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Theatre, Film, and Television Biographies
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Daniel J. Travanti to Dick Vitale
Dick Vitale Biography (1939-)
Full name, Richard Vitale; born June 7 (one source says June 9), 1939, in East Rutherford (other sources cite Garfield or Passaic), NJ; son of John (a clothing press operator and security guard) and Mae (a seamstress) Vitale; married Lorraine, 1971; children: Terri, Sherri. Addresses: Office: ESPN Sports, ESPN Plaza, Bristol, CT 06010.; Agent: Roy Judelson, IMG, 22 East 71stSt., New York, NY 10021-4911.
- Nationality
- American
- Gender
- Male
- Occupation
- Sports commentator, writer
- Birth Details
- June 7, 1939
- New Jersey, United States
Famous Works
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CREDITS
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Television Appearances
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Series
- Appeared in the regular segment "Dick Vitale's Fast Break," SportsCenter, ESPN.
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Miniseries
- Himself, ESPN 25: Who's #1?, ESPN, 2004
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Movies
- (Uncredited) Himself, A Season on the Brink, ESPN, 2002
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Specials
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The Game of Life, ESPN, 1991
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Game Plan for Life, ESPN, 1994
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Awards Presentations
- Commentator, Mercedes-Benz Presents the Basketball Writers' Player ofthe Year Awards, ABC, 1990
- Presenter, The America's Choice Awards, TBS, 1990
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The 1997 ESPY Awards, ESPN, 1997
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Episodic
- Dan Vincente, "The Getaway," The Cosby Show, CBS, 1992
- Reader of list "Top 10 Signs Dick Vitale Is Nuts!," The Late Show withDavid Letterman (also known as The Late Show), CBS, 1996
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Arli$$, HBO, 1996
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Real Sports, HBO, 1999
- Himself, ESPN Sports Century, ESPN, 2002
- Himself, Jimmy Kimmel Live, ABC, 2004
- Himself, "Best of Cheap Seats," Cheap Seats, ESPN Classic, 2005
- Himself, Quite Frankly with Stephen A. Smith, ESPN2, 2005
- Appeared in episodes of other series, including ESPN Hollywood, ESPN2.
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Film Appearances
- Baseball announcer, The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!(also known as The Naked Gun), Paramount, 1988
- Himself (television sports commentator), Hoop Dreams, Columbia, 1993
- Himself, Blue Chips, Paramount, 1994
- Hal Gibson, Jury Duty, Sony Pictures Releasing, 1995
- Himself, The Sixth Man (also known as The 6th Man), Buena Vista, 1997
- Himself, He Got Game, Buena Vista, 1998
- Himself, Love & Basketball, New Line Cinema, 2000
- Himself, Complete Guide to Guys (also known as Dave Barry's "Complete Guide to Guys"), Labrador Pictures, 2005
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Radio Appearances
- Commentator for a radio show hosted by J. P. McCarthy, WJR (Detroit, MI);appeared in a regular segment on Mike & Mike in the Morning, ESPNRadio.
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RECORDINGS
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Videos
- Host, Time Out Baby! Dick Vitale's College Hoop Superstars, ESPN Home Video, 1991
- Host, Dick Vitale's "Dreamtime, Baby" (also known as Dreamtime,Baby!), Buena Vista Home Entertainment, 1996
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WRITINGS
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Teleplays with Others
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Specials
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The Game of Life, ESPN, 1991
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Game Plan for Life, ESPN, 1994
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Nonfiction
- (With Curry Kirkpatrick) Vitale: Just Your Average, Bald, One-Eyed Basketball Wacko Who Beat the Ziggy and Became a PTP'er (also known as Vitale), Simon & Schuster, 1988
- (With Dick Weiss) Time Out, Baby!, Putnam, 1991
- (With Mike Douchant) Tourney Time--It's Awesome Baby, Masters Press, 1993
- (With Charlie Parker and Jim Angresano) Dickie V's Top 40 All-Everything Team, Masters Press, 1995
- (With Weiss) Holding Court: Reflections on the Game I Love, Masters Press, 1995
- (With Weiss) Campus Chaos: Why the Game I Love Is Breaking My Heart, TimeOut Publishing, 1999
- (With Weiss) Living a Dream: Reflections of 25 Years Sitting in the Best Seat in the House, Sports Publishing, 2003
- Sports columnist for Basketball Times and Eastern Basketball, both beginning 1979; author of "Final Four," a column in USA Today;also a contributor to ESPN The Magazine. Affiliated with the magazineDick Vitale's Basketball. Also affiliated with computer games.
Further Reference
OTHER SOURCES
Periodicals
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Playboy, March, 1996, pp. 128-32
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Sport, April, 1998, pp. 78-84
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Sporting News, November 17, 2003, p. 14
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Sports Illustrated, November 19, 1986, p. 114; November 11, 1991;February 10, 1992; June 14, 1993; March 7, 1994, p. 72; December 28, 1998, p.87; March 4, 2002, p. 20; February 16, 2004, p. 13