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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
November 27, 1916
Died
August 5, 2002
Place of Birth
Buda, Illinois, U.S.
Also Known As
- Francis Dayle Hearn
- Francis Hearn
Chick Hearn
0.2 Popularity
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
7.8
Self (archive footage)
Kobe Bryant's Muse
2015
4.6
Announcer
Longshot
2001
7.8
Self (voice)
The Proud Family
2001
7.4
Chick Hearn
Love & Basketball
2000
5.9
Basketball Announcer
Wrongfully Accused
1998
6.4
Basketball Announcer (voice)
Dharma & Greg
1997
7.1
Self
Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault
1996
6.7
Arliss
1996
6.9
Hang Time
1995
7.2
Duckman
1994
Credits
Kobe Bryant's Muse
as Self (archive footage)
2015
7.8
Longshot
as Announcer
2001
4.6
The Proud Family
as Self (voice)
2001
7.8
Love & Basketball
as Chick Hearn
2000
7.4
Wrongfully Accused
as Basketball Announcer
1998
5.9
Dharma & Greg
as Basketball Announcer (voice)
1997
6.4
Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault
as Self
1996
7.1
Arliss
1996
6.7
Hang Time
1995
6.9
Duckman
1994
7.2
Airborne
as Basketball Announcer
1993
5.9
White Men Can't Jump
as NBA Announcer
1992
6.6
Rugrats
1991
7.6
Heart Condition
as Self
1990
5.5
The Simpsons
as Chick Hearn (voice)
1989
8.0
Garfield and Friends
1988
7.2
Big Business
as Sports Announcer
1988
6.3
Los Angeles Lakers: '87 The Drive For Five
as Narrator
1987
0.0
Sport Goofy in Soccermania
as The Announcer (voice)
1987
6.7
21 Jump Street
1987
7.1
Body Slam
as Booth Announcer / Himself
1986
4.8
Matlock
1986
7.1
Volunteers
as Announcer
1985
5.5
Fletch
as Chick Hearn
1985
6.7
Half Nelson
as Voice of Announcer (voice)
1985
0.0
Hardcastle and McCormick
1983
6.4
Matt Houston
1982
6.2
Simon & Simon
1981
6.7
The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island
as Sportscaster #2
1981
4.7
...All the Marbles
as Himself
1981
6.2
The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh
as Self
1979
5.6
The White Shadow
as TV Announcer (voice)
1978
7.0
Heaven Can Wait
as Radio Announcer (uncredited)
1978
6.6
Lou Grant
1977
7.3
The Gambler
as Radio Announcer
1974
6.7
Police Woman
1974
6.2
Busting
as Laker Sportscaster on Radio (voice, uncredited)
1974
6.3
Hawkins
as Basketball Announcer
1973
7.2
Here We Go Again
as Announcer
1973
5.0
The Grand Opening of Walt Disney World
as Self
1971
7.0
The Love Bug
as Announcer
1968
6.5
The Loved One
as Space-Burial Funeral Announcer
1965
6.3
Run for Your Life
as Self
1965
7.2
Gilligan's Island
1964
7.4
The Fugitive
as TV Newscaster
1963
7.2
Cry for Happy
as Commander (uncredited)
1961
5.0
Burden Of Truth
as Fight Broadcaster (voice)
1957
0.0