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Gower Champion

Actor, Director, Producer, Additional Credits
Born June 22, 1921Died August 25, 1980 (59 years)
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).

Movies & Shows on Plex

  • Till the Clouds Roll By

Known For

  • The Bank Shot
  • Show Boat
  • My Six Loves
  • Give a Girl a Break
  • Three for the Show
  • General Electric Theater

Filmography

1976
That's Entertainment, Part II · as (archive Footage)
1955
Screen Directors Playhouse (TV Series) · as Conroy Gregory
1955
Three for the Show · as Vernon Lowndes
1955
Jupiter's Darling · as Varius
1954
Shower of Stars (TV Series) · as Cast
1953
Give a Girl a Break · as Ted Sturgis
1953
General Electric Theater (TV Series) · as Mr. Death
1952
Everything I Have Is Yours · as Chuck Hubbard
1952
Lovely to Look At · as Jerry Ralby
1951
Show Boat · as Frank Schultz
1950
The Lux Video Theatre (TV Series) · as Tim
1948
Words and Music · as Specialty Dancer (uncredited)
1946
Till the Clouds Roll By · as Dance Specialty
1945
Rhapsody in Blue · as Tap Dancer At Remick's (uncredited)

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