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  • BIRTH 22/06/1921
  • DEATH 25/08/1980
  • Country United States
  • SHOW 1
  • MOVIES 4
  • DIRECTOR 1

Gower Champion

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).

Gower Champion

Show

Tony Awards
Tony Awards
Self - Nominee / Self - Presenter

Movies (4)

Till the Clouds Roll By
Till the Clouds Roll By
Dance Specialty
Jupiter's Darling
Jupiter's Darling
Varius
Show Boat
Show Boat
Frank Schultz
Give a Girl a Break
Give a Girl a Break
Ted Sturgis

Director

Bank Shot
Bank Shot