Walt Gorney

Birthday: 1912-04-12
Deathday: 2004-03-05
Birthplace: Vienna, Austria-Hungary [now Austria]
Gender: Male
Owned By: Unowned

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

Credits

Year Title Character
1986-09-09 Seize the Day Panhandler
1984-09-06 Nothing Lasts Forever Stage Manager
1983-08-19 Easy Money Monahan's Security Guard
1983-06-07 Trading Places Duke Domestic
1981-07-17 Endless Love Passerby
1981-05-01 Friday the 13th Part 2 Crazy Ralph
1980-05-09 Friday the 13th Crazy Ralph
1978-05-10 Nunzio
1977-05-13 Day of the Animals Sam
1976-09-08 King Kong Subway Driver
1973-08-15 Cops and Robbers Wino
1973-08-08 Heavy Traffic Bum (uncredited)