Hugh Marjoe Ross Gortner was born on January 14,1944 and is an American former evangelist preacher and actor.
23 Facts About Marjoe Gortner
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Marjoe Gortner 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.
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Marjoe Gortner is a behind-the-scenes documentary about him and the lucrative business of Pentecostal preaching, in which he actively participated.
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Marjoe Gortner had an acting career from the 1970s to the 1990s, which included a main role in the space opera film Starcrash and guest spots on several TV series, and released a musical studio album titled Bad but Not Evil in 1972.
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Hugh Marjoe Ross Gortner was born in 1944 in Long Beach, California, into a family with a long evangelical heritage.
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Marjoe Gortner's father, Vernon Robert Gortner, was a third-generation Christian evangelical minister who preached at revivals.
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Marjoe Gortner's parents claimed the boy had received a vision from God during a bath, and he started preaching.
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Marjoe Gortner later said that was a fictional story that his parents forced him to repeat.
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Marjoe Gortner claimed they compelled him to do that by using mock-drowning episodes; they did not beat him as they did not want to leave bruises that might be noticed during his many public appearances.
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Marjoe Gortner spent the remainder of his teenage years as an itinerant beatnik.
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Marjoe Gortner decided his performing talents might be put to use as an actor or singer.
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The resulting film, Marjoe Gortner, won the 1972 Academy Award for Best Documentary.
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Marjoe Gortner cut an LP with Chelsea Records titled Bad, but Not Evil, named after his description of himself in the documentary.
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Marjoe Gortner began his acting career with a featured role in The Marcus-Nelson Murders, the 1973 pilot for the Kojak TV series.
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Marjoe Gortner starred in a number of B-movies including Bobbie Jo and the Outlaw, The Food of the Gods, and Starcrash.
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Marjoe Gortner appeared frequently in the 1980s Circus of the Stars specials.
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Marjoe Gortner played a terrorist preacher in a second-season episode of Airwolf, and appeared on Falcon Crest as corrupt psychic-cum-medium "Vince Karlotti".
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In 1984, Marjoe Gortner directed a major photo-fumetti, "Biblical Vision", for the American pornography magazine Hustler.
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Marjoe Gortner recorded an album, Bad but Not Evil which was released on the Chelsea Records label in 1972.
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Marjoe Gortner married Virginia Humphreys in on 1 April 1968 in Las Vegas.
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In 1971, Marjoe Gortner married Agnes Benjamin, who had appeared in his documentary.
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From 1978 to December 14,1979, Marjoe Gortner was married to actress Candy Clark.
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Marjoe Gortner married Susan Magestro in 1999 in Santa Fe, New Mexico.