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

• 2001Longshot — Announcer
• 2000Love & Basketball — Chick Hearn
• 1998Wrongfully Accused — Basketball Announcer
• Dharma & Greg — Basketball Announcer (voice)
• Arli$$ — Chick Hearn (voice)
• Hang Time
• Duckman — Chick Hearn (voice)
• 1993Airborne — Basketball Announcer
• 1992White Men Can't Jump — NBA Announcer
• Rugrats — Chick Hearn (voice)
• The Simpsons — Chick Hearn (voice)
• 1988Big Business — Sports Announcer
• Garfield and Friends
• 21 Jump Street — Chick Hearn (voice)
• 1987Los Angeles Lakers: '87 The Drive For Five — Narrator
• 1987Sport Goofy in Soccermania — The Announcer (voice)
• 1986Body Slam — Booth Announcer / Himself
• Matlock — Announcer
• 1985Fletch — Chick Hearn
• 1985Half Nelson — Voice of Announcer (voice)
• 1985Volunteers — Announcer
• Hardcastle and McCormick
• Matt Houston
• Simon & Simon
• 1981The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island — Sportscaster #2
• 1979The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh — Chick Hearn
• 1978Heaven Can Wait — Radio Announcer (uncredited)
• The White Shadow — TV Announcer (voice)
• Lou Grant
• 1974Busting — Laker Sportscaster on Radio (voice, uncredited)
• Police Woman — Internal Affairs Detective
• 1974The Gambler — Radio Announcer
• Hawkins — Basketball Announcer
• Here We Go Again — Announcer
• 1968The Love Bug — Announcer
• 1965The Loved One — Space-Burial Funeral Announcer
• Gilligan's Island
• The Fugitive — TV Newscaster
• 1961Cry for Happy — Commander (uncredited)
• 1957Burden Of Truth — Fight Broadcaster (voice)
• The Wonderful World of Disney — Announcer

Appearances as themselves (7)

• 2015Kobe Bryant's Muse — Self (archive footage)
• The Proud Family — Self (voice)
• 1996Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault — Self
• 1990Heart Condition — Self
• 1981...All the Marbles — Himself
• 1971The Grand Opening of Walt Disney World — Self
• Run for Your Life — Self