Gower Champion

Personal Info

Birth Date: June 22, 1921
Birth Location: Geneva, Illinois, USA
Death Date: August 25, 1980
Death Location: New York, New York, USA
Cause of Death: Blood cancer

Stage & Film

Performance

The Act
Original Broadway Production; 1977
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  • Dan Connors (replacement: ?)
1967 Tony Awards
New York Production; 1967
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  • Presenter
1965 Tony Awards
New York Production; 1965
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  • Presenter
Show Boat
Film Version; 1951
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  • Frank Schultz
Count Me In
Original Broadway Production; 1942
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  • Teddy Roosevelt Brandywine
The Streets of Paris
Original Broadway Production; 1939
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  • Performer

Staff & Creative

Hello, Dolly!
Post-Broadway Revival Tour; 1996
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  • Director/Choreographer (original)
Hello, Dolly!
Pre-Broadway Revival Tour; 1994
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  • Director/Choreographer (original)
42nd Street
National Tour; 1993
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  • Director/Choreographer (original)
42nd Street
National Tour; 1987
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  • Director/Choreographer (original)
42nd Street
London Production; 1984
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  • Director/Choreographer
42nd Street
Los Angeles Production; 1984
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  • Original Direction and Choreography
42nd Street
1st National Tour; 1982
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  • Original Direction and Choreography
Hello, Dolly!
Touring Revival; 1982
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  • Director/Choreographer (original)
I Do! I Do!
Los Angeles Revival; 1982
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  • Director (original)
42nd Street
Original Broadway Production; 1980
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  • Director and Choreographer
A Broadway Musical
Broadway Transfer; 1978
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  • Director (uncredited)
  • Production Supervisor
The Act
Original Broadway Production; 1977
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  • Director (uncredited)
  • Choreography (uncredited)
Hello, Dolly!
Pre-Broadway Touring Revival; 1977
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  • Director and Choreographer of Original Production
Annie Get Your Gun
West Coast Revival; 1977
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  • Director and Co-Choreographer
Rockabye Hamlet
Original Broadway Production; 1976
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  • Director/Choreographer
Mack & Mabel
Original Broadway Production; 1974
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  • Director and Choreographer
Irene
National Tour; 1974
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  • Director
I Do! I Do!
Touring Revival; 1974
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  • Director (original)
I Do! I Do!
California Revival; 1973
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  • Director
Irene
Broadway Revival; 1973
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  • Director
Sugar
Original Broadway Production; 1972
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  • Director and Choreographer
Prettybelle
Closed on the road; 1971
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  • Production
  • Staging
I Do! I Do!
Dallas Summer Musicals Production; 1970
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  • Director (original)
Hello, Dolly!
Fourth National Tour; 1970
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  • Director and Choreographer
I Do! I Do!
Bus & Truck Tour; 1969
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  • Director (original)
I Do! I Do!
Australian Production; 1969
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  • Director (original)
  • Dances and Musical Staging (original) [uncredited]
Hello, Dolly!
Second Bus & Truck Tour; 1968
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  • Director/Choreographer (original)
Carnival!
City Center Revival; 1968
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  • Director/Choreographer (original)
I Do! I Do!
London Production; 1968
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  • Director
I Do! I Do!
National Tour; 1968
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  • Director
The Happy Time
Original Broadway Production; 1968
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  • Director and Choreographer
Hello, Dolly!
First Bus & Truck Tour; 1967
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  • Director/Choreographer (original)
I Do! I Do!
Original Broadway Production; 1966
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  • Director
Hello, Dolly!
London Production; 1965
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  • Director and Choreographer
Hello, Dolly!
3rd National Tour; 1965
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  • Director and Choreographer
Hello, Dolly!
2nd National Tour; 1965
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  • Director and Choreographer
Hello, Dolly!
1st National Tour; 1965
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  • Director and Choreographer
Hello, Dolly!
Australian Production; 1965
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  • Director and Choreographer of Original Production
High Spirits
Original Broadway Production; 1964
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  • Director (additional staging) [uncredited]
  • Additional Musical Staging [uncredited]
Hello, Dolly!
Original Broadway Production; 1964
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  • Director and Choreographer
Carnival
London Production; 1963
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  • Director and Choreographer of Original New York Production
Carnival!
Australian Production; 1962
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  • Director/Choreographer (original)
Carnival!
2nd National Tour; 1962
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  • Director/Choreographer (original)
Carnival!
1st National Tour; 1961
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  • Director/Choreographer
Bye Bye Birdie
Second National Tour; 1961
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  • Director/Choreographer
Bye Bye Birdie
London Production; 1961
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  • Director/Choreographer (original)
Bye Bye Birdie
First National Tour; 1961
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  • Director/Choreographer
Carnival!
Original Broadway Production; 1961
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  • Director and Choreographer
Bye Bye Birdie
Original Broadway Production; 1960
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  • Director and Choreographer
Make a Wish
Original Broadway Production; 1951
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  • Choreography
Lend an Ear
Original Broadway Production; 1948
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  • Choreography
Small Wonder
Original Broadway Production; 1948
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  • Choreography
Lend an Ear
Los Angeles Production; 1948
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  • Choreography

Commercial Audio

Performance

Show Boat
Soundtrack; 1951
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  • Frank Schultz

Private Audio

Performance

The Act
Broadway Replacement Cast (Closing Night); 1978
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  • Dan Connors

Commercial Video

Performance

Show Boat
Home Video; 1951
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  • Cast

Broadcast Video

Performance

1967 Tony Awards
TV Broadcast; 1967
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  • Presenter
1965 Tony Awards
TV Broadcast; 1965
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  • Presenter

Notes

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Photos & Headshots

Personal Info

Birth Date: June 22, 1921
Birth Location: Geneva, Illinois, USA
Death Date: August 25, 1980
Death Location: New York, New York, USA
Cause of Death: Blood cancer

Other Names

  • No additional names listed.

Marriage & Family

Spouses/Partners

  • Marge Champion (Wife)
    October 5, 1947 - December 20, 1973; 2 children
    Relationship ended due to Divorce

Family

  • No spouses or partners listed.