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.
Filmography
Kobe Bryant's Muse
2015
as Self (archive footage)
Longshot
2001
as Announcer
Love & Basketball
2000
as Chick Hearn
Wrongfully Accused
1998
as Basketball Announcer
Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault
1996
as Self
Airborne
1993
as Basketball Announcer
White Men Can't Jump
1992
as NBA Announcer
Heart Condition
1990
as Self
Big Business
1988
as Sports Announcer
Los Angeles Lakers: '87 The Drive For Five
1987
as Narrator
Sport Goofy in Soccermania
1987
as The Announcer (voice)
Body Slam
1986
as Booth Announcer / Himself
Volunteers
1985
as Announcer
Fletch
1985
as Chick Hearn
Half Nelson
1985
as Voice of Announcer (voice)
The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island
1981
as Sportscaster #2
...All the Marbles
1981
as Himself
The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh
1979
as Chick Hearn
Heaven Can Wait
1978
as Radio Announcer (uncredited)
The Gambler
1974
as Radio Announcer
Busting
1974
as Laker Sportscaster on Radio (voice, uncredited)
The Grand Opening of Walt Disney World
1971
as Self
The Love Bug
1968
as Announcer
The Loved One
1965
as Space-Burial Funeral Announcer