Marjoe Gortner

Marjoe Gortner

  • Birthday: 1944-01-14
  • Place of birth: Long Beach, California

Biography

Hugh Marjoe Ross Gortner, generally known as Marjoe Gortner (born January 14, 1944, in Long Beach, California), is a former revivalist who first gained a certain fame in the late 1940s when he became the youngest ordained preacher at the age of four. He then gained outright notoriety in the 1970s when he starred in an Oscar-winning, behind-the-scenes documentary about the lucrative business of Pentecostal preaching. The name "Marjoe" is a portmanteau of the names "Mary" and "Joseph". Description above from the Wikipedia article Marjoe Gortner, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

Earthquake

1974

As Jody

Starcrash

1978

As Akton

Hellhole

1985

As Dr. Dane

The Food of the Gods

1976

As Morgan

Marjoe

1972

As Himself

Wild Bill

1995

As Preacher

Mausoleum

1983

As Oliver Farrell

Pray for the Wildcats

1974

As Terry Maxon

Bobbie Jo and the Outlaw

1976

As Lyle Wheeler

Mayday at 40,000 Feet

1977

As Greco

The Gun and the Pulpit

1974

As Ernie Parsons

Sidewinder 1

1977

As Digger

Acapulco Gold

1976

As Ralph Hollio

The Marcus-Nelson Murders

1973

As Teddy Hopper

FantastiCozzi

2016

As Akton (archive footage)

Jungle Warriors

1984

As Larry Schecter

The Robber Bridegroom

1980

As Jamie Lockhart

Viva Knievel!

1977

As Jesse

The Survivalist

1987

As Lt. Youngman

Fire, Ice & Dynamite

1990

As Dan Selby

Return Engagement

1983

As Self

Los Angeles Plays Itself

2004

As Joby in Earthquake (archive footage)

Production

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