- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- June 22, 1921
- Place of Birth
- Geneva, Illinois, USA
- Died
- August 25, 1980
Gower Champion
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).
Filmography
movie42nd Street
2019 · Choreographer
movie42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage
2006 · Self (archive footage)
movie42nd Street
1986 · Choreographer
movieThat's Entertainment, Part II
1976 · (archive footage)
movieThe Bank Shot
1974 · Director
movieMy Six Loves
1963 · Director
tvThe Merv Griffin Show
1962 · Self
The Dow Hour of Great Mysteries
tvThe Dow Hour of Great Mysteries
1960 · Director
tvStartime
1959 · Director
Forty-five Minutes from Broadway
movieForty-five Minutes from Broadway
1959 · Director
tvThe Bell Telephone Hour
1959 · Self
movieThe All-Star Christmas Show
1958 · Self
movieThe Girl Most Likely
1958 · Choreographer
What Day Is It?
movieWhat Day Is It?
1956 · Conroy Gregory, Director
tvTony Awards
1956 · Self - Presenter, Self - Nominee
Once Upon a Honeymoon
movieOnce Upon a Honeymoon
1956 · Director
movieThree for the Show
1955 · Vernon Lowndes
movieJupiter's Darling
1955 · Varius
movieGive a Girl a Break
1953 · Ted Sturgis, Musical
movieEverything I Have Is Yours
1952 · Chuck Hubbard, Choreographer
movieLovely to Look At
1952 · Jerry Ralby
movieShow Boat
1951 · Frank Schultz
movieMr. Music
1950 · Gower Champion
tvWhat's My Line?
1950 · Self
The Admiral Broadway Revue
tvThe Admiral Broadway Revue
1949
movieWords and Music
1948 · Specialty Dancer (uncredited)
tvThe Ed Sullivan Show
1948 · Self
movieTill the Clouds Roll By
1946 · Dance Specialty
movieRhapsody in Blue
1945 · Tap Dancer at Remick's (uncredited)