Acting credits
48
Established
Large and steady acting portfolio.
Actor
Chick Hearn
Acting
Career Snapshot
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Movies: 26Series: 22
TMDB ID: 80258
IMDb ID: nm0372481
Known for: Acting
Born: November 27, 1916
Died: August 5, 2002
Age: 85
Place of birth: Buda, Illinois, U.S.
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1954 - 2015
Years active: 62
Average TMDB rating: 6.76
Wikidata: Q321638
Also known as
Francis Dayle Hearn • Francis 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.
Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Chick Hearn.
as Self (archive footage)
Kobe Bryant's Muse
2015 • Movie
as Announcer
Longshot
2001 • Movie
as Chick Hearn
Love & Basketball
2000 • Movie
as Basketball Announcer
Wrongfully Accused
1998 • Movie
as Self
Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault
1996 • Movie
as Basketball Announcer
Airborne
1993 • Movie
as NBA Announcer
White Men Can't Jump
1992 • Movie
as Self
Heart Condition
1990 • Movie
as Sports Announcer
Big Business
1988 • Movie
as Narrator
Los Angeles Lakers: '87 The Drive For Five
1987 • Movie
as The Announcer (voice)
Sport Goofy in Soccermania
1987 • Movie
as Booth Announcer / Himself
Body Slam
1986 • Movie
as Announcer
Volunteers
1985 • Movie
as Chick Hearn
Fletch
1985 • Movie
as Voice of Announcer (voice)
Half Nelson
1985 • Movie
as Sportscaster #2
The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island
1981 • Movie
as Himself
...All the Marbles
1981 • Movie
as Chick Hearn
The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh
1979 • Movie
as Radio Announcer (uncredited)
Heaven Can Wait
1978 • Movie
as Radio Announcer
The Gambler
1974 • Movie
as Laker Sportscaster on Radio (voice, uncredited)
Busting
1974 • Movie
as Self
The Grand Opening of Walt Disney World
1971 • Movie
as Announcer
The Love Bug
1968 • Movie
as Space-Burial Funeral Announcer
The Loved One
1965 • Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Chick Hearn.
as Self (voice) • 1 eps
The Proud Family
2001 • Series
as Basketball Announcer (voice) • 1 eps
Dharma & Greg
1997 • Series
as Chick Hearn (voice) • 1 eps
Arli$$
1996 • Series
1 eps
Hang Time
1995 • Series
as Chick Hearn (voice) • 1 eps
Duckman
1994 • Series
as Chick Hearn (voice) • 1 eps
Rugrats
1991 • Series
as Chick Hearn (voice) • 1 eps
The Simpsons
1989 • Series
1 eps
Garfield and Friends
1988 • Series
as Chick Hearn (voice) • 1 eps
21 Jump Street
1987 • Series
as Announcer • 1 eps
Matlock
1986 • Series
1 eps
Hardcastle and McCormick
1983 • Series
1 eps
Matt Houston
1982 • Series
1 eps
Simon & Simon
1981 • Series
as TV Announcer (voice) • 1 eps
The White Shadow
1978 • Series
1 eps
Lou Grant
1977 • Series
as Internal Affairs Detective • 1 eps
Police Woman
1974 • Series
as Basketball Announcer • 1 eps
Hawkins
1973 • Series
as Announcer • 1 eps
Here We Go Again
1973 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
Run for Your Life
1965 • Series
2 eps
Gilligan's Island
1964 • Series
as TV Newscaster • 1 eps
The Fugitive
1963 • Series
as Announcer • 1 eps
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954 • Series