Gower Champion
Age: N/A | From: Geneva, Illinois, USA
Person Details
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Aliases: No known aliases
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Geneva, Illinois, USA
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Movie Involvements: 16
TV Involvements: 3
Most Famous Work
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).
Most Famous Work
Tony Awards
(1956) Self - Nominee
What's My Line?
(1950) Self - Mystery Guest
42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage
(2006) Self (archive footage)
That's Entertainment, Part II
(1976) (archive footage)
Till the Clouds Roll By
(1946) Dance Specialty
Everything I Have Is Yours
(1952) Chuck Hubbard
Show Boat
(1951) Frank Schultz
Rhapsody in Blue
(1945) Tap Dancer at Remick's (uncredited)Acting
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Self (archive footage) | |
| 1976 | (archive footage) | |
| 1962 | Self | |
| 1956 | Self - Presenter | |
| Self - Nominee | ||
| 1955 | Vernon Lowndes | |
| Varius | ||
| 1953 | Ted Sturgis | |
| 1952 | Chuck Hubbard | |
| Jerry Ralby | ||
| 1951 | Frank Schultz | |
| 1950 | Gower Champion | |
| Self - Mystery Guest | ||
| 1949 | N/A | |
| 1948 | Specialty Dancer (uncredited) | |
| Self | ||
| 1946 | Dance Specialty | |
| 1945 | Tap Dancer at Remick's (uncredited) | |
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
Crew
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Choreographer | |
| 1986 | Choreographer | |
| 1958 | Choreographer | |
| 1952 | Choreographer | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Directing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1974 | Director | |
| 1963 | Director | |
| 1956 | Director | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Writing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1953 | Musical | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |