- His name is a combination of "Mary" and "Joseph", a fact his parents exploited during the child evangelist period of his life.
- As a child evangelist, Gortner performed his first marriage ceremony at the age of four.
- The 10 March 1982, issue of Variety announced the film "The Glory Road", directed by Marjoe Gortner starring Gary Busey, Dabney Coleman, and Mary Crosby, started filming 1 February 1982; filming suspended 8 February 1982. The film went bankrupt and was never completed.
- Since childhood, he studied a number of musical instruments - drums, saxophone, organ, guitar, accordion and piano. Before hitting the road to film Marjoe (1972), he had a rock band in L.A. - and, on the strength of the movie's success and his musical ability, he recorded a solo album for RCA Records in 1973. Its title was Marjoe's description of himself: "Bad, But Not Evil".
- He, along with Joseph Smith, is one of the case studies in Christopher Hitchens' 'God Is Not Great' (2009).
- Started out at a young age as as a preacher (evangelist) and, coincidentally, his last role (to date) was as a preacher in the film Wild Bill (1995).
- Former child evangelist.
- He sponsors charity golf tournaments and other events. (2005)
- Billed simply as Marjoe, hit #109 on Billboard's "Bubbling Under" singles chart in 1972 with "Lo and Behold" (Chelsea 0107).
- Considered an unorthodox choice at the time for the role of Jody Joad in Earthquake (1974); what won him the role was his persona in Marjoe (1972).
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