Chick Hearn

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Known For

Wrongfully Accused (1998)

Fletch (1985)

White Men Can't Jump (1992)

The Love Bug (1968)

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Actor (38 titles)

2001 Longshot
Announcer

1998 Wrongfully Accused
Basketball Announcer

1998 Dharma & Greg (TV series)
Basketball Announcer

– The Second Coming of Leonard (1998) … Basketball Announcer (voice)

1996 Life with Louie (TV series)
Announcer

– The Masked Chess Boy (1996) … Announcer (voice)

1994 Time Trax (TV series)

– Dream Team (1994)

1993 Airborne
Basketball Announcer

1992 White Men Can't Jump
N.B.A. Announcer

1989 Garfield and Friends (TV series)

– Basket Brawl/U.S. Acres: Origin of Power Pig!/Cactus Jake Rides Again (1989) (voice)

– The Curse of the Klopman/U.S. Acres: Mud Sweet Mud/Rainy Day Dreams (1989) (voice)

1988 Big Business
Sports Announcer

1987 Matlock (TV series)
Announcer

– The Annihilator (1987) … Announcer

1987 1st & Ten: The Championship (TV series)
Sportscaster

– Ernie's Last Quarter (1987) … Sportscaster

1987 Sport Goofy in Soccermania (short)
The Announcer (voice)

1986 Body Slam
Booth Announcer #1

1985 Volunteers
Announcer

1983 The Fall Guy (TV series)
Announcer

– Win One for the Gipper??? (1983) … Announcer (voice)

1982 Simon & Simon (TV series)
Cal

– Fowl Play (1982) … Cal

1982 Matt Houston (TV series)
Sportscaster

– Killing Isn't Everything (1982) … Sportscaster

1981 The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island (TV movie)
Sportscaster #2

1981 Lou Grant (TV series)
Clarence Harvey

– Violence (1981) … Clarence Harvey

1978-1979 The White Shadow (TV series)
Announcer / TV Announcer

– The Great White Dope (1979) … Announcer

– The Offer (1978) … TV Announcer (voice)

1978 Heaven Can Wait
Radio Announcer (uncredited)

1977 Police Woman (TV series)

– Ambition (1977)

1974 The Gambler
Radio Announcer

1974 Busting
Laker Sportscaster on Radio (voice) (uncredited)

1973 The New Perry Mason (TV series)
TV Announcer

– The Case of the Cagey Cager (1973) … TV Announcer

1973 Here We Go Again (TV series)
Announcer

– The Basketball Tickets (1973) … Announcer

1971 Nanny and the Professor (TV series)
Chuck Henry

– The Great Debate (1971) … Chuck Henry

1969 Mod Squad (TV series)

– In This Corner - Sol Albert (1969) (voice)

1968 The Love Bug
Announcer

1967 Gilligan's Island (TV series)
Commentator / Radio Announcer

– It's a Bird, It's a Plane (1967) … Radio Announcer (voice)

– Splashdown (1967) … Commentator (voice)

1965-1966 My Favorite Martian (TV series)
Announcer / Radio Announcer

– TV or Not TV (1966) … Announcer

– The Girl in the Flying Machine (1965) … Radio Announcer (voice)

1965 The Loved One
Announcer at Condor's funeral launch

1964 The Fugitive (TV series)
TV Newscaster

– The End Game (1964) … TV Newscaster

1963 McKeever & the Colonel (TV series)
Announcer

– The Old Grad (1963) … Announcer

1962 Alcoa Premiere (TV series)
Announcer

– The Long Walk Home (1962) … Announcer

1962 My Three Sons (TV series)
Announcer

– Air Derby (1962) … Announcer

1961 Cry for Happy
Commander (uncredited)

1957 Burden of Truth
Fight broadcaster

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Personal Details

Alternate Names:

Francis 'Chick' Hearn

Height:

6' 3" (1.91 m)

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Personal Quote:

When basketball game is in bag: "This game is in the refrigerator, the door's closed, the light's out, the eggs are cooling, the butter's getting hard and the Jello's jiggling." See more »

Trivia:

Son, Gary, died of a drug overdose on June 1, 1972. Daughter, Samantha, died of pneumonia May 24, 1991, brought on by anorexia. See more »

Trademark:

Witty quips during basketball game See more »

Star Sign:

Sagittarius

Chick Hearn (1916–2002)

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