Gower Champion
Acteur, Directeur, Producteur
22 juin 1921 — 25 août 1980 (59 ans)
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).
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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Filmographie
| 1976 | That's Entertainment, Part II · as (archive Footage) |
| 1955 | Screen Directors Playhouse · as Conroy Gregory |
| 1955 | Three for the Show · as Vernon Lowndes |
| 1955 | Jupiter's Darling · as Varius |
| 1954 | Shower of Stars · as Cast |
| 1953 | Give a Girl a Break · as Ted Sturgis |
| 1953 | General Electric Theater · as Mr. Death |
| 1952 | Everything I Have Is Yours · as Chuck Hubbard |
| 1952 | Lovely to Look At · as Jerry RalbySur Plex |
| 1951 | Show Boat · as Frank Schultz |
| 1950 | The Lux Video Theatre · as Tim |
| 1948 | Words and Music · as Specialty Dancer (uncredited) |
| 1946 | Till the Clouds Roll By · as Dance SpecialtySur Plex |
| 1945 | Rhapsody in Blue · as Tap Dancer At Remick's (uncredited) |
| 1953 | Give a Girl a Break · as Musical |