Gower Champion

Acting

14 Movies 7 TV Shows

Born

June 22, 1921

Died

August 25, 1980

Place of Birth

Geneva, Illinois, USA

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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 nightc…