Gower Champion
Acting
Born: 1921-06-22 · Geneva, Illinois, USA
Died: 1980-08-25
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,
🎬 Movies (21)
42nd Street
2019
Choreographer
42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage
2006
Self (archive footage)
42nd Street
1986
Choreographer
That's Entertainment, Part II
1976
(archive footage)
The Bank Shot
1974
Director
My Six Loves
1963
Director
Forty-five Minutes from Broadway
1959
Director
The All-Star Christmas Show
1958
Self
The Girl Most Likely
1958
Choreographer
What Day Is It?
1956
Conroy Gregory
Once Upon a Honeymoon
1956
Director
Jupiter's Darling
1955
Varius
Three for the Show
1955
Vernon Lowndes
Give a Girl a Break
1953
Ted Sturgis
Lovely to Look At
1952
Jerry Ralby
Everything I Have Is Yours
1952
Chuck Hubbard
Show Boat
1951
Frank Schultz
Mr. Music
1950
Gower Champion
Words and Music
1948
Specialty Dancer (uncredited)
Till the Clouds Roll By
1946
Dance Specialty
Rhapsody in Blue
1945
Tap Dancer at Remick's (uncredited)
