Marjoe Gortner
Birthday: 1944-01-14 | Place of Birth: Long Beach, CaliforniaHugh Marjoe Ross Gortner, generally known as Marjoe Gortner (January 14, 1944 - October 2, 2026), was a one time revivalist-turned-actor 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. He then parlayed this fame into an acting career, mostly in television series, TV movies, and B-movies. He was best known for "Pray for the Wildcats," "Earthquake," "Bobbie Jo and the Outlaw," "The Food of the Gods," "Starcrash," and "When You Comin' Back, Red Ryder?" 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.
Known For
Acting
Role
as Preacher
as Dan Selby
as The Cobra
as Lt. Youngman
as Dr. Dane
as Larry Schecter
as Oliver Farrell
as Self
as Jamie Lockhart
as Akton
as Teddy
as Digger
as Greco
as Lyle Wheeler
as Morgan
as Ralph Hollio
as Ernie Parsons
as Jody
as Terry Maxon
as Teddy Hopper
as Self
