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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. Actor: Starcrash. In his early career as the 4-year-old "World's Youngest Ordained Minister," Pentecostal preacher Hugh Marjoe Ross Gortner became a 'Miracle Child' extraordinaire.
Marjoe Gortner was an ordained minister at age 4, released an Oscar-winning documentary in 1972 exposing his evangelical career as a fraud, recorded an album, and had a solid career as an actor. Yet, he remains mostly forgotten today.
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...
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.
Interview with Marjoe Gortner. Roger Ebert September 25, 1972. Tweet. Marjoe Gortner is not listed in the Guinness Book of World Records as having been the world's youngest preacher, but he should be. Marjoe performed his first marriage at the age of 4 and even Jesus didn't come out until he was 12. It was back in 1948 that little Marjoe ...
Mar 17, 2022 · Podcast. True stories of ordinary people and the extraordinary events that have shaped their lives. Marjoe Gortner's life as an evangelical conman and his Oscar-winning undercover...
Marjoe Gortner. Actor: Starcrash. In his early career as the 4-year-old "World's Youngest Ordained Minister," Pentecostal preacher Hugh Marjoe Ross Gortner became a 'Miracle Child' extraordinaire.
Apr 11, 1973 · With Agnes Benjamin, Marjoe Gortner, Vernon Gortner, Sarah Kernochan. This Oscar-winning documentary explores the life of one-time child evangelist and faith healer Marjoe Gortner. The son of professional evangelists, Gortner was preaching on the Southern tent-revival circuit by the age of 3.
Jan 4, 2007 · Gortner, the no-doubt-long-forgotten subject of the Academy Award-winning 1972 documentary Marjoe, got his first taste of fame at the age of 4, as the world’s youngest ordained minister.
