Acting credits
47
Established
Large and steady acting portfolio.
Actor
Chick Hearn
Acting
Career Snapshot
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Movies: 26Series: 21
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: 1957 - 2015
Years active: 59
Average TMDB rating: 6.69
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.
7.8
Kobe Bryant's Muse
as Self (archive footage)
2015 Movie
4.6
Longshot
as Announcer
2001 Movie
7.3
Love & Basketball
as Chick Hearn
2000 Movie
6.0
Wrongfully Accused
as Basketball Announcer
1998 Movie
7.1
Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault
as Self
1996 Movie
5.9
Airborne
as Basketball Announcer
1993 Movie
6.7
White Men Can't Jump
as NBA Announcer
1992 Movie
5.6
Heart Condition
as Self
1990 Movie
6.3
Big Business
as Sports Announcer
1988 Movie
Los Angeles Lakers: '87 The Drive For Five
as Narrator
1987 Movie
6.6
Sport Goofy in Soccermania
as The Announcer (voice)
1987 Movie
4.8
Body Slam
as Booth Announcer / Himself
1986 Movie
5.5
Volunteers
as Announcer
1985 Movie
6.7
Fletch
as Chick Hearn
1985 Movie
Half Nelson
as Voice of Announcer (voice)
1985 Movie
4.6
The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island
as Sportscaster #2
1981 Movie
6.2
...All the Marbles
as Himself
1981 Movie
5.6
The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh
as Chick Hearn
1979 Movie
6.6
Heaven Can Wait
as Radio Announcer (uncredited)
1978 Movie
6.7
The Gambler
as Radio Announcer
1974 Movie
6.2
Busting
as Laker Sportscaster on Radio (voice, uncredited)
1974 Movie
7.0
The Grand Opening of Walt Disney World
as Self
1971 Movie
6.6
The Love Bug
as Announcer
1968 Movie
6.1
The Loved One
as Space-Burial Funeral Announcer
1965 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Chick Hearn.
7.7
The Proud Family
as Self (voice) • 1 eps
2001 Series
6.4
Dharma & Greg
as Basketball Announcer (voice) • 1 eps
1997 Series
6.7
Arli$$
as Chick Hearn (voice) • 1 eps
1996 Series
6.9
Hang Time
1 eps
1995 Series
7.1
Duckman
as Chick Hearn (voice) • 1 eps
1994 Series
7.6
Rugrats
1 eps
1991 Series
8.0
The Simpsons
as Chick Hearn (voice) • 1 eps
1989 Series
7.3
Garfield and Friends
1 eps
1988 Series
7.2
21 Jump Street
as Chick Hearn (voice) • 1 eps
1987 Series
7.1
Matlock
as Announcer • 1 eps
1986 Series
6.4
Hardcastle and McCormick
1 eps
1983 Series
6.2
Matt Houston
1 eps
1982 Series
6.7
Simon & Simon
1 eps
1981 Series
7.1
The White Shadow
as TV Announcer (voice) • 1 eps
1978 Series
7.3
Lou Grant
1 eps
1977 Series
6.2
Police Woman
as Internal Affairs Detective • 1 eps
1974 Series
7.2
Hawkins
as Basketball Announcer • 1 eps
1973 Series
5.0
Here We Go Again
as Announcer • 1 eps
1973 Series
7.2
Run for Your Life
as Self • 1 eps
1965 Series
7.4
Gilligan's Island
2 eps
1964 Series
7.2
The Fugitive
as TV Newscaster • 1 eps
1963 Series