Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
November 27, 1916
Place of Birth:
Buda, Illinois, U.S.
Social Media
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.
Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Kobe Bryant's Muse | Self (archive footage) |
| 2001 | Longshot | Announcer |
| 2000 | Love & Basketball | Chick Hearn |
| 1998 | Wrongfully Accused | Basketball Announcer |
| 1996 | Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault | Self |
| 1993 | Airborne | Basketball Announcer |
| 1992 | White Men Can't Jump | NBA Announcer |
| 1990 | Heart Condition | Self |
| 1988 | Big Business | Sports Announcer |
| 1987 | Sport Goofy in Soccermania | The Announcer (voice) |
| 1987 | Los Angeles Lakers: '87 The Drive For Five | Narrator |
| 1986 | Body Slam | Booth Announcer / Himself |
| 1985 | Fletch | Chick Hearn |
| 1985 | Half Nelson | Voice of Announcer (voice) |
| 1985 | Volunteers | Announcer |
| 1981 | The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island | Sportscaster #2 |
| 1981 | ...All the Marbles | Himself |
| 1979 | The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh | Self |
| 1978 | Heaven Can Wait | Radio Announcer (uncredited) |
| 1974 | Busting | Laker Sportscaster on Radio (voice, uncredited) |
| 1974 | The Gambler | Radio Announcer |
| 1971 | The Grand Opening of Walt Disney World | Self |
| 1968 | The Love Bug | Announcer |
| 1965 | The Loved One | Space-Burial Funeral Announcer |
| 1961 | Cry for Happy | Commander (uncredited) |
| 1957 | Burden Of Truth | Fight Broadcaster (voice) |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | The Proud Family | Self (voice) |
| 1997 | Dharma & Greg | Basketball Announcer (voice) |
| 1996 | Arliss | |
| 1995 | Hang Time | |
| 1994 | Duckman | |
| 1991 | Rugrats | |
| 1989 | The Simpsons | Chick Hearn (voice) |
| 1988 | Garfield and Friends | |
| 1987 | 21 Jump Street | |
| 1986 | Matlock | |
| 1983 | Hardcastle and McCormick | |
| 1982 | Matt Houston | |
| 1981 | Simon & Simon | |
| 1978 | The White Shadow | TV Announcer (voice) |
| 1977 | Lou Grant | |
| 1974 | Police Woman | |
| 1973 | Hawkins | Basketball Announcer |
| 1973 | Here We Go Again | Announcer |
| 1965 | Run for Your Life | Self |
| 1964 | Gilligan's Island | |
| 1963 | The Fugitive | TV Newscaster |