Walt Gorney

Walt Gorney
Born Walter Gorney
April 12, 1912
Austria-Hungary (present-day Buczkowice, Poland)
Died March 5, 2004(2004-03-05) (aged 91)
New York City, New York, U.S.
Occupation Actor

Walter J. Gorney (April 12, 1912 – March 5, 2004) was an American actor. He may have been best known as "Crazy Ralph", the drunken old man who warns "You're all doomed!" in the 1980 hit horror film Friday the 13th. He reprised the role in Friday the 13th Part 2 (1981) and had an uncredited role as the narrator for the prologue to Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood (1988), making him the first actor in Friday the 13th history to have two different roles in the franchise.[1]

Gorney immigrated to the United States in 1913 when he was one year old with his mother Zofia Kania Gorney to join his father John Gorney in Pittsfield, MA,. His mother died a year later. His father John Gorney remarried in 1915 to Katherine Albrycht. He grew up with six half brothers and sisters: Josephine, Stanley, Sophie Helen and Irene. When he graduated from Pittsfield High School, he left Pittsfield to begin his acting career. His other film credits include Endless Love (1981), Trading Places (1983), Easy Money (1983), his final role was in the 1986 comedy movie Seize the Day.[1]

Death

On March 5, 2004, Gorney died of natural causes in New York City, aged 91.[1]

Filmography

References

  1. 1 2 3 Walt Gorney at the Internet Movie Database
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