Gower Champion

Actor

Born: June 22, 1921
Died: August 25, 1980 (age 59)
From: 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…

Filmography (18)

42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage (2006)
Self (archive footage)
That's Entertainment, Part II (1976)
(archive footage)
The Bank Shot (1974)
Director
My Six Loves (1963)
Director
Forty-five Minutes from Broadway
Forty-five Minutes from Broadway (1959)
Director
The All-Star Christmas Show (1958)
Self
What Day Is It?
What Day Is It? (1956)
Director
Once Upon a Honeymoon
Once Upon a Honeymoon (1956)
Director
Three for the Show (1955)
Vernon Lowndes
Jupiter's Darling (1955)
Varius
Give a Girl a Break (1953)
Ted Sturgis
Everything I Have Is Yours (1952)
Chuck Hubbard
Lovely to Look At (1952)
Jerry Ralby
Show Boat (1951)
Frank Schultz
Mr. Music (1950)
Gower Champion
Words and Music (1948)
Specialty Dancer (uncredited)
Till the Clouds Roll By (1946)
Dance Specialty
Rhapsody in Blue (1945)
Tap Dancer at Remick's (uncredited)