Bud Cort's Toyman Role Is an Underrated 'Superman' Villain

Bud Cort died on Feb. 11, 2026, at age 77. Best known for New Hollywood films such as M*A*S*H, Brewster McCloud and Harold and Maude, Cort also became part of DC history by voicing Toyman in the DC Animated Universe, appearing in Superman: The Animated Series, Static Shock and Justice League Unlimited.

Superman: The Animated Series reimagined Toyman as Winslow Schott Jr., an adult with a doll-like head and a permanent smile who hides his real face. Debuting in the episode "Fun and Games," this version seeks revenge on gangster Bruno Manheim for using his father’s toy factory as a front; the father was wrongly imprisoned and died, and Schott Jr.

grew up moving between foster homes. Casting director Andrea Ramano, a fan of Harold and Maude, chose Cort, whose soft-spoken delivery and the character’s ventriloquist-dummy design gave the villain a menacing, memorable edge.

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