Dick Vitale
Actor
- Born
- June 9, 1939 (age 87) · Passaic, New Jersey, USA
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
The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!
December 2, 1988
He Got Game
May 1, 1998
Love & Basketball
April 21, 2000
Hoop Dreams
September 12, 1994
Blue Chips
February 18, 1994
The 6th Man
March 28, 1997
Jury Duty
April 12, 1995
I Hate Christian Laettner
March 15, 2015
Home of the Giants
October 12, 2007
A Season on the Brink
March 10, 2002
Man in the Glass: The Dale Brown Story
May 8, 2012
With a Kiss
April 2, 2016
Acting16
- 2022Dickie V as Self
- 2017Rudy Ruettiger: The Walk On as Himself
- 2016With a Kiss as Self (archive footage)
- 2015I Hate Christian Laettner as Self
- 2013Duke-Carolina The Blue Blood Rivalry as Self - ESNP Announcer
- 2012Man in the Glass: The Dale Brown Story as Self
- 2007Home of the Giants as Self
- 2002A Season on the Brink as Dick Vitale (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2000Love & Basketball as Dick Vitale
- 1998