Chick Hearn
Actor
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
Fletch
as Chick Hearn 1985
The Love Bug
as Announcer 1968
Wrongfully Accused
as Basketball Announcer 1998
Love & Basketball
as Chick Hearn 2000
Heaven Can Wait
as Radio Announcer (uncredited) 1978
Big Business
as Sports Announcer 1988
Volunteers
as Announcer 1985
The Gambler
as Radio Announcer 1974
Heart Condition
as Self 1990
Airborne
as Basketball Announcer 1993
Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault
as Self 1996
...All the Marbles
as Himself 1981
Busting
as Laker Sportscaster on Radio (voice, uncredited) 1974
The Loved One
as Space-Burial Funeral Announcer 1965
Sport Goofy in Soccermania
as The Announcer (voice) 1987
Kobe Bryant's Muse
as Self (archive footage) 2015