Acting · geboren 1921-06-22 · Geneva, Illinois, USA

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).

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• Mississippi-Melodie (1951) – Frank Schultz
• Das gibt’s nie wieder II (1976) – (archive footage)
• Klauen wir gleich die ganze Bank (1974) – Director
• Bis die Wolken vorüberzieh'n (1946) – Dance Specialty
• What's My Line? (1950) – Self
• The Ed Sullivan Show (1948) – Self
• Words and Music (1948) – Specialty Dancer (uncredited)
• Rhapsodie in Blau (1945) – Tap Dancer at Remick's (uncredited)
• Eine Chance für Suzy (1953) – Ted Sturgis
• Männer machen Mode (1952) – Jerry Ralby
• The Merv Griffin Show (1962) – Self
• 42nd Street (2019) – Choreographer
• My Six Loves (1963) – Director
• Jupiters Liebling (1955) – Varius
• Liebe im Quartett (1955) – Vernon Lowndes
• Once Upon a Honeymoon (1956) – Director
• Everything I Have Is Yours (1952) – Chuck Hubbard
• The Girl Most Likely (1958) – Choreographer
• The Bell Telephone Hour (1959) – Self
• Startime (1959) – Director
• Mr. Music (1950) – Gower Champion
• 42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage (2006) – Self (archive footage)
• The All-Star Christmas Show (1958) – Self
• 42nd Street (1986) – Choreographer
• The Dow Hour of Great Mysteries (1960) – Director
• What Day Is It? (1956) – Conroy Gregory
• The Admiral Broadway Revue (1949)
• Tony Awards (1956) – Self - Presenter
• Forty-Five Minutes from Broadway (1959) – Director