Hugh Marjoe Ross Gortner (born January 14, 1944) is an American 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 is a 1972 American documentary film produced and directed by Howard Smith and Sarah Kernochan about the life of Pentecostal preacher Marjoe Gortner. [1] It won the 1972 Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature. [2]

Marjoe: Directed by Sarah Kernochan, Howard Smith. 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.

This Oscar-winning documentary chronicles the story of a firebrand evangelical preacher who wholeheartedly and humorously exposes himself as a fraud.

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. That’s a shame. His …

Marjoe Gortner. Actor: Earthquake. 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.

2024年1月31日 · Hugh Marjoe Ross Gortner, known as Marjoe Gortner, was a unique figure in American religious history. As a child, he was trained by his parents to be a preacher, and he became famous as a child evangelist, complete with fiery sermons and faith healings.

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.

2014年12月23日 · 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...

2007年1月4日 · 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.