Walt Gorney
1

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

Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood

Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood

Opening Narrator (voice)

5.4

1988

Seize the Day

Seize the Day

Panhandler

5.0

1986

Nothing Lasts Forever

Nothing Lasts Forever

Stage Manager

6.3

1984

Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter

Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter

Crazy Ralph (archive footage)

6.1

1984

Easy Money

Easy Money

Monahan's Security Guard

6.0

1983

Trading Places

Trading Places

Duke Domestic

7.2

1983

Endless Love

Endless Love

Passerby

5.7

1981

Friday the 13th Part 2

Friday the 13th Part 2

Crazy Ralph

6.2

1981

Friday the 13th

Friday the 13th

Crazy Ralph

6.4

1980

Nunzio

Nunzio

4.8

1978

Day of the Animals

Day of the Animals

Sam (uncredited)

5.2

1977

King Kong

King Kong

Subway Driver

6.3

1976

Cops and Robbers

Cops and Robbers

Wino

6.1

1973

Heavy Traffic

Heavy Traffic

Bum (uncredited)

6.3

1973