Chick Hearn
November 27, 1916 (107 years old) in Buda, Illinois, U.S.
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 games in the television era were simulcast on both radio and television, even after most teams chose to use different announcers for the different media.
Known For
Credits
- 2015 · Kobe Bryant's Muse as Self (archive footage)
- 2001 · Longshot as Announcer
- 2001 · The Proud Family as Self (voice)
- 2000 · Love & Basketball as Chick Hearn
- 1998 · Wrongfully Accused as Basketball Announcer
- 1998 · Los Angeles Lakers: '87 The Drive For Five as Narrator
- 1997 · Dharma & Greg as Basketball Announcer (voice)
- 1996 · Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault as Self
- 1996 · Arliss as
- 1995 · Hang Time as
- 1994 · Duckman as
- 1993 · Airborne as Basketball Announcer
- 1992 · White Men Can't Jump as NBA Announcer
- 1991 · Rugrats as
- 1990 · Heart Condition as Self
- 1989 · The Simpsons as Chick Hearn (voice)
- 1988 · Garfield and Friends as
- 1988 · Big Business as Sports Announcer
- 1987 · Sport Goofy in Soccermania as The Announcer (voice)
- 1987 · 21 Jump Street as
- 1986 · Body Slam as Booth Announcer / Himself
- 1986 · Matlock as
- 1985 · Volunteers as Announcer
- 1985 · Fletch as Chick Hearn
- 1985 · Half Nelson as Voice of Announcer (voice)
- 1983 · Hardcastle and McCormick as
- 1982 · Matt Houston as
- 1981 · Simon & Simon as
- 1981 · The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island as Sportscaster #2
- 1981 · ...All the Marbles as Himself
- 1979 · The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh as Self
- 1978 · The White Shadow as TV Announcer (voice)
- 1978 · Heaven Can Wait as Radio Announcer (uncredited)
- 1977 · Lou Grant as
- 1974 · The Gambler as Radio Announcer
- 1974 · Police Woman as
- 1974 · Busting as Laker Sportscaster on Radio (voice, uncredited)
- 1973 · Hawkins as Basketball Announcer
- 1973 · Here We Go Again as Announcer
- 1971 · The Grand Opening of Walt Disney World as Self
- 1968 · The Love Bug as Announcer
- 1965 · The Loved One as Space-Burial Funeral Announcer
- 1965 · Run for Your Life as Self
- 1964 · Gilligan's Island as
- 1963 · The Fugitive as TV Newscaster
- 1961 · Cry for Happy as Commander (uncredited)
- 1957 · Burden Of Truth as Fight Broadcaster (voice)