Gower Champion Movies, TV Shows, and Filmography

Gower Champion

Gower Champion

Acting

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).

Filmography Movies

Acting

Lovely to Look At movie poster
MOVIE

Lovely to Look At

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Lovely to Look At
Jerry Ralby
Show Boat movie poster
MOVIE

Show Boat

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Show Boat
Frank Schultz
Mr. Music movie poster
MOVIE

Mr. Music

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Mr. Music
Gower Champion
Jupiter's Darling movie poster
MOVIE

Jupiter's Darling

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Jupiter's Darling
Varius
Give a Girl a Break movie poster
MOVIE

Give a Girl a Break

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Give a Girl a Break
Ted Sturgis
Everything I Have Is Yours movie poster
MOVIE

Everything I Have Is Yours

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Everything I Have Is Yours
Chuck Hubbard
Till the Clouds Roll By movie poster
MOVIE

Till the Clouds Roll By

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Till the Clouds Roll By
Dance Specialty
42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage movie poster
MOVIE

42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage

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42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage
Self (archive footage)
Three for the Show movie poster
MOVIE

Three for the Show

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Three for the Show
Vernon Lowndes
Words and Music movie poster
MOVIE

Words and Music

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Words and Music
Specialty Dancer (uncredited)

Production

Once Upon a HoneymoonMOVIE
MOVIE

Once Upon a Honeymoon

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Once Upon a Honeymoon
Director
The Bank Shot movie poster
MOVIE

The Bank Shot

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The Bank Shot
Director
My Six Loves movie poster
MOVIE

My Six Loves

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My Six Loves
Director
The Girl Most Likely movie poster
MOVIE

The Girl Most Likely

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The Girl Most Likely
Choreographer
42nd Street movie poster
MOVIE

42nd Street

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42nd Street
Choreographer
42nd Street movie poster
MOVIE

42nd Street

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42nd Street
Choreographer
Give a Girl a Break movie poster
MOVIE

Give a Girl a Break

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Give a Girl a Break
Musical
Everything I Have Is Yours movie poster
MOVIE

Everything I Have Is Yours

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Everything I Have Is Yours
Choreographer
What Day Is It?MOVIE
MOVIE

What Day Is It?

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What Day Is It?
Director
Forty-five Minutes from BroadwayMOVIE
MOVIE

Forty-five Minutes from Broadway

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Forty-five Minutes from Broadway
Director

Gallery

Gower Champion portrait