Chick Hearn

Chick Hearn

Acting
November 27, 1916 August 5, 2002 Buda, Illinois, U.S. 1 popularity
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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.

Movies

20 titles
Kobe Bryant's Muse
4K 7.8

Self (archive footage)

Kobe Bryant's Muse

2015
Longshot
4K 5.7

Announcer

Longshot

2001
Love & Basketball
4K 7.4

Chick Hearn

Love & Basketball

2000
Wrongfully Accused
4K 6.0

Basketball Announcer

Wrongfully Accused

1998
Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault
4K 7.1

Self

Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault

1996
Airborne
4K 6.1

Basketball Announcer

Airborne

1993
White Men Can't Jump
4K 6.7

NBA Announcer

White Men Can't Jump

1992
Heart Condition
4K 5.7

Self

Heart Condition

1990
Big Business
4K 6.4

Sports Announcer

Big Business

1988
Los Angeles Lakers: '87 The Drive For Five
4K

Narrator

Los Angeles Lakers: '87 The Drive For Five

1987
Sport Goofy in Soccermania
4K 6.6

The Announcer (voice)

Sport Goofy in Soccermania

1987
Body Slam
4K 5.1

Booth Announcer / Himself

Body Slam

1986
Volunteers
4K 5.5

Announcer

Volunteers

1985
Fletch
4K 6.8

Chick Hearn

Fletch

1985
Half Nelson
4K

Voice of Announcer (voice)

Half Nelson

1985
The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island
4K 5.2

Sportscaster #2

The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island

1981
...All the Marbles
4K 6.1

Himself

...All the Marbles

1981
The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh
4K 5.9

Chick Hearn

The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh

1979
Heaven Can Wait
4K 6.7

Radio Announcer (uncredited)

Heaven Can Wait

1978
The Gambler
4K 6.7

Radio Announcer

The Gambler

1974

TV Shows

20 titles
The Proud Family
4K 7.7
TV

Self (voice)

The Proud Family

2001
Dharma & Greg
4K 6.4
TV

Basketball Announcer (voice)

Dharma & Greg

1997
Arli$$
4K 6.9
TV

Chick Hearn (voice)

Arli$$

1996
Hang Time
4K 7.4
TV

Hang Time

1995
Duckman
4K 7.2
TV

Chick Hearn (voice)

Duckman

1994
Rugrats
4K 7.6
TV

Chick Hearn (voice)

Rugrats

1991
The Simpsons
4K 8.0
TV

Chick Hearn (voice)

The Simpsons

1989
Garfield and Friends
4K 7.3
TV

Garfield and Friends

1988
21 Jump Street
4K 7.3
TV

Chick Hearn (voice)

21 Jump Street

1987
Matlock
4K 7.0
TV

Announcer

Matlock

1986
Hardcastle and McCormick
4K 6.5
TV

Hardcastle and McCormick

1983
Matt Houston
4K 6.3
TV

Matt Houston

1982
Simon & Simon
4K 6.7
TV

Simon & Simon

1981
The White Shadow
4K 7.1
TV

TV Announcer (voice)

The White Shadow

1978
Lou Grant
4K 7.4
TV

Lou Grant

1977
Police Woman
4K 6.4
TV

Internal Affairs Detective

Police Woman

1974
Hawkins
4K 7.8
TV

Basketball Announcer

Hawkins

1973
Here We Go Again
4K 6.0
TV

Announcer

Here We Go Again

1973
Run for Your Life
4K 7.1
TV

Self

Run for Your Life

1965
Gilligan's Island
4K 7.4
TV

Gilligan's Island

1964