{"id":43039,"date":"2026-10-07T13:51:05","date_gmt":"2026-10-07T17:51:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=43039"},"modified":"2026-10-07T13:51:07","modified_gmt":"2026-10-07T17:51:07","slug":"rip-marjoe-gortner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=43039","title":{"rendered":"RIP Marjoe Gortner"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Marjoe Gortner died on October 2nd from congestive heart failure.<\/p>\n

Marjoe was born into a family that had a long line of preachers.\u00a0 His father, Vernon Gortner, was a third-generation Christian revival preacher.\u00a0 Marjoe’s name was a combination of the biblical names Mary and Joseph.\u00a0 As a small child Marjoe had the ability to mimick adults.\u00a0 They trained him in what to say and what gestures to make as his spoke.\u00a0 Marjoe’s parents had him ordained at the age of four.\u00a0 Marjoe became a hit on the revival circuit.<\/p>\n

As an adult Marjoe came forward to decry his days as a child preacher.\u00a0 Marjoe exposed the lies, fake “healing” items, and scams perpetrated on the unsuspecting public.\u00a0 Marjo went so far to participate in Marjoe<\/em>, an expos\u00e9 documentary which won the Academy Award<\/em> for Best Documentary Feature<\/em>.<\/p>\n

The success of the documentary opened opportunities for Marjoe to act.\u00a0 Marjoe began his acting career in 1973 with a role in the pilot for Kojak<\/em>.\u00a0 For the remainer of his career Marjoe acted on television and feature films.<\/p>\n

Some of Marjoe Gortner’s television performances include: The Marcus-Nelson Murders; Barnaby Jones; Medical Center; Police Story<\/em> (2 episodes); Viva Knievel; Laugh-In<\/em> (2 episodes); Fantasy Island<\/em> (2 episodes); The A-Team; Matt Houston; Streethawk; Otherworld; Airwolf; T.J. Hooker<\/em> (2 episodes); Hotel; Half Nelson and Falcon Crest<\/em> (17 episodes).<\/p>\n

Some of Marjoe Gortner’s feature film appearances include: Earthquake; Bobbie Joe & the Outlaw; The Food of the Gods; Starcrash; American Ninja 3: Bloodhunt<\/em> and Wild Bill.<\/em><\/p>\n

I first became aware of Marjoe Gorter in the movie Earthquake<\/em>.\u00a0 He played a psycho Nationalguardsman.\u00a0 His most famous role was probably in Bobby Jo & the Outlaw<\/em>.\u00a0 He played the outlaw and Bobbie Jo was played by a pre-Wonder Woman<\/em> Linda Carter.<\/p>\n

Our thoughts and prayers go out to Marjoe Gortner’s family, friends and fans.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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