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