Chick Hearn
Acting
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.
TV Shows(22)
The Proud Family
Self (voice)
2001
Dharma & Greg
Basketball Announcer (voice)
1997
Arli$$
Chick Hearn (voice)
1996
Hang Time
1995
Duckman
Chick Hearn (voice)
1994
Rugrats
1991
The Simpsons
Chick Hearn (voice)
1989
Garfield and Friends
1988
21 Jump Street
Chick Hearn (voice)
1987
Matlock
Announcer
1986
Hardcastle and McCormick
1983
Matt Houston
1982
Simon & Simon
1981
The White Shadow
TV Announcer (voice)
1978
Lou Grant
1977
Police Woman
Internal Affairs Detective
1974
Hawkins
Basketball Announcer
1973
Here We Go Again
Announcer
1973
Run for Your Life
Self
1965
Gilligan's Island
1964
The Fugitive
TV Newscaster
1963
The Wonderful World of Disney
Announcer
1954
Movies(26)
Kobe Bryant's Muse
Self (archive footage)
2015
Longshot
Announcer
2001
Love & Basketball
Chick Hearn
2000
Wrongfully Accused
Basketball Announcer
1998
Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault
Self
1996
Airborne
Basketball Announcer
1993
White Men Can't Jump
NBA Announcer
1992
Heart Condition
Self
1990
Big Business
Sports Announcer
1988
Los Angeles Lakers: '87 The Drive For Five
Narrator
1987
Sport Goofy in Soccermania
The Announcer (voice)
1987
Body Slam
Booth Announcer / Himself
1986
Volunteers
Announcer
1985
Fletch
Chick Hearn
1985
Half Nelson
Voice of Announcer (voice)
1985
The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island
Sportscaster #2
1981
...All the Marbles
Himself
1981
The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh
Chick Hearn
1979
Heaven Can Wait
Radio Announcer (uncredited)
1978
The Gambler
Radio Announcer
1974
Busting
Laker Sportscaster on Radio (voice, uncredited)
1974
The Grand Opening of Walt Disney World
Self
1971
The Love Bug
Announcer
1968
The Loved One
Space-Burial Funeral Announcer
1965
Cry for Happy
Commander (uncredited)
1961
Burden Of Truth
Fight Broadcaster (voice)
1957