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Gower Champion

Personal Info

Birth: June 22, 1921 (Geneva, Illinois, USA)
Death: August 25, 1980 (New York, New York, USA) [Blood cancer]

Stage & Film

Performance

The Act
Original Broadway Production (1977)
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  • Director (uncredited)
  • Choreography (uncredited)
  • 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!
Farewell Tour (1996)
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  • Director/Choreographer (original)
Hello, Dolly!
National 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)
Hello, Dolly!
Summer Stock Tour (1981)
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  • Director/Choreographer (original)
42nd Street
Original Broadway Production (1980)
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  • Director/Choreographer
A Broadway Musical
Broadway Transfer (1978)
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  • Production Supervisor
  • Director (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/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/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/Choreographer
Hello, Dolly!
2nd National Tour (1965)
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  • Director/Choreographer
Hello, Dolly!
1st National Tour (1965)
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  • Director and Choreographer
Hello, Dolly!
Australian Production (1965)
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  • Director/Choreographer (original)
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/Choreographer
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

Personal Info

Birth: June 22, 1921 (Geneva, Illinois, USA)
Death: August 25, 1980 (New York, New York, USA) [Blood cancer]

Other Names

  • No additional names listed.

Marriage & Family

Spouses/Partners

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

Family

  • No spouses or partners listed.

Notes

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Photos & Headshots

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