Gower Champion

Gower Champion

Acting
Born 1921-06-22 Died 1980-08-25 Geneva, Illinois, USA 29 credits Tony Awards 3 American Choreography Awards 1 star on Hollywood Walk of Fame 1

Awards

Won 3 Tony Awards

Tony Awards 3 won · 5 nominated

  • 1981 Best Direction of a Musical Nominated
  • 1975 Best Direction of a Musical Nominated
  • 1973 Best Direction of a Musical Nominated
  • 1968 Best Direction of a Musical Won
  • 1967 Best Direction of a Musical Nominated
  • 1964 Best Direction of a Musical Won
  • 1962 Best Direction of a Musical Nominated
  • 1961 Best Direction of a Musical Won

American Choreography Awards 1 won

  • — American Choreography Awards Won

star on Hollywood Walk of Fame 1 won

  • — star on Hollywood Walk of Fame Won

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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
Acting 22 credits
Tony Awards
Tony Awards
1956 · Self - Presenter, Self - Nominee
The Merv Griffin Show
The Merv Griffin Show
1962 · Self
What's My Line?
What's My Line?
1950 · Self
The Ed Sullivan Show
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948 · Self
The Bell Telephone Hour
The Bell Telephone Hour
1959 · Self
Show Boat
Show Boat
1951 · ★ 6.2 · Frank Schultz
That's Entertainment, Part II
That's Entertainment, Part II
1976 · (archive footage)
Till the Clouds Roll By
Till the Clouds Roll By
1946 · Dance Specialty
Words and Music
Words and Music
1948 · Specialty Dancer (uncredited)
Mr. Music
Mr. Music
1950 · Gower Champion
Jupiter's Darling
Jupiter's Darling
1955 · Varius
Give a Girl a Break
Give a Girl a Break
1953 · Ted Sturgis, Musical
Lovely to Look At
Lovely to Look At
1952 · Jerry Ralby
The All-Star Christmas Show
The All-Star Christmas Show
1958 · Self
Three for the Show
Three for the Show
1955 · Vernon Lowndes
Rhapsody in Blue
Rhapsody in Blue
1945 · Tap Dancer at Remick's (uncredited)
42nd Street
42nd Street
2019 · 74% · Choreographer
42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage
42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage
2006 · Self (archive footage)
Everything I Have Is Yours
Everything I Have Is Yours
1952 · Chuck Hubbard, Choreographer
The Girl Most Likely
The Girl Most Likely
1958 · Choreographer
42nd Street
42nd Street
1986 · Choreographer
What Day Is It?
What Day Is It?
1956 · Director, Conroy Gregory
Directing 7 credits
Startime
Startime
1959 · Director
The Dow Hour of Great Mysteries
The Dow Hour of Great Mysteries
1960 · Director
The Bank Shot
The Bank Shot
1974 · Director
My Six Loves
My Six Loves
1963 · Director
Once Upon a Honeymoon
Once Upon a Honeymoon
1956 · Director
Forty-five Minutes from Broadway
Forty-five Minutes from Broadway
1959 · Director
What Day Is It?
What Day Is It?
1956 · Director, Conroy Gregory
Other credits 1 credit
The Admiral Broadway Revue
The Admiral Broadway Revue
1949
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