# God On TV and In Movies **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 7, 2003, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-on-tv-and-in-movies/217583 "2003-12-07T18:45:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Rue\_DeDay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/41988e/32.png) [@Rue\_DeDay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rue_DeDay)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2003, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-on-tv-and-in-movies/217583/1 "2003-12-07T18:45:32Z")
Just off the top of my head… Whoopie Goldburg gets to be God in the Muppet Christmas movie. Morgan Freeman is God in _Bruce Almighty_. Alanis Morissette is God (along with Bud Cort, sorta) in _Dogma_. George Burns was God a few times. Who else got the “Big G” gig? ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2003, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-on-tv-and-in-movies/217583/2 "2003-12-07T18:48:09Z")
There was the ill-fated toon _God, the Devil, and Bob_. James Garner was the voice of God. ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2003, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-on-tv-and-in-movies/217583/3 "2003-12-07T19:55:18Z")
God as a booming voice and a beam of light in - The Simpsons (Notable Simpsons God quotes - “LISA GIVE BART YOUR DESSERT!!..THAT’S GOING TO GO RIGHT TO MY FIVE THIGHS” “…I’M TOO OLD AND TOO RICH FOR THIS CRAP” "WELL…UM…I NEVER THOUGHT THE TWO OF YOU WOULD ACTUALLY MEET (to Lisa of Arc and Groundskeeper Wille as an English soldier) ) ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2003, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-on-tv-and-in-movies/217583/4 "2003-12-07T20:10:11Z")
God is also pictured in the classic “long flowing beard and robe and sandals” in at least one Simpsons ep (when Homer gives up religion). South Park pictures God as an icky little creature. ---
**Author:** ![LookitMe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7bcc69/32.png) [@LookitMe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LookitMe)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2003, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-on-tv-and-in-movies/217583/5 "2003-12-07T20:15:43Z")
Joan of Arcadia has many different actors playing God. ---
**Author:** ![LookitMe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7bcc69/32.png) [@LookitMe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LookitMe)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2003, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-on-tv-and-in-movies/217583/6 "2003-12-07T20:20:56Z")
And if you go to the [Internet Movie Database](http://www.imdb.com) you can type in “god” in a character search and you’ll get a whole long list. ---
**Author:** ![Rue\_DeDay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/41988e/32.png) [@Rue\_DeDay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rue_DeDay)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2003, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-on-tv-and-in-movies/217583/7 "2003-12-07T20:32:42Z")
But where’s the fun in that **Lookit**? ---
**Author:** ![TWDuke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e495f1/32.png) [@TWDuke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TWDuke)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2003, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-on-tv-and-in-movies/217583/8 "2003-12-07T20:48:25Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Otto \* > \*\*God is also pictured in the classic “long flowing beard and robe and sandals” in at least one Simpsons ep (when Homer gives up religion). > > South Park pictures God as an icky little creature. \*\* Well, isn’t that lovely. IIRC, God is only depicted from the beard down in “The Simpsons.” He also has five fingers to a hand in at least one appearance, but I’m not sure if this is consistent. ---
**Author:** ![Rue\_DeDay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/41988e/32.png) [@Rue\_DeDay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rue_DeDay)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2003, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-on-tv-and-in-movies/217583/9 "2003-12-07T21:42:02Z")
Was Richardo Montalbon as Mr. Roarke God in _Fantasy Island_? I mean they never had him say “Hello. I am God.” But there was that episode where Roddy McDowell (I think) showed up and went all evil with the red lights and little horns on his head and he said that Mr. Roarke was his “enemy” or something. But that could just mean that Roarke was a big time angel because they never said Roddy was the Ultimate Evil. Unless they did. I don’t remember it all that well. So maybe Mr. Roarke was God, and by extention Richardo Montalbon. Or not. ---
**Author:** ![KingLupid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/839c29/32.png) [@KingLupid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KingLupid)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2003, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-on-tv-and-in-movies/217583/10 "2003-12-07T22:09:33Z")
In the new, and thankfully short-lived, Fantasy Island, I heard Mr Roarke was Satanic. heresay, for sure. ---
**Author:** ![quiltguy154](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/ad7895/32.png) [@quiltguy154](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quiltguy154)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2003, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-on-tv-and-in-movies/217583/11 "2003-12-07T22:49:32Z")
Rex Ingram starred as you-know-who[his actual title was “de Lawd”] in the movie “The Green Pastures”. It was an all black cast, and showed what life would be like in Heaven, as well as fleshing out a few of the more recognizable Bible stories. ---
**Author:** ![Lisa-go-Blind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@Lisa-go-Blind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lisa-go-Blind)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2003, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-on-tv-and-in-movies/217583/12 "2003-12-07T22:59:32Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Otto \* > \*\*God is also pictured in the classic “long flowing beard and robe and sandals” in at least one Simpsons ep (when Homer gives up religion). > > South Park pictures God as an icky little creature. \*\* So add Harry Shearer to the list of those who’ve played God. ---
**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2003, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-on-tv-and-in-movies/217583/13 "2003-12-08T00:21:32Z")
Rue DeDay writes: \> But where’s the fun in that Lookit? You created a completely unnecessary thread just because you thought it was fun to waste bandwidth? ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2003, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-on-tv-and-in-movies/217583/14 "2003-12-08T00:48:34Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by TWDuke \* > \*\*Well, isn’t that lovely. > \*\* Oh, the [South Park “God”](http://www.transload.net/~sparkwheel/faith/god.jpg) is always depicted as a _perfectly nice fellow!_ It just happens that, in his “natural” form, he happens to like eating flies. (No joke.) He’s also a Buddhist, apparently. But he only lets Mormons into Heaven. ---
**Author:** ![Coriolanus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/coriolanus/32/18769_2.png) [@Coriolanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coriolanus)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2003, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-on-tv-and-in-movies/217583/15 "2003-12-08T00:49:19Z")
[God in Monty Python’s ‘Holy Grail’](http://www.intriguing.com/mp/_pictures/grail/god.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Gmork](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f19dbf/32.png) [@Gmork](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gmork)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2003, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-on-tv-and-in-movies/217583/16 "2003-12-08T01:06:51Z")
‘God’ was the only character to appear in all of the ‘Monty Python’ flicks. He was voiced by Graham Chapman. ---
**Author:** ![dwyr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dwyr/32/363_2.png) [@dwyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwyr)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2003, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-on-tv-and-in-movies/217583/17 "2003-12-08T03:54:09Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Wendell Wagner \* > \*\*Rue DeDay writes: > > \> But where’s the fun in that Lookit? > > You created a completely unnecessary thread just because you thought it was fun to waste bandwidth? \*\* You’re wasting bandwidth complaining about a thread you’ve no interest in? ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2003, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-on-tv-and-in-movies/217583/18 "2003-12-08T05:22:04Z")
Groucho Marx played “God” in _Skidoo_. But that’s just the name of his mob boss character. ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2003, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-on-tv-and-in-movies/217583/19 "2003-12-08T05:37:33Z")
Busy, busy character actor Bruce McGill, best known as “D-Day” from “Animal House” played “\*God” (or “Fate” or “Whatever”) in the series finale of “Quantum Leap.” He also played “Weird Ernie” in the QL pilot. \*Although he said his name was “Al” ---
**Author:** ![Horseflesh](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horseflesh/32/7502_2.png) [@Horseflesh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horseflesh)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2003, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-on-tv-and-in-movies/217583/20 "2003-12-08T06:18:23Z")
Ralph Richardson plays the Supreme Being in _Time Bandits_. Bill Murray toys with the idea that he is God in _Groundhog Day_. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-on-tv-and-in-movies/217583.md?page=2)