
Walt Gorney
Born
April 12, 1912
Died
March 5, 2004 (91 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
Vienna, Austria-Hungary [now Austria]
Character actor Walt Gorney was born on April 12, 1912 in Vienna, Austria. He came to the United States of America when he was ten years old and lived with his family in Massachusetts, USA. In 1946, Gorney moved to an apartment in Greenwich Village in New York City, USA. Gorney appeared in a handful of movies in minor roles; he was usually cast as bums or average working class types. With his lean, stringy build, gaunt face, croaky voice, and intense off center movie/film presence, Gorney was perfectly cast as local town eccentric and grim prophet of doom, Crazy Ralph in the horror classic Friday the 13th (1980). He returned as Crazy Ralph in Friday the 13th Part 2 (1981) and did the opening narration for Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood (1988). Outside of his regrettably sparse movie credits, Walt had a long and respectable career acting on the stage. Gorney was a member of the theatrical group, the Provincetown Players in the early 1950s.
- IMDb Mini Biography By: woodyanders
Known For

Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood
Opening Narrator (voice)
1988

Seize the Day
Panhandler
1986

Nothing Lasts Forever
Stage Manager
1984

Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter
Crazy Ralph (archive footage)
1984

Easy Money
Monahan's Security Guard
1983

Trading Places
Duke Domestic
1983

Endless Love
Passerby
1981

Friday the 13th Part 2
Crazy Ralph
1981

Friday the 13th
Crazy Ralph
1980

Nunzio
1978

Day of the Animals
Sam (uncredited)
1977

King Kong
Subway Driver
1976

Cops and Robbers
Wino
1973

Heavy Traffic
Bum (uncredited)
1973