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Known For
Acting
Birthday
June 22, 1921
Died
August 25, 1980
Place of Birth
Geneva, Illinois, USA
Gower Champion
0.3 Popularity
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
6.0
Self (archive footage)
42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage
2006
6.9
(archive footage)
That's Entertainment, Part II
1976
6.2
Self
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
7.3
Self
The Bell Telephone Hour
1959
6.0
Self
The All-Star Christmas Show
1958
🎬
0.0
Conroy Gregory
What Day Is It?
1956
5.9
Self - Presenter
Tony Awards
1956
5.9
Self - Nominee
Tony Awards
1956
6.0
Vernon Lowndes
Three for the Show
1955
4.3
Varius
Jupiter's Darling
1955
Credits
42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage
as Self (archive footage)
2006
6.0
That's Entertainment, Part II
as (archive footage)
1976
6.9
The Merv Griffin Show
as Self
1962
6.2
The Bell Telephone Hour
as Self
1959
7.3
The All-Star Christmas Show
as Self
1958
6.0
🎬
What Day Is It?
as Conroy Gregory
1956
0.0
Tony Awards
as Self - Presenter
1956
5.9
Tony Awards
as Self - Nominee
1956
5.9
Three for the Show
as Vernon Lowndes
1955
6.0
Jupiter's Darling
as Varius
1955
4.3
Give a Girl a Break
as Ted Sturgis
1953
5.3
Everything I Have Is Yours
as Chuck Hubbard
1952
5.8
Lovely to Look At
as Jerry Ralby
1952
4.8
Show Boat
as Frank Schultz
1951
6.1
Mr. Music
as Gower Champion
1950
4.0
What's My Line?
as Self - Mystery Guest
1950
6.9
🎬
The Admiral Broadway Revue
1949
0.0
Words and Music
as Specialty Dancer (uncredited)
1948
5.7
The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
1948
6.8
Till the Clouds Roll By
as Dance Specialty
1946
5.7
Rhapsody in Blue
as Tap Dancer at Remick's (uncredited)
1945
6.4