Chick Hearn

Born: 1916-11-27

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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Fletch

as Chick Hearn
Released: 1985-05-31

When investigative reporter Irwin "Fletch" Fletcher goes undercover to write a piece on the drug...

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The Love Bug

as Announcer
Released: 1968-12-23

Down-on-his-luck race car driver Jim Douglas teams up with a little VW Bug that has a mind of...

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Wrongfully Accused

as Basketball Announcer
Released: 1998-07-23

Ryan Harrison, a violin god, superstar and sex symbol does not want to cheat on sexy Lauren...

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as NBA Announcer
Released: 1992-03-27

Two street basketball hustlers try to con each other, then team up for a bigger score.

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Big Business

as Sports Announcer
Released: 1988-06-10

In the 1940s in the small town of Jupiter Hollow, two sets of identical twins are born in the...

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Love & Basketball

as Self
Released: 2000-04-21

Monica Wright and Quincy McCall grew up in the same neighborhood and have known each other since...

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The Gambler

as Radio Announcer
Released: 1974-10-02

New York City English professor Axel Freed outwardly seems like an upstanding citizen. But...

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Heaven Can Wait

as Radio Announcer (uncredited)
Released: 1978-06-28

Joe Pendleton is a quarterback preparing to lead his team to the superbowl when he is almost...

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Heart Condition

as Self
Released: 1990-02-02

Racist police officer Jack Moony has a vendetta against Napoleon Stone, a charismatic black...

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...All the Marbles

as Himself
Released: 1981-03-01

A two-bit promoter tries to take a women's wrestling team to the top.

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Airborne

as Basketball Announcer
Released: 1993-09-17

Good-natured teen surfer Mitchell Goosen finds himself staying with his aunt and uncle in...

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The Loved One

as Space-Burial Funeral Announcer
Released: 1965-10-11

Newly arrived in Hollywood from England, Dennis Barlow finds he has to arrange his uncle's...

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Volunteers

as Announcer
Released: 1985-08-16

After his rich father refuses to pay his debt, compulsive gambler Lawrence Bourne III joins the...

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Longshot

as Announcer
Released: 2001-10-25

Teen Alex Taylor and his older brother Jack live in L.A. where Jack is a personal fitness...

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Busting

as Laker Sportscaster on Radio (voice, uncredited)
Released: 1974-02-27

Two Los Angeles vice squad officers find themselves up against their corrupt superiors when they...

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Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault

as Self
Released: 1996-11-23

A dramatization of the life of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault (Don Cheadle), with a lot of factual...

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The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh

as Self
Released: 1979-11-06

The Pittsburgh basketball team is hopeless. Maybe with the aid of an astrologer, and some new...

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Kobe Bryant's Muse

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 2015-02-28

Documentary that goes behind the stats to reveal the story of Kobe Bryant's career, exploring...

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Half Nelson

as Voice of Announcer (voice)
Released: 1985-03-24

Rocky Nelson is a New York cop, who after making a major bust and selling the rights of his...

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Sport Goofy in Soccermania

as The Announcer (voice)
Released: 1987-05-27

Uncle Scrooge donates an old beat-up trophy for Huey, Dewey and Louie's soccer tournament. But...

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Cry for Happy

as Commander (uncredited)
Released: 1961-03-03

Army photographers on leave in Japan take over a geisha house.

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Body Slam

as Booth Announcer / Himself
Released: 1986-11-21

M. Harry Smilac is a down-on-his-luck music manager who is having a hard time attracting talent...

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The Grand Opening of Walt Disney World

as Self
Released: 1971-10-29

A celebrity-filled look at the opening festivities for Walt Disney World in Florida.

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The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island

as Sportscaster #2
Released: 1981-05-15

The Harlem Globetrotters' chartered plane crash lands on the atoll inhabited by the happily...

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Burden Of Truth

as Fight Broadcaster (voice)
Released: 1957-01-01

Joe and Ella Mae Hamilton, having just moved into a new neighborhood, are confronted by an...

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Los Angeles Lakers: '87 The Drive For Five

as Narrator
Released: 1998-01-01

The video takes you threw the Lakers run to the 1987 NBA Finals! This video includes Lakers...

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21 Jump Street

as uncredited
First aired: 1987-04-12

21 Jump Street revolves around a group of young cops who would use their youthful appearance to...

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Matlock

as uncredited
First aired: 1986-03-03

Matlock is an American television legal drama, starring Andy Griffith in the title role of...

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The Fugitive

as TV Newscaster
First aired: 1963-09-17

Richard Kimble is falsely convicted of his wife's murder and given the death penalty. En route...

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The Simpsons

as Chick Hearn (voice)
First aired: 1989-12-17

Set in Springfield, the average American town, the show focuses on the antics and everyday...

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The Proud Family

as Self (voice)
First aired: 2001-09-15

Follow the adventures and misadventures of Penny, a 14-year-old African American girl who's...

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Run for Your Life

as Self
First aired: 1965-09-13

Run for Your Life is an American television drama series starring Ben Gazzara as a man with only...

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Hardcastle and McCormick

as uncredited
First aired: 1983-09-18

Hardcastle and McCormick is an American action/drama television series from Stephen J. Cannell...

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Dharma & Greg

as Basketball Announcer (voice)
First aired: 1997-09-24

Dharma & Greg is an American television sitcom that aired from September 24, 1997, to April 30,...

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Lou Grant

as uncredited
First aired: 1977-09-20

The trials of a former television station manager turned newspaper city editor, and his...

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The White Shadow

as TV Announcer (voice)
First aired: 1978-11-27

The White Shadow is an American drama television series that ran on the CBS network from...

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Garfield and Friends

as uncredited
First aired: 1988-09-17

The animated stories of Garfield the cat, Odie the dog, their owner Jon and the trouble they get...

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Gilligan's Island

as uncredited
First aired: 1964-09-26

The slapstick adventures of hapless Gilligan, long-suffering Skipper and their gang of...

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Rugrats

as uncredited
First aired: 1991-08-11

Focuses on a group of toddlers, most prominently Tommy, Chuckie, Phil, Lil, and Angelica, and...

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Hang Time

as uncredited
First aired: 1995-09-09

Hang Time is an American teen sitcom about a fictional Indiana high school's boys' basketball...

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Simon & Simon

as uncredited
First aired: 1981-11-24

Simon & Simon is an American detective television series that originally ran from November 24,...

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Police Woman

as uncredited
First aired: 1974-09-13

Sergeant “Pepper"” Anderson, an undercover cop for the Criminal Conspiracy Unit of the Los...

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Duckman

as uncredited
First aired: 1994-03-05

Duckman: Private Dick/Family Man is an American animated sitcom that aired from 1994–1997,...

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Matt Houston

as uncredited
First aired: 1982-09-26

Matt Houston is an American crime drama series that aired on ABC from 1982 to 1985. Created by...

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Arliss

as uncredited
First aired: 1996-08-10

A behind-the-scenes look at the glitzy, big-money world of professional sports following the...

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Here We Go Again

as Announcer
First aired: 1973-01-20

Here We Go Again is an American sitcom that aired on ABC from January to April 1973 on Saturday...

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Hawkins

as Basketball Announcer
First aired: 1973-03-13

Hawkins is a television series which aired for one season on CBS between 1973 and 1974. The...

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