Gower Champion

Born

June 22, 1921

Died

Aug 25, 1980

From

Geneva, Illinois, USA

Also:
Director

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Decades active

In short · Acted for four decades — 9 credits.

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Biography

Gower Carlyle Champion (June 22, 1919 – August 25, 1980) was an American actor, theatre director, choreographer, and dancer. He was born on June 22, 1919, in Geneva, Illinois, the son of John W. Champion and Beatrice Carlisle. Raised in Los Angeles, California, he attended Fairfax High School. Champion began studying dance at an early age and, at fifteen, performed in nightclubs with his friend Jeanne Tyler as "Gower and Jeanne, America's Youngest Dance Team." In 1939, the pair appeared dancing to the music of Larry Clinton and his Orchestra in a Warner Brothers & Vitaphone film short-subject, "The Dipsy Doodler," which was released in 1940.

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