Dick Enberg Biography (1935-)

Born January 9, 1935, in Mount Clemens, MI; married; wife's name, Barbara; children: six.

Nationality: American
Gender: Male
Occupation: Sportscaster, television personality
Birth Details: January 9, 1935; Mount Clemens, Michigan, United States

Famous Works

CREDITS
Television Appearances
Series
Host, The Perfect Match, syndicated, 1967
Voice of sports announcer, Where's Huddles? (animated), 1970
Host, Baffle, NBC, 1973, retitled All Star Baffle, NBC, 1973-1974
Host, Three for the Money, NBC, 1975
The Way It Was, PBS, 1974-1977
NBC Saturday Sports Showcase, NBC, 1990
Announcer for Game of the Week, 1960s; host of the series Sports Challenge, 1970s.
Specials
Host, Wimbledon: The 100th Edition (also known as Wimbledon '86), NBC, 1986
Host, The 3rd Annual Breeder's Cup Day (also known as Breeder'sCup Day), NBC, 1986
Host and commentator, The Budweiser-Arlington Million (also knownas The Arlington Million), NBC, 1986
Commentator, The French Open Tennis Championships, NBC, 1986
Host, The 4th Annual Breeder's Cup Day (also known as Breeder'sCup Day), NBC, 1987
Host, The 1987 Wimbledon Tennis Preview, NBC, 1987
Studio announcer, The 1988 Winter Olympic Games, ABC, 1988
Host and match commentator, Wimbledon '88 (also known as The 111th Annual All-England Tennis Championships), NBC, 1988
Host, NBC Celebrates 20 Years of Wimbledon, NBC, 1988
Host, The French Open Tennis Championships, NBC, 1988
Host, The 5th Annual Breeder's Cup Day (also known as Breeder'sCup Day), NBC, 1988
Commentator, The Sportsworld 10th Anniversary Special, NBC, 1988
Anchor, The 1988 Summer Olympic Games, NBC, 1988
Host, The French Open ... A Revolution (also known as French Open Tennis Championships), NBC, 1989
Host, The 6th Annual Breeder's Cup Day, NBC, 1989
Host and commentator, Wimbledon '89 (also known as The 112th All-England Tennis Championships), NBC, 1989
Commentator, Super Bowl XXIII (also known as Super Bowl 1989), NBC, 1989
Commentator, The French Open Tennis Championships, NBC, 1989
Host and play-by-play announcer, Wimbledon '91 (also known as The 114th All-England Tennis Championships), NBC, 1991
Commentator, The NutraSweet World Professional Figure Skating Championships, NBC, 1991

An Olympic Christmas: Barcelona Memories, NBC, 1992
Host, The 1992 Summer Olympics, NBC, 1992
Commentator, The World Figure Skating Championships, NBC, 1992
The Great Ones: The National Sports Awards, NBC, 1993
Play-by-play announcer, Super Bowl XXVII (also known as Super Bowl 1993), NBC, 1993
American Coaches: Men of Vision and Victory, HBO, 1994
Host, The World Figure Skating Championships Presented by Reebok,NBC, 1994
Play-by-play announcer, Super Bowl XXX, NBC, 1996
Cohost, The 1996 Summer Olympics, NBC, 1996
Host, Students of the Game, syndicated, 1997
Host, The 32nd Ryder Cup Matches, NBC, 1997
Host, Wimbledon '98, NBC, 1998
Commentator, Super Bowl XXXII, NBC, 1998
Commentator, French Open Tennis Championships, NBC, 1998
Voice of Des Yeti, Hooves of Fire (also known as Robbie the Reindeer in Hooves of Fire), CBS, 1999
Interviewee, John McEnroe: Game Set Match, Arts and Entertainment,2001
Presenter, ESPY Awards, ESPN, 2001
Voice of Des Yeti, Legend of the Lost Tribe (also known as Robbie the Reindeer in Legend of the Lost Tribe), CBS, 2002
Episodic
Newsman, "The Deadly Junkman," Felony Squad, 1967
Talk show host, "Zero," Emergency!, 1973
Himself, "The Detroit Lions vs. the Cleveland Browns," The Way It Was, 1976
Himself, "The Game/Unbeaten Harvard vs. Unbeaten Yale," The Way It Was, 1977
Himself, "Black Baseball," The Way It Was, 1977
Guest, The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, 1980, 1981
Guest, Late Night with David Letterman, multiple appearances, between 1988 and 2002
Himself, Hull High, 1990
Guest, SportsCentury, 1999, 2000
Himself, "Hi Def-Jam," The King of Queens, CBS, 2001
Rams announcer, "NFL Films Style," Lost Treasures of NFL Films, 2002
Other
Radio announcer, Murder at the World Series (movie; also known asThe Woman in Box 359), 1977
Himself, The Golden Moment--An Olympic Love Story (miniseries), NBC, 1980
Television Work
Series
Coproducer, The Way It Was, PBS, 1974-1977
Film Appearances
Himself, Two-Minute Warning, Universal, 1976
Atoms' announcer, Gus, Buena Vista, 1976
Television interviewer, Heaven Can Wait, Paramount, 1978
Radio announcer, The Longshot, Orion, 1986
Baseball announcer, The Naked Gun--From the Files of Police Squad!(also known as The Naked Gun), Paramount, 1988
RECORDINGS
Video Games
Voice of announcer, NFL GameDay, Sony Computer Entertainment America, 2002

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