In one of the most successful classic films with an all-Black cast, Ingram plays God, Adam, and more in a set of stories that combine the Bible and Black folklore. Advertisement Advertisement
Credit: Everett Collection Groucho Marx called his final silver screen performance — in which he plays God in the heavily LSD-influenced experimental film — "God-awful" in his 1976 book The Groucho Phile.
Credit: Everett Collection Through the Oh, God! film franchise, veteran entertainer George Burns found new wind in his career playing Lord and Savior to a different character in each movie. Advertisement
Credit: Everett Collection In director Terry Gilliam's first film in his Trilogy of Imagination, Richardson plays a Supreme Being that employs little people to fix holes in the space-time continuum.
Credit: Broadbank Investments British actor Robert Morley plays God making a wager with Satan on whether or not Adam and Eve can stay moral through a series of different time periods, and save humanity from eternal damnation.
Credit: Everett Collection European actor Ferdy Mayne plays another version of God making a wager with Satan on whether a sample size of humans deserve heaven or hell. Advertisement Advertisement
Credit: Blossom Pictures Writer and media personality George Plimpton makes a quick appearance as God in this religious satire starring a young Sandra Bullock.
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Credit: Aaron Rapoport/Corbis/Getty Images Classic film actor Robert Mitchum somehow found his way into playing Dieu in an obscure Belgian comedy. Advertisement
Credit: CBS The long-running CBS drama Touched By An Angel came to a conclusion with Monica (Roma Downey) finally meeting God in the body of a young man, played by Scott Bairstow. Advertisement
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Credit: Everett Collection As is common with many of these projects, actor Maurice Roëves is another person woven into several interconnecting stories who turns out to be God himself. Advertisement
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Henry Nasiff Jr., also known as Hank the Angry Drunken Dwarf from radio personality Howard Stern's Wack Pack, has a cameo as God in this B-movie sequel that came out in New York shortly after his death. Advertisement
Credit: Everett Collection Yes, there's a Muppet movie where God is a character, and, of course, they are played by Oscar winner Whoopi Goldberg. Advertisement
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Credit: Everett Collection Brazilian dramedy God Is Brazilian lives up to its name by casting Brazilian actor Antônio Fagundes as the all-seeing and all-knowing God. Advertisement
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Credit: Sierra Mar Pictures Like comedy legend Groucho Marx before him, stand-up icon Rodney Dangerfield's last film role was that of God. Weirdly, the film also has an actor playing fellow former onscreen God George Burns. Advertisement
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Credit: Everett Collection Goldberg falls back into the role of God, trading Muppets for Kate Hudson in this rom-com. Advertisement Advertisement
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