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Gower Champion

Jun 22, 1921 - Aug 25, 1980 (59 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).

Known For

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What's My Line?
Self - Mystery Guest
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Tony Awards
Self - Presenter
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The Bell Telephone Hour
Self
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Till the Clouds Roll By
Dance Specialty
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That's Entertainment, Part II
(archive footage)
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Show Boat
Frank Schultz
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The Admiral Broadway Revue
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Rhapsody in Blue
Tap Dancer at Remick's (uncredited)
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Words and Music
Specialty Dancer (uncredited)
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Give a Girl a Break
Ted Sturgis

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