Name
Dick Vitale
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1939-06-09 (87 years old)
Place of Birth
Passaic, New Jersey, USA
Biography
Richard John "Dick" Vitale, also known as "Dickie V", is an American basketball sportscaster. A former head coach in the college and professional ranks, he is well known as a college basketball broadcaster for ESPN. He is known for catchphrases such as "baby" and "diaper dandy" (outstanding freshman player), as well as enthusiastic and colorful remarks he makes during games, and has authored nine books and appeared in several movies.
Known For
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When the bumbling Lieutenant Frank Drebin investigates events following the shooting of hi...
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A basketball player's father must try to convince him to go to a college so he can get a s...
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Monica Wright and Quincy McCall grew up in the same neighborhood and have known each other...
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Pete Bell, a college basketball coach is under a lot of pressure. His team isn't winning a...
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Every school day, African-American teenagers William Gates and Arthur Agee travel 90 minut...
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A college athlete returns from the dead to help his brother's basketball team win the NCAA...
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He made perhaps the most dramatic shot in the history of the NCAA basketball tournament. H...
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A story about basketball and befriending. Gar is a High School journalist who, while cover...
- 2013 Duke-Carolina The Blue Blood Rivalry as Self - ESNP Announcer
- 1990 Time Out, Baby! as Narrator / Host
- 1994 Blue Chips as Dick Vitale
- 2022 Dickie V as Self
- 1995 Jury Duty as Hal Gibson
- 2000 Love & Basketball as Dick Vitale
- 1988 The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! as Baseball Announcer
- 1998 He Got Game as Dick Vitale
- 2017 Rudy Ruettiger: The Walk On as Himself
- 2012 Man in the Glass: The Dale Brown Story as Self
- 1994 Hoop Dreams as Self
- 2007 Home of the Giants as Self
- 2016 With a Kiss as Self (archive footage)
- 2002 A Season on the Brink as Dick Vitale (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1997 The 6th Man as Dick Vitale
- 2015 I Hate Christian Laettner as Self
- 2003 Jimmy Kimmel Live! ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1984 The Cosby Show ( 1 episode ) as Dan Vicente
- 2018 Basketball: A Love Story ( 9 episodes ) as Self
- 1996 Arli$$ ( 1 episode ) as Dick Vitale (voice)
