Chick Hearn
Born: 1916-11-27 in Buda, Illinois, U.S.
Died: 2002-08-05
Known For: Acting
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 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.
Filmography
2015
- Kobe Bryant's Muse as Self (archive footage)
2001
- The Proud Family as Self (voice)
- Longshot as Announcer
2000
- Love & Basketball as Chick Hearn
1998
- Wrongfully Accused as Basketball Announcer
1997
- Dharma & Greg as Basketball Announcer (voice)
1996
1995
1994
- Duckman as Chick Hearn (voice)
1993
- Airborne as Basketball Announcer
1992
- White Men Can't Jump as NBA Announcer
1991
1990
- Heart Condition as Self
1989
- The Simpsons as Chick Hearn (voice)
1988
- Garfield and Friends
- Big Business as Sports Announcer
1987
- 21 Jump Street
- Sport Goofy in Soccermania as The Announcer (voice)
- Los Angeles Lakers: '87 The Drive For Five as Narrator
1985
- Half Nelson as Voice of Announcer (voice)
- Volunteers as Announcer
- Fletch as Chick Hearn
1982
1981
- Simon & Simon
- ...All the Marbles as Himself
- The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island as Sportscaster #2
1979
- The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh as Chick Hearn
1978
- The White Shadow as TV Announcer (voice)
- Heaven Can Wait as Radio Announcer (uncredited)
1977
1974
- Police Woman as Internal Affairs Detective
- The Gambler as Radio Announcer
- Busting as Laker Sportscaster on Radio (voice, uncredited)
1973
- Hawkins as Basketball Announcer
- Here We Go Again as Announcer
1971
1968
- The Love Bug as Announcer
1965
- Run for Your Life as Self
- The Loved One as Space-Burial Funeral Announcer
1964
1963
- The Fugitive as TV Newscaster
1961
- Cry for Happy as Commander (uncredited)
1957
- Burden Of Truth as Fight Broadcaster (voice)