Chick Hearn
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.
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The Simpsons
Chick Hearn (voice)
Rugrats
The Fugitive
TV Newscaster
21 Jump Street
Garfield and Friends
Police Woman
Internal Affairs Detective
Matlock
Announcer
Simon & Simon
Gilligan's Island
Duckman
Chick Hearn (voice)
Run for Your Life
Self
Wrongfully Accused
Basketball Announcer
Lou Grant
Hardcastle and McCormick
The Proud Family
Self (voice)
Love & Basketball
Chick Hearn
The White Shadow
TV Announcer (voice)
Dharma & Greg
Basketball Announcer (voice)
Arli$$
Heart Condition
Self
Matt Houston
Half Nelson
Voice of Announcer (voice)
The Gambler
Radio Announcer
Fletch
Chick Hearn
White Men Can't Jump
NBA Announcer
Volunteers
Announcer
Airborne
Basketball Announcer
Busting
Laker Sportscaster on Radio (voice, uncredited)
Hang Time
The Love Bug
Announcer
Body Slam
Booth Announcer / Himself
Kobe Bryant's Muse
Self (archive footage)
Cry for Happy
Commander (uncredited)
Hawkins
Basketball Announcer
Heaven Can Wait
Radio Announcer (uncredited)
The Loved One
Space-Burial Funeral Announcer
Here We Go Again
Announcer
Big Business
Sports Announcer
Sport Goofy in Soccermania
The Announcer (voice)
...All the Marbles
Himself
Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault
Self
Burden Of Truth
Fight Broadcaster (voice)
The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh
Chick Hearn
Longshot
Announcer
The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island
Sportscaster #2
The Grand Opening of Walt Disney World
Self
Los Angeles Lakers: '87 The Drive For Five
Narrator