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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.
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 hippie in LA. The documentary went on to...
Mar 17, 2022 · 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 act.
Marjoe Gortner was an ordained minister at 4, released an Oscar-winning documentary exposing his evangelical career as a fraud in 1972, recorded an album, and had a solid career as an actor. And, yet, he remains mostly forgotten today.
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 · In 1944, Marjoe Gortner was just four years old when his parents had him ordained as an evangelical minister. He was dubbed ‘the miracle child’ and conducted his first marriage ceremony before...
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.
