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Gower Champion

Gower Champion

Birthday: 1921-06-22 | Place of Birth: 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).

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2006
42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage

as    Self (archive footage)

1956
What Day Is It?

as    Conroy Gregory

1955
Jupiter's Darling

as    Varius

1955
Three for the Show

as    Vernon Lowndes

1953
Give a Girl a Break

as    Ted Sturgis

1952
Everything I Have Is Yours

as    Chuck Hubbard

1952
Lovely to Look at

as    Jerry Ralby

1951
Show Boat

as    Frank Schultz