Marjoe Gortner
Birthday
1944/01/14 (81 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Long Beach, California
Also know as
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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". Descriptio...Read more
Acting
(1974) Earthquake
as Jody
(1978) Starcrash
as Akton
(1989) American Ninja 3: Blood Hunt
as The Cobra
(1985) Hellhole
as Dr. Dane
(1976) The Food of the Gods
as Morgan
(1972) Marjoe
as Himself
(1983) Mausoleum
as Oliver Farrell
(1995) Wild Bill
as Preacher
(2004) Los Angeles Plays Itself
as Joby in Earthquake (archive footage)
(1979) When You Comin' Back, Red Ryder?
as Teddy
(1976) Bobbie Jo and the Outlaw
as Lyle Wheeler
(1974) Pray for the Wildcats
as Terry Maxon
(1983) Return Engagement
as Self
(1977) Mayday at 40,000 Feet
as Greco
(2005) Frisbee: The Life and Death of a Hippie Preacher
as ---
(1974) The Gun and the Pulpit
as Ernie Parsons
(1977) Sidewinder 1
as Digger
(1979) Playboy's Roller Disco & Pajama Party
as Self (uncredited)
(1976) Acapulco Gold
as Ralph Hollio
(1973) The Marcus-Nelson Murders
as Teddy Hopper
(2016) FantastiCozzi
as Akton (archive footage)
(1984) Jungle Warriors
as Larry Schecter
(1980) The Robber Bridegroom
as Jamie Lockhart
(1977) Viva Knievel!
as Jesse
(1987) The Survivalist
as Lt. Youngman
(1990) Fire, Ice & Dynamite
as Dan Selby
(1981) Falcon Crest
as Vince Karlotti
(1982) T. J. Hooker
as Jack Lewis / Marino
(1983) The A-Team
as Tom Anderson
(1985) Otherworld
as Chalktrauma
(1982) Hotel
as ---
(1969) Medical Center
as ---
(1973) Police Story
as ---
(1982) Matt Houston
as ---
(1975) Archer
as ---
(1979) Broadway on Showtime
as Jamie Lockhart
(1984) Airwolf
as Brother Jebediah / Johann Rector
(1985) Street Hawk
as Joseph Cannon
(1973) Kojak
as Teddy Hopper
(1968) The Dick Cavett Show
as Self - Guest
(1973) Barnaby Jones
as David Colton
(1982) T. J. Hooker
as Marino