Gower Champion
Born June 22, 1921 (Age: 104)
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Geneva, Illinois, USA
Biography
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).
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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Filmography
42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage
2006
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 84
That's Entertainment, Part II
1976
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as (archive footage)
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Age: 54
The All-Star Christmas Show
1958
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as Self
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Age: 37
No Image
What Day Is It?
1956
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as Conroy Gregory
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Age: 34
Three for the Show
1955
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as Vernon Lowndes
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Age: 33
Jupiter's Darling
1955
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as Varius
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Age: 33
Give a Girl a Break
1953
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as Ted Sturgis
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Age: 32
Mr. Music
1950
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as Gower Champion
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Age: 29
Rhapsody in Blue
1945
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as Tap Dancer at Remick's (uncredited)
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Age: 24