Gower Champion
Actor
Born June 22, 1921 in Geneva, Illinois, USA
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
42nd Street
42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage
Self (archive footage)
42nd Street
That's Entertainment, Part II
(archive footage)
The Bank Shot
My Six Loves
The Merv Griffin Show
Self
Startime
The Bell Telephone Hour
Self
The All-Star Christmas Show
Self
The Girl Most Likely
Tony Awards
Self - Presenter
Three for the Show
Vernon Lowndes
Jupiter's Darling
Varius
Give a Girl a Break
Ted Sturgis
Everything I Have Is Yours
Chuck Hubbard
Lovely to Look At
Jerry Ralby
Show Boat
Frank Schultz
Mr. Music
Gower Champion
What's My Line?
Self
Words and Music
Specialty Dancer (uncredited)
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self
Till the Clouds Roll By
Dance Specialty
Rhapsody in Blue
Tap Dancer at Remick's (uncredited)