Gower Champion
ActingBorn 1921-06-22 · Geneva, Illinois, USADied 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, "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).
42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage
Mar 21, 2006Rated 6 out of 10
That's Entertainment, Part II
May 16, 1976Rated 7 out of 10
The All-Star Christmas Show
Dec 01, 1958Rated 6 out of 10
What Day Is It?
Jun 06, 1956
Jupiter's Darling
Feb 18, 1955Rated 4.8 out of 10
Three for the Show
Feb 24, 1955Rated 5.9 out of 10
Give a Girl a Break
Nov 13, 1953Rated 5.4 out of 10
Lovely to Look At
May 29, 1952Rated 5.7 out of 10
Everything I Have Is Yours
Oct 31, 1952Rated 5.8 out of 10
Show Boat
Jul 19, 1951Rated 6.2 out of 10
Mr. Music
Dec 08, 1950Rated 6.5 out of 10
Words and Music
Dec 31, 1948Rated 5.9 out of 10
Till the Clouds Roll By
Dec 05, 1946Rated 5.8 out of 10
Rhapsody in Blue
Jun 27, 1945Rated 6.6 out of 10