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).

Filmography

• 201942nd Street — Choreographer
• 198642nd Street — Choreographer
• 1976That's Entertainment, Part II — (archive footage)
• 1974The Bank Shot — Director
• 1963My Six Loves — Director
• The Dow Hour of Great Mysteries — Director
• 1959Forty-Five Minutes from Broadway — Director
• Startime — Director
• 1958The Girl Most Likely — Choreographer
• 1956Once Upon a Honeymoon — Director
• 1956What Day Is It? — Conroy Gregory, Director
• 1955Jupiter's Darling — Varius
• 1955Three for the Show — Vernon Lowndes
• 1953Give a Girl a Break — Ted Sturgis, Musical
• 1952Everything I Have Is Yours — Chuck Hubbard, Choreographer
• 1952Lovely to Look At — Jerry Ralby
• 1951Show Boat — Frank Schultz
• 1950Mr. Music — Gower Champion
• The Admiral Broadway Revue
• 1948Words and Music — Specialty Dancer (uncredited)
• 1946Till the Clouds Roll By — Dance Specialty
• 1945Rhapsody in Blue — Tap Dancer at Remick's (uncredited)

Appearances as themselves (7)

• 200642nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage — Self (archive footage)
• The Merv Griffin Show — Self
• The Bell Telephone Hour — Self
• 1958The All-Star Christmas Show — Self
• Tony Awards — Self - Presenter, Self - Nominee
• What's My Line? — Self
• The Ed Sullivan Show — Self