# 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:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2003, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-on-tv-and-in-movies/217583/21 "2003-12-08T18:47:40Z")
Val Kilmer was the voice of God in the burning bush (as well as the voice of Moses) in _The Prince of Egypt_. ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2003, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-on-tv-and-in-movies/217583/22 "2003-12-08T20:55:26Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Rue DeDay \* > Was Richardo Montalbon as Mr. Roarke God in _Fantasy Island_? I vaguely recall an episode of **Fantasy Island** where Mr. Roarke got his fantasy (or maybe it was a character referencing Roarke’s fantasy), which wouldn’t make sense if he was the Big G. ---
**Author:** ![TWDuke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e495f1/32.png) [@TWDuke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TWDuke)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2003, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-on-tv-and-in-movies/217583/23 "2003-12-08T21:13:29Z")
As long as we’re sharing vague memories of “Fantasy Island”, it seems to me that in the first episode or one of the pilot movies, a guest asks Tattoo who or what Mr. Roarke is. Tattoo replies, “Some say (_looks up_), some say (_looks down_).” I remember him seeming like a dangerous character in some of those early episodes. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Fight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/90ced4/32.png) [@Cat\_Fight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Fight)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2003, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-on-tv-and-in-movies/217583/24 "2003-12-08T21:53:37Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Skammer \* > \*\*Val Kilmer was the voice of God in the burning bush (as well as the voice of Moses) in _The Prince of Egypt_. \*\* If I weren’t already an atheist, that there would pretty much do it. ---
**Author:** ![Julius\_Henry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8797f3/32.png) [@Julius\_Henry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Julius_Henry)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2003, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-on-tv-and-in-movies/217583/25 "2003-12-08T22:56:56Z")
John Huston was the voice of you-know-who – or should that be You-Know-Who – in **The Bible**. ---
**Author:** ![HPL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3da27b/32.png) [@HPL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HPL)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2003, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-on-tv-and-in-movies/217583/26 "2003-12-08T23:39:16Z")
There was an episode of Futurama where Bender is floating out in space and meets what is apparently “God”. He also becomes a God Himself to little people who live on his body. “God Needs Beer” ---
**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 20, 2003, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-on-tv-and-in-movies/217583/27 "2003-12-20T16:27:34Z")
Bela Lugosi appears as a God-like character in the Ed Wood classic “Glen or Glenda.” And Debra Winger appears (uncredited) as a God-like (maybe) character named “Emmett” in “Made in Heaven.” ---
**Author:** ![Intaglio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/71e660/32.png) [@Intaglio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intaglio)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2003, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-on-tv-and-in-movies/217583/28 "2003-12-20T16:37:56Z")
I like the voice of God - Alan Rickman. ---
**Author:** ![Gadfly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/aeb1de/32.png) [@Gadfly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gadfly)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2003, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-on-tv-and-in-movies/217583/29 "2003-12-20T17:55:00Z")
Alan Rickman as metatron was awesome, yeah. Depending on your interpretation of Barton Fink, John Goodman could have been Satan, or Death, or just an insane serial killer that happens to kill the detectives just when a fire is starting. ---
**Author:** ![Earthworm\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f07891/32.png) [@Earthworm\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earthworm_Jim)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2003, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-on-tv-and-in-movies/217583/30 "2003-12-20T22:13:07Z")
Bart Simpson played God with his little AM radio doo-hickie > [@](#): > > _Rod and Todd Flanders are listening to the radio. Bart picks up his LAMRDH and cackles evilly_ > **BART (through the radio)**: Rod…Todd… This is God [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-on-tv-and-in-movies/217583.md?page=1)