Gower Champion
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).
Show Boat
as Frank SchultzA dashing Mississippi river gambler wins the affections of the daughter of the owner of the Show...
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That's Entertainment, Part II
as (archive footage)Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire present more golden moments from the MGM film library, this time...
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Words and Music
as Specialty Dancer (uncredited)Encomium to Larry Hart (1895-1943), seen through the fictive eyes of his song-writing partner,...
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Till the Clouds Roll By
as Dance SpecialtyLight bio-pic of American Broadway pioneer Jerome Kern, featuring renditions of the famous songs...
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Three for the Show
as Vernon LowndesThis musical reworking of Too Many Husbands (1940), features Grable as a top singer and dancer...
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Rhapsody in Blue
as Tap Dancer at Remick's (uncredited)Fictionalized biography of George Gershwin and his fight to bring serious music to Broadway.
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Everything I Have Is Yours
as Chuck HubbardA husband and wife act are hoping to find success on Broadway.
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Mr. Music
as Gower ChampionA golf-crazy songwriter tries to avoid the long, solitary hours of concentration needed to...
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Lovely to Look At
as Jerry RalbyThree broke Broadway producers are desperately looking for backers for a new show. When they are...
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Jupiter's Darling
as VariusRome is on the verge of being conquered by Hannibal. While Rome's ruler, Fabius Maximus, plots a...
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Give a Girl a Break
as Ted SturgisWhen the temperamental star of a new Broadway musical revue in rehearsals walks out, director...
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42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage
as Self (archive footage)Making-of documentary about the 1933 musical, 42nd Street.
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Tony Awards
as Self - PresenterThe Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as a Tony Award,...
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Tony Awards
as Self - NomineeThe Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as a Tony Award,...
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The Merv Griffin Show
as SelfThe Merv Griffin Show is an American television talk show, starring Merv Griffin. The series ran...
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What's My Line?
as Self - Mystery GuestFour panelists must determine guests' occupations - and, in the case of famous guests, while...
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The Ed Sullivan Show
as SelfThe Ed Sullivan Show is an American TV variety show that originally ran on CBS from Sunday June...
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