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Gower Champion
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
Till the Clouds Roll By
as Dance Specialty
Words and Music
as Specialty Dancer (uncredited)
That's Entertainment, Part II
as (archive footage)
Show Boat
as Frank Schultz
Three for the Show
as Vernon Lowndes
Rhapsody in Blue
as Tap Dancer at Remick's (uncredited)
Give a Girl a Break
as Ted Sturgis
Jupiter's Darling
as Varius
42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage
as Self (archive footage)
Lovely to Look At
as Jerry Ralby
