Gower Champion
Birthday
1921/06/22
Day of death
1980/08/25 (59 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Geneva, Illinois, USA
Also know as
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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, ...Read more
Acting
(1952) Lovely to Look At
as Jerry Ralby
(1951) Show Boat
as Frank Schultz
(1950) Mr. Music
as Gower Champion
(1955) Jupiter's Darling
as Varius
(1953) Give a Girl a Break
as Ted Sturgis
(1952) Everything I Have Is Yours
as Chuck Hubbard
(1946) Till the Clouds Roll By
as Dance Specialty
(2006) 42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage
as Self (archive footage)
(1955) Three for the Show
as Vernon Lowndes
(1948) Words and Music
as Specialty Dancer (uncredited)
(1945) Rhapsody in Blue
as Tap Dancer at Remick's (uncredited)
(1976) That's Entertainment, Part II
as (archive footage)
(1962) The Merv Griffin Show
as Self
(1948) The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
(1949) The Admiral Broadway Revue
as ---
(1956) Tony Awards
as Self - Presenter
(1956) Tony Awards
as Self - Nominee
(1959) The Bell Telephone Hour
as Self
(1950) What's My Line?
as Self - Mystery Guest