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.

Filmography (47 Appearances)

Kobe Bryant's Muse

Longshot

The Proud Family

Love & Basketball

Wrongfully Accused

Dharma & Greg

Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault

Arli$$

Hang Time

Duckman

Airborne

White Men Can't Jump

Rugrats

Heart Condition

The Simpsons

Garfield and Friends

Big Business

Los Angeles Lakers: '87 The Drive For Five

Sport Goofy in Soccermania

21 Jump Street

Body Slam

Matlock

Volunteers

Fletch

Half Nelson

Hardcastle and McCormick

Matt Houston

Simon & Simon

The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island

...All the Marbles

The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh

The White Shadow

Heaven Can Wait

Lou Grant

The Gambler

Police Woman

Busting

Hawkins

Here We Go Again

The Grand Opening of Walt Disney World

The Love Bug

The Loved One

Run for Your Life

Gilligan's Island

The Fugitive

Cry for Happy

Burden Of Truth

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