Known For
Acting
Born
Jun 22, 1921
Died
Aug 25, 1980
Place of Birth
Geneva, Illinois, USA
Credits
29 titles
Gower Champion
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
Choreographer
42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage
Self (archive footage)
42nd Street
Choreographer
That's Entertainment, Part II
(archive footage)
The Bank Shot
Director
My Six Loves
Director
The Merv Griffin Show
Self
The Dow Hour of Great Mysteries
Director
Startime
Director
Forty-five Minutes from Broadway
Director
The Bell Telephone Hour
Self
The All-Star Christmas Show
Self
The Girl Most Likely
Choreographer
What Day Is It?
Conroy Gregory
Tony Awards
Self - Presenter
Once Upon a Honeymoon
Director
Three for the Show
Vernon Lowndes
Jupiter's Darling
Varius
Give a Girl a Break
Ted Sturgis
Everything I Have Is Yours
Chuck Hubbard
Lovely to Look At
Jerry Ralby
Show Boat
Frank Schultz
Mr. Music
Gower Champion
What's My Line?
Self
The Admiral Broadway Revue
Words and Music
Specialty Dancer (uncredited)
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self
Till the Clouds Roll By
Dance Specialty
Rhapsody in Blue
Tap Dancer at Remick's (uncredited)