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Hugh Marjoe Ross Gortner (born January 14, 1944) is a former evangelist preacher and actor. He first gained public attention during the late 1940s when his parents arranged for him to be ordained as a preacher at age four due to his extraordinary speaking ability, making him the youngest known in that position to this day.
Marjoe Gortner is an American actor who starred in films like Earthquake, Starcrash and American Ninja 3. He was also a former Pentecostal minister who exposed the deception of evangelism in the Oscar-winning documentary Marjoe (1972).
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Marjoe is a 1972 American documentary film produced and directed by Howard Smith and Sarah Kernochan about the life of Pentecostal preacher Marjoe Gortner. It won the 1972 Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.
Dec 23, 2014 · Marjoe is the story of an abused child preacher who grows up to become an Evangelical con man, living a double life as a dope-smoking, girl-chasing hippie...
Learn about the life and career of Marjoe Gortner, a former child evangelist who became a film and TV actor. Find out his birth name, height, family, musical talents, roles, and more.
- January 14, 1944
Apr 11, 1973 · Marjoe Gortner was a preacher and healer from a young age, but became disillusioned with the religion business. This Oscar-winning film follows him on the revival circuit and reveals the showmanship and hypocrisy of evangelism.
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Marjoe Gortner was a natural-born preachin' machine who performed his first marriage at 4 and quit the revival circuit at 28. He reveals all in the documentary "Marjoe", and talks about his career, lifestyle and disillusionment in this 1972 interview with Roger Ebert.
