Chick Hearn
Biography
Francis Dayle "Chick" Hearn (November 27, 1916 – August 5, 2002) was an American sportscaster who was the play-by-play announcer for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association for 41 years. Hearn is remembered for his rapid-fire, staccato broadcasting style, associated with colorful phrases such as slam dunk, air ball, and no harm, no foul that has become common basketball vernacular. Hearn broadcast 3,338 consecutive Lakers games starting on November 21, 1965. Most of Hearn's…
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Filmography
Acting (47)
Movies (26)
Kobe Bryant's Muse
2015as Self (archive footage)
Longshot
2001as Announcer
Love & Basketball
2000as Chick Hearn
Wrongfully Accused
1998as Basketball Announcer
Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault
1996as Self
Airborne
1993as Basketball Announcer
White Men Can't Jump
1992as NBA Announcer
Heart Condition
1990as Self
Big Business
1988as Sports Announcer
Sport Goofy in Soccermania
1987as The Announcer (voice)
Los Angeles Lakers: '87 The Drive For Five
1987as Narrator
Body Slam
1986as Booth Announcer / Himself
Fletch
1985as Chick Hearn
Volunteers
1985as Announcer
Half Nelson
1985as Voice of Announcer (voice)
...All the Marbles
1981as Himself
The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island
1981as Sportscaster #2
The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh
1979as Chick Hearn
Heaven Can Wait
1978as Radio Announcer (uncredited)
Busting
1974as Laker Sportscaster on Radio (voice, uncredited)
The Gambler
1974as Radio Announcer
The Grand Opening of Walt Disney World
1971as Self
The Love Bug
1968as Announcer
The Loved One
1965as Space-Burial Funeral Announcer
Cry for Happy
1961as Commander (uncredited)
Burden Of Truth
1957as Fight Broadcaster (voice)
Television (21)
The Proud Family
2001as Self (voice)
Dharma & Greg
1997as Basketball Announcer (voice)
Arli$$
1996as Chick Hearn (voice)
Hang Time
1995
Duckman
1994as Chick Hearn (voice)
Rugrats
1991
The Simpsons
1989as Chick Hearn (voice)
Garfield and Friends
1988
21 Jump Street
1987as Chick Hearn (voice)
Matlock
1986as Announcer
Hardcastle and McCormick
1983
Matt Houston
1982
Simon & Simon
1981
The White Shadow
1978as TV Announcer (voice)
Lou Grant
1977
Police Woman
1974as Internal Affairs Detective
Hawkins
1973as Basketball Announcer
Here We Go Again
1973as Announcer
Run for Your Life
1965as Self
Gilligan's Island
1964
The Fugitive
1963as TV Newscaster
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