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
Tony Awards
Tony Awards
The Merv Griffin Show
The Ed Sullivan Show
What's My Line?
The Bell Telephone Hour
Show Boat
Till the Clouds Roll By
All Movies (14)
- 42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage2006 · as Self (archive footage)
- That's Entertainment, Part II1976 · as (archive footage)
- The All-Star Christmas Show1958 · as Self
- What Day Is It?1956 · as Conroy Gregory
- Three for the Show1955 · as Vernon Lowndes
- Jupiter's Darling1955 · as Varius
- Give a Girl a Break1953 · as Ted Sturgis
- Everything I Have Is Yours1952 · as Chuck Hubbard
- Lovely to Look At1952 · as Jerry Ralby
- Show Boat1951 · as Frank Schultz
- Mr. Music1950 · as Gower Champion
- Words and Music1948 · as Specialty Dancer (uncredited)
- Till the Clouds Roll By1946 · as Dance Specialty
- Rhapsody in Blue1945 · as Tap Dancer at Remick's (uncredited)
All TV Shows (7)
- The Merv Griffin Show1962 · as Self
- The Bell Telephone Hour1959 · as Self
- Tony Awards1956 · as Self - Presenter
- Tony Awards1956 · as Self - Nominee
- What's My Line?1950 · as Self
- The Admiral Broadway Revue1949
- The Ed Sullivan Show1948 · as Self