Gower Champion
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- June 22, 1921
- Died
- August 25, 1980
- Birthplace
- 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).
Filmography
42nd Street 2019
Choreographer
42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage 2006
as Self (archive footage)
42nd Street 1986
Choreographer
That's Entertainment, Part II 1976
as (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
as Self
The Girl Most Likely 1958
Choreographer
- What Day Is It?
What Day Is It? 1956
as Conroy Gregory, Director
- Once Upon a Honeymoon
Once Upon a Honeymoon 1956
Director
Three for the Show 1955
as Vernon Lowndes
Jupiter's Darling 1955
as Varius
Give a Girl a Break 1953
as Ted Sturgis, Musical
Everything I Have Is Yours 1952
as Chuck Hubbard, Choreographer
Lovely to Look At 1952
as Jerry Ralby
Show Boat 1951
as Frank Schultz
Mr. Music 1950
as Gower Champion
Words and Music 1948
as Specialty Dancer (uncredited)
Till the Clouds Roll By 1946
as Dance Specialty
Rhapsody in Blue 1945
as Tap Dancer at Remick's (uncredited)
Credits from TMDB.