Gower Champion
June 22, 1921 (103 years old) in 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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Credits
- 2006 ·42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stageas Self (archive footage)
- 1976 ·That's Entertainment, Part IIas (archive footage)
- 1962 ·The Merv Griffin Showas Self
- 1959 ·The Bell Telephone Houras Self
- 1956 ·Tony Awardsas Self - Presenter
- 1956 ·Tony Awardsas Self - Nominee
- 1955 ·Three for the Showas Vernon Lowndes
- 1955 ·Jupiter's Darlingas Varius
- 1953 ·Give a Girl a Breakas Ted Sturgis
- 1952 ·Everything I Have Is Yoursas Chuck Hubbard
- 1952 ·Lovely to Look Atas Jerry Ralby
- 1951 ·Show Boatas Frank Schultz
- 1950 ·Mr. Musicas Gower Champion
- 1950 ·What's My Line?as Self - Mystery Guest
- 1949 ·The Admiral Broadway Revueas
- 1948 ·Words and Musicas Specialty Dancer (uncredited)
- 1948 ·The Ed Sullivan Showas Self
- 1946 ·Till the Clouds Roll Byas Dance Specialty
- 1945 ·Rhapsody in Blueas Tap Dancer at Remick's (uncredited)