evening at the Improv (1989); And the Band Played On (1993); Arrested Development (2006); Bates Motel (1987); Batman: The Animated Series (1992); Behind the Scenes: 'But I'm a Cheerleader' (2001); Bernice Bobs Her Hair (1976); Bob (1992); Brain Dead (1990); Brave New World (1980); Brewster McCloud (1970); But I'm a Cheerleader (1999); C.C.P.D. (1992); Camp Midnite (1989); Carol Leifer: Gaudy, Bawdy & Blue (1992); Celebrating Laughter: The Life and Films of Colin Higgins (2022); Coyote Ugly (2000); Criminal Minds (2010); Die Laughing (1980); Dogma (1999); Dream Corp LLC (2014); Dream On (1992); Eagleheart (2012); Electric Dreams (1984); Faerie Tale Theatre (1982–1983); Funny or Die Presents... (2010); Gas! -Or- It Became Necessary to Destroy the World in Order to Save It. (1970); Girl in the Cadillac (1995); Going Under (1991); Gun (1997); Hal (2018); Harold and Maude (1971); Heat (1995); Hotels - Geschichte und Geschichten (1989–1990); Hysterical (1982); I Woke Up Early the Day I Died (1998); Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust (2004); Insight (1982); Interview-Director Keith Gordon Discusses 'the Chocolate War' (2007); Invaders from Mars (1986); Iron and Beyond (2002); Isle of Dogs (2018); Jack's Place (1993); Jeff Lynne: Video (1984); Jitters (1997); Justice League Unlimited (2006); Love at Stake (1987); Love Letters (1983); M*A*S*H (1970); Made (2001); Making It in Hollywood (1976); Maria's Lovers (1984); Martini Ranch: Reach (1988); Matthew Gray Gubler's Life Aquatic Intern Journal (2005); Midnight Caller (1989); Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1969); Night of 100 Stars (1982); Night of 100 Stars II (1985); Out of the Dark (1988); Paid in Puke (2023); Pollock (2000); Pumping Iron (1977); Raw Iron: The Making of 'Pumping Iron' (2002); Room 222 (1969); SBS World News (2024); Screen Two (1995); She Dances Alone (1981); Shootout (2007); Siskel & Ebert (2000); Sledge Hammer! (1987); Son of Hitler (1979); South of Heaven, West of Hell (2000); Static Shock (2003); Sunday Night Live (1984); Superman: The Animated Series (1996–1998); Sweet Charity (1969); Sweet Jane (1998); Tales from the Darkside (1985); Tales of the Unexpected (1985); Ted & Venus (1991); Telephone (1986); The Annual American Cinematheque Award Honors Bette Midler (1987); The Big Empty (2003); The Chocolate War (1988); The Doctors (1968); The Governor & J.J. (1969); The Hallucinating Trip (1975); The Hitchhiker (1987); The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004); The Little Prince (2015); The Mask (1996–1997); The Million Dollar Hotel (2000); The Movies (2019); The Number 23 (2007); The One Dollar Diary (2002); The Pink Popcast (2023); The Roseanne Show (2000); The Secret Diary of Sigmund Freud (1984); The Strawberry Statement (1970); The Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries (1998); The Traveling Executioner (1970); The Twilight Zone (1988); Theodore Rex (1995); This Is an Adventure (2005); This Is Your Life (1971); Tom & Jerry Kids Show (1992); Ugly Betty (2007); Up the Down Staircase (1967); Why Shoot the Teacher (1977).

On this day in movie history – M*A*S*H (1970 movie & book):

M*A*S*H

directed by Robert Altman,

written by Ring Lardner Jr.,

based on the novel MASH: A Novel About Three Army Doctors by Richard Hooker,

was released in the United States on March 18, 1970.

Music by Johnny Mandel.

Cast:

Donald Sutherland, Elliott Gould, Tom Skerritt, Sally Kellerman, Robert Duvall, Roger Bowen, Rene Auberjonois, David Arkin, Jo Ann Pflug, Gary Burghoff, Fred Williamson, Michael Murphy, Indus Arthur, Ken Prymus, Bobby Troup, Kim Atwood, Timothy Brown, John Schuck, Dawne Damon, Carl Gottlieb, Tamara Wilcox-Smith, G. Wood, Bud Cort, Danny Goldman, Corey Fischer.

Recommended reading:

MASH: A Novel About Three Army Doctors

By Richard Hooker.

Filmed as M*A*S*H (1970), directed by Robert Altman.

Published by William Morrow Paperbacks.

First published 1968.

Paperback.

ISBN-10: 0688149553

ISBN-13: 978-0688149550

Description:

Before the movie, this is the novel that gave life to Hawkeye Pierce, Trapper John, Hot Lips Houlihan, Frank Burns, Radar O'Reilly, and the rest of the gang that made the 4077th MASH like no other place in Korea or on earth. The doctors who worked in the Mobile Army Surgical Hospitals (MASH) during the Korean War were well trained but, like most soldiers sent to fight a war, too young for the job. In the words of the author, "a few flipped their lids, but most of them just raised hell, in a variety of ways and degrees."

For fans of the movie and the series alike, here is the original version of that perfectly corrupt football game, those martini-laced mornings and sexual escapades, and that unforgettable foray into assisted if incompleted suicide – all as funny and poignant now as they were before they became a part of America's culture and heart.

On this day in movie history - The Number 23 (2007):

The Number 23

directed by Joel Schumacher,

written by Fernley Phillips,

was released in the United States on February 23, 2007.

Music by Harry Gregson-Williams.

Cast:

Jim Carrey, Paul Butcher, Virginia Madsen, Logan Lerman, Danny Huston, Rhona Mitra, Bud Cort, Chris Lajoie, Mark Pellegrino, Lynn Collins, Michelle Arthur, Ed Lauter, Corey Stoll.

On this day in movie history - Pollock (2000):

Pollock

directed by Ed Harris,

written by Barbara Turner and Susan Emshwiller,

based on the biography Jackson Pollock: An American Saga by Steven Naifeh and Gregory White Smith,

was released in the United States on September 6, 2000.
Music by Jeff Beal.

Cast:

Ed Harris, Robert Knott, Molly Regan, Marcia Gay Harden, Sada Thompson, Eulala Scheel, Matthew Sussman, Bud Cort, Amy Madigan, Everett Quinton, Annabelle Gurwitch, John Rothman, John Heard, Kenny Scharf, Tom McGuinness, Val Kilmer, Jeffrey Tambor, Katherine Wallach, Cassandra Clewicki, Tom Bower, Sloane Shelton, Jake, Eduardo Machado, Moss Roberts, Robert O'Neill, Isabelle Townsend, Jennifer Piech, Rebecca Wisocky, Linda Emond, Tony Palazzolo, Barbara Garrick, David Cale, Claire Beckman, Stephen Beach, Jill Jackson, David Leary, Donna Mitchell, Sondra Jablonski, Frank Wood, Julie Anna Rose, Kyle Timothy Smith, April Petroski, Nicholas Petroski, Noah Petroski, Norbert Weisser, Stephanie Seymour, Trecker, Jennifer Connelly, Sally Murphy, Bob L. Harris, John Madigan, Matthew Hart Landfield, John Nesci.

On this day in movie history - The Little Prince (2015):

The Little Prince

directed by Mark Osborne,

written by Irena Brignull and Bob Persichetti,

based on the novel Le Petit Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry,

was released at the Cannes Film Festival in France on May 22, 2015.
Music by Richard Harvey and Hans Zimmer.

“One sees clearly only with the heart. Anything essential is invisible to the eye.”

– Antoine De Saint–Exupéry.

Cast:

Jeff Bridges, Mackenzie Foy, Rachel McAdams, Marion Cotillard, Riley Osborne, James Franco, Bud Cort, Benicio Del Toro, Ricky Gervais, Albert Brooks, Paul Rudd, Paul Giamatti, Jeffy Branion, Jacquie Barnbrook, Marcel Bridges, André Dussollier, Florence Foresti, Vincent Cassel, Guillaume Gallienne, Laurent Lafitte, Vincent Lindon, Guillaume Canet, Pascal Légitimus, Achille Orsoni, Clara Poincaré, Andrea Santamaría, Bernard Tiphaine, Veronica J. Valentini.