Gower Champion
Personal Info
Known For Actor
Gender Male
Birthday 1921-06-22
Deathday 1980-08-25 (59 years old)
Place of Birth Geneva, Illinois, USA
Gower Champion
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
Actor
as Self (archive footage)
as (archive footage)
as Self
as Self
as Self - Presenter
as Self - Nominee
as Vernon Lowndes
as Varius
as Ted Sturgis
as Chuck Hubbard
as Jerry Ralby
as Frank Schultz
as Gower Champion
as Self - Mystery Guest
as Specialty Dancer (uncredited)
as Self
as Dance Specialty
as Tap Dancer at Remick's (uncredited)
Director
as Director
as Director
as Director
as Director
Crew
as Choreographer
as Choreographer
as Choreographer
as Choreographer
Writer
as Musical