Chick Hearn
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1916-11-27
Day of Death
2002-08-05 (85 years old)
Place of Birth
Buda, Illinois, U.S.
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 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.
Acting
(2015)
Kobe Bryant's Muse
as Self (archive footage)
(2001)
Longshot
as Announcer
(2000)
Love & Basketball
as Chick Hearn
(1998)
Wrongfully Accused
as Basketball Announcer
(1996)
(1993)
Airborne
as Basketball Announcer
(1992)
White Men Can't Jump
as NBA Announcer
(1990)
Heart Condition
as Self
(1988)
Big Business
as Sports Announcer
(1987)
Sport Goofy in Soccermania
as The Announcer (voice)
(1987)
Los Angeles Lakers: '87 The Drive For Five
as Narrator
(1986)
Body Slam
as Booth Announcer / Himself
(1985)
Fletch
as Chick Hearn
(1985)
Volunteers
as Announcer
(1985)
Half Nelson
as Voice of Announcer (voice)
(1981)
...All the Marbles
as Himself
(1981)
The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island
as Sportscaster #2
(1979)
(1978)
Heaven Can Wait
as Radio Announcer (uncredited)
(1974)
The Gambler
as Radio Announcer
(1974)
Busting
as Laker Sportscaster on Radio (voice, uncredited)
(1971)
(1968)
The Love Bug
as Announcer
(1965)
The Loved One
as Space-Burial Funeral Announcer
(1961)
Cry for Happy
as Commander (uncredited)
(1957)
Burden Of Truth
as Fight Broadcaster (voice)