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Walt Gorney
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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…
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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
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Walt Gorney's Filmography
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Friday the 13th Part VII - The New Blood
as Opening Narrator (voice)
Seize the Day
as Panhandler
Nothing Lasts Forever
as Stage Manager
Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter
as Crazy Ralph (archive footage)
Easy Money
as Monahan's Security Guard
Trading Places
as Duke Domestic
Endless Love
as Passerby
Friday the 13th Part 2
as Crazy Ralph
Friday the 13th
as Crazy Ralph
Nunzio
as Driver
Day of the Animals
as Sam (uncredited)
King Kong
as Subway Driver
Cops and Robbers
as Wino
Heavy Traffic
as Bum (uncredited)