Chick Hearn

Personal Info

Birthday

November 27, 1916

Day of Death

2002-08-05

(85 years old)

Place of Birth

Buda, Illinois, U.S.

Also Known As

Francis Dayle Hearn

Francis Hearn

Chick 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.

Known For

The Simpsons

The Fugitive

Duckman

Dharma & Greg

The White Shadow

Here We Go Again

Hawkins

Wrongfully Accused

Filmography

2015
Kobe Bryant's Muse
as Self (archive footage)
2001
Longshot
as Announcer
2000
Love & Basketball
as Chick Hearn
1998
Wrongfully Accused
as Basketball Announcer
1996
Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault
as Self
1993
Airborne
as Basketball Announcer
1992
White Men Can't Jump
as NBA Announcer
1990
Heart Condition
as Self
1988
Big Business
as Sports Announcer
1987
Los Angeles Lakers: '87 The Drive For Five
as Narrator
Sport Goofy in Soccermania
as The Announcer (voice)
1986
Body Slam
as Booth Announcer / Himself
1985
Volunteers
as Announcer
Fletch
as Chick Hearn
Half Nelson
as Voice of Announcer (voice)
1981
The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island
as Sportscaster #2
...All the Marbles
as Himself
1979
The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh
as Chick Hearn
1978
Heaven Can Wait
as Radio Announcer (uncredited)
1974
The Gambler
as Radio Announcer
Busting
as Laker Sportscaster on Radio (voice, uncredited)
1971
The Grand Opening of Walt Disney World
as Self
1968
The Love Bug
as Announcer
1965
The Loved One
as Space-Burial Funeral Announcer
1961
Cry for Happy
as Commander (uncredited)
1957
Burden Of Truth
as Fight Broadcaster (voice)