Gower Champion
June 22, 1921 (103 years old) 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).
Known For
Credits
- 2006 · 42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage as Self (archive footage)
- 1976 · That's Entertainment, Part II as (archive footage)
- 1962 · The Merv Griffin Show as Self
- 1959 · The Bell Telephone Hour as Self
- 1956 · Tony Awards as Self - Presenter
- 1956 · Tony Awards as Self - Nominee
- 1955 · Three for the Show as Vernon Lowndes
- 1955 · Jupiter's Darling as Varius
- 1953 · Give a Girl a Break as Ted Sturgis
- 1952 · Everything I Have Is Yours as Chuck Hubbard
- 1952 · Lovely to Look At as Jerry Ralby
- 1951 · Show Boat as Frank Schultz
- 1950 · Mr. Music as Gower Champion
- 1950 · What's My Line? as Self - Mystery Guest
- 1949 · The Admiral Broadway Revue as
- 1948 · Words and Music as Specialty Dancer (uncredited)
- 1948 · The Ed Sullivan Show as Self
- 1946 · Till the Clouds Roll By as Dance Specialty
- 1945 · Rhapsody in Blue as Tap Dancer at Remick's (uncredited)