Gower Champion
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- June 22, 1921
- Died
- August 25, 1980 (aged 59)
- Birthplace
- Geneva, Illinois, USA
Biography
Gower Carlyle Champion (June 22, 1919 – August 25, 1980) was an American actor, theatre director, choreographer, and dancer. Champion was born on June 22, 1919, in Geneva, Illinois, as the son of John W. Champion and Beatrice Carlisle. He was raised in Los Angeles, California, where he graduated from Fairfax High School. He studied dance from an early age and, at the age of fifteen, toured nightclubs with friend Jeanne Tyler billed as "Gower and Jeanne, America's Youngest Dance Team". In 1939, "Gower and Jeanne" danced to the music of Larry Clinton and his Orchestra in a Warner Brothers & Vitaphone film short-subject, "The Dipsy Doodler" (released in 1940).
Known For
Filmography
42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
That's Entertainment, Part II
Movie · as (archive footage)
The Merv Griffin Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Bell Telephone Hour
TV · as Self · 2 eps
The All-Star Christmas Show
Movie · as Self
What Day Is It?
Movie · as Conroy Gregory
Tony Awards
TV · as Self - Presenter, Self - Nominee · 1 ep
Jupiter's Darling
Movie · as Varius
Three for the Show
Movie · as Vernon Lowndes
Give a Girl a Break
Movie · as Ted Sturgis
Lovely to Look At
Movie · as Jerry Ralby
Everything I Have Is Yours
Movie · as Chuck Hubbard
Show Boat
Movie · as Frank Schultz
Mr. Music
Movie · as Gower Champion
What's My Line?
TV · as Self · 2 eps
The Admiral Broadway Revue
TV · 2 eps
Words and Music
Movie · as Specialty Dancer (uncredited)
The Ed Sullivan Show
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Till the Clouds Roll By
Movie · as Dance Specialty
Rhapsody in Blue
Movie · as Tap Dancer at Remick's (uncredited)