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