
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).

The Bell Telephone Hour

What's My Line?

That's Entertainment, Part II

エド・サリヴァン・ショー

Rhapsody in Blue

The Merv Griffin Show

Show Boat

42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage

Three for the Show

The All-Star Christmas Show

Everything I Have Is Yours

雲流るるはてに

Words and Music

Give a Girl a Break

Lovely to Look at

Jupiter's Darling

Mr. Music