Gower Champion

Acting

Born: 1921-06-22
Died: 1980-08-25
From: Geneva, Illinois, USA
Gender: Male
Popularity: 0.4

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).

Awards & Nominations5 won · 5 nominated

Nominated

Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical

1981
Nominated

Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical

1975
Nominated

Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical

1973
🏆 Won

Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical

1968
Nominated

Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical

1967
🏆 Won

Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical

1964
Nominated

Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical

1962
🏆 Won

Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical

1961
🏆 Won

star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

🏆 Won

American Choreography Awards