Chick Hearn
Acting
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
2015Kobe Bryant's Muse
Self (archive footage)
2001Longshot
Announcer
2000Love & Basketball
Chick Hearn
1998Wrongfully Accused
Basketball Announcer
1996Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault
Self
1993Airborne
Basketball Announcer
1992White Men Can't Jump
NBA Announcer
1990Heart Condition
Self
1988Big Business
Sports Announcer
1987Sport Goofy in Soccermania
The Announcer (voice)
1987Los Angeles Lakers: '87 The Drive For Five
Narrator
1986Body Slam
Booth Announcer / Himself
1985Fletch
Chick Hearn
1985Half Nelson
Voice of Announcer (voice)
1985Volunteers
Announcer
1981The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island
Sportscaster #2
1981...All the Marbles
Himself
1979The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh
Chick Hearn
1978Heaven Can Wait
Radio Announcer (uncredited)
1974Busting
Laker Sportscaster on Radio (voice, uncredited)
1974The Gambler
Radio Announcer
1971The Grand Opening of Walt Disney World
Self
1968The Love Bug
Announcer
1965The Loved One
Space-Burial Funeral Announcer