Acting
Gower Champion
Birth Date
June 22, 1921
Death Date
August 25, 1980
(passed away at 59)
Place of Birth
Geneva, Illinois, USA
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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, "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).
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What's My Line?
Self
1950 • 2 episodes
The Merv Griffin Show
Self
1962 • 1 episode
Tony Awards
Self - Presenter
1956 • 1 episode
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self
1948 • 2 episodes
The Bell Telephone Hour
Self
1959 • 2 episodes
Till the Clouds Roll By
Dance Specialty
1946
That's Entertainment, Part II
(archive footage)
1976
Show Boat
Frank Schultz
1951
Three for the Show
Vernon Lowndes
1955
Give a Girl a Break
Ted Sturgis
1953
Words and Music
Specialty Dancer (uncredited)
1948
Lovely to Look At
Jerry Ralby
1952
Rhapsody in Blue
Tap Dancer at Remick's (uncredited)
1945
Jupiter's Darling
Varius
1955
Mr. Music
Gower Champion
1950
Everything I Have Is Yours
Chuck Hubbard
1952
The All-Star Christmas Show
Self
1958
The Admiral Broadway Revue
1949 • 2 episodes
42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage
Self (archive footage)
2006
What Day Is It?
Conroy Gregory
1956