Dick Vitale

Dick Vitale

Born: June 9, 1939
in 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.

Movies for Dick Vitale...

Dickie V
Title: Dickie V
Character: Self
Released: July 20, 2022
Type: Movie
The remarkable life and career of the legendary Dick Vitale, ESPN's voice of college basketball for more than four decades, and an inspiration as he battles cancer, a disease he's been fighting on behalf of others for years as well. The film features more than 40 original interviews including Magic Johnson, Mike Krzyzewski, Charles Barkley, John Calipari, Robin Roberts, Chris Berman and Mike Tirico, among many leading voices from college basketball, sports broadcasting, and beyond, "Dickie V" is a fun, unforgettable, moving, inspirational ride through an incredible life still being lived, and a poignant tribute to a man still spreading love and joy wherever he goes.
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Title: Basketball: A Love Story
Character: Self
Released: September 18, 2018
Type: TV
'Basketball: A Love Story' is a series of 62 interconnected short stories that creates a vibrant mosaic of the game, featuring 165 exclusive interviews. The cast encompasses basketball's most prominent figures and explores the complex nature of love as it relates to the game.
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Rudy Ruettiger: The Walk On
Title: Rudy Ruettiger: The Walk On
Character: Himself
Released: January 1, 2017
Type: Movie
Documentary of sport's most famous and favorite underdog, Daniel "Rudy" Ruettiger. First hand stories follow his pursuit of a life long dream to play football at the University of Notre Dame. Recount his failures, his determination and ultimate success which generated the making of the iconic movie "Rudy".
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Duke-Carolina The Blue Blood Rivalry
Title: Duke-Carolina The Blue Blood Rivalry
Character: Self - ESNP Announcer
Released: March 7, 2013
Type: Movie
After more than 100 years of ruthless competition, the feud between the Duke University Blue Devils and the University of North Carolina Tar Heels basketball teams is called the greatest rivalry in sports! When these fierce challengers collide on the court, get ready for war. Experience the insanity of the competition and go behind the scenes to hear from the legendary players, coaches, broadcasters and superfans that pour their hearts and souls into the ultimate clash of basketball titans!
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Man in the Glass: Dale Brown Story
Title: Man in the Glass: Dale Brown Story
Character: Himself
Released: May 8, 2012
Type: Movie
Born on Halloween, 1935, Dale Brown's fight for justice began the day his father walked out - two days before he was born.About how an overachiever from tiny Minot, North Dakota relentlessly fought his way to the top.
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Home of the Giants
Title: Home of the Giants
Character: Self
Released: October 12, 2007
Type: Movie
A story about basketball and befriending. Gar is a High School journalist who, while covering the team to the state championship, is best friends with the teams' main "Star" Matt Dunbar. Matt's older brother persuades him to steal money from a drug dealers' home. Gar tags along, but soon things go horribly wrong. One question to ask is "Will the Giants win the big game?
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Title: Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Released: January 26, 2003
Type: TV
Jimmy Kimmel Live! is an American late-night talk show, created and hosted by Jimmy Kimmel and broadcast on ABC.
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He Got Game
Title: He Got Game
Character: Dick Vitale
Released: May 1, 1998
Type: Movie
A basketball player's father must try to convince him to go to a college so he can get a shorter prison sentence.
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Hoop Dreams
Title: Hoop Dreams
Character: Self
Released: September 12, 1994
Type: Movie
Every school day, African-American teenagers William Gates and Arthur Agee travel 90 minutes each way from inner-city Chicago to St. Joseph High School in Westchester, Illinois, a predominately white suburban school well-known for the excellence of its basketball program. Gates and Agee dream of NBA stardom, and with the support of their close-knit families, they battle the social and physical obstacles that stand in their way. This acclaimed documentary was shot over the course of five years.
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Blue Chips
Title: Blue Chips
Character: Himself
Released: February 18, 1994
Type: Movie
Pete Bell, a college basketball coach is under a lot of pressure. His team isn't winning and he cannot attract new players. The stars of the future are secretly being paid by boosters. This practice is forbidden in the college game, but Pete is desperate and has pressures from all around.
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Time Out, Baby!
Title: Time Out, Baby!
Character: Narrator / Host
Released: January 29, 1990
Type: Movie
You love him. You hate him. You argue with him. You agree. But we guarantee you'll be entertained as ESPN's own Dick Vitale picks his all time Superstars from the 50's, 60's, 70's and 80's. It's a unique look at college basketball's most incredible players put together as only Vitale can. Through seldom seen vitage footage you'll relive the college days of Jerry West and Elgin Baylor, Kareem's early days as "Lew", Bird's beginnings at Indiana State, and so much more. Dick chooses, by decade, the best players for each positions for what he calls his "Rolls Roycers". And then he defines the players according to the "Vitale Dictionary", introducing you to his "PTP'ers", his "Rock Dish Supreme", "The Windex Men", and of course his all time "Slam Bam Jammers". They're all here: the Wilts, the Magics, the Jordans. You know the names, Dick knows the game. It's the best of the best and a walk down memory lane with ESPN'S most flamboyant commentator. So take "Time Out, Baby!"
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The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!
Title: The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!
Character: Baseball Announcer
Released: December 2, 1988
Type: Movie
When the incompetent Lieutenant Frank Drebin seeks the ruthless killer of his partner, he stumbles upon an attempt to assassinate Queen Elizabeth II.
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Title: The Cosby Show
Released: September 20, 1984
Type: TV
The Cosby Show is an American television situation comedy starring Bill Cosby, which aired for eight seasons on NBC from September 20, 1984 until April 30, 1992. The show focuses on the Huxtable family, an upper middle-class African-American family living in Brooklyn, New York.