Severn Darden
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- November 9, 1929
- Died
- May 27, 1995 (aged 65)
Biography
Severn Teakle Darden Jr. (November 9, 1929 – May 27, 1995) was an American comedian and actor, and a founding member of The Second City Chicago-based comedy troupe as well as its predecessor, the Compass Players. He is known from his film appearances for playing the human leader Kolp in the fourth and fifth Planet of the Apes films. His live comedy improv skit under the character of "Walther von der Vogelweide" was influential with two generations of comic performers. Born in New Orleans, Louisiana, he attended the University of Chicago, where he was a "campus legend" according to poet Paul Carroll. Darden’s offbeat and intellectual sense of humor was a major element in the style of The Second City at that time, and is evident throughout his work. Carroll described him as a combination of surrealistic New Orleans and tough, caustic "Chicago Style" comedy. An example of his offbeat humor is the way he squeezed the phrase "Know thyself" into the seven-character limitation of a New Mexico license plate: NOYOSEF. Darden was a core comedian in Paul Sills' Compass Players, the first improvisation theater in the US; it performed around the Chicago area during the mid-1950s. Sills went on to found The Second City in 1959 and brought in many of the comedians from Compass Players, including Darden.
Known For
Filmography
The Telephone
Movie
Take Five
TV · 7 eps
Beauty and the Beast
TV · as Waterman, Mr. Smythe · 1 ep
Back to School
Movie · as Dr. Barazini
The Princess Who Had Never Laughed
Movie · as Farmer Silas
Real Genius
Movie · as Dr. Meredith
Half Nelson
Movie · as Morgue Attendant
Mike Hammer
TV · as Merinow, Merinow (uncredited) · 1 ep
Quarterback Princess
Movie · as Mr. Hobart
Rooster
Movie · as Conway
Faerie Tale Theatre
TV · as Farmer Silas · 1 ep
Cheers
TV · as Professor DeWitt · 1 ep
Saturday the 14th
Movie · as Van Helsing
Evita Peron
Movie · as Alfredo Suero
The Fall Guy
TV · 1 ep
Why Would I Lie?
Movie · as Dr. Barbour
A Small Circle of Friends
Movie · as Art Professor
A Cry for Love
Movie · as Paul
Hopscotch
Movie · as Maddox
In God We Tru$t
Movie · as Priest
Beyond Westworld
TV · as Foley · 5 eps
Wanda Nevada
Movie · as Merlin Bitterstix
Rendezvous Hotel
Movie · as Albert Church
Orphan Train
Movie · as Mr. Barrington
Once Upon a Midnight Scary
Movie · as Jonathan Barnavelt
Love for Rent
Movie · as Fred Hallem
Outside Chance
Movie · as Sheriff Dempsey
Flying High
TV · 1 ep
Never Con a Killer
Movie · as Cap
Jackson County Jail
Movie · as Sheriff Dempsey
Victory at Entebbe
Movie · as Moshe Meyer
The Disappearance of Aimee
Movie · as S.I. Gilbert
Mother, Jugs & Speed
Movie · as Moran
The Bionic Woman
TV · 1 ep
Laverne & Shirley
TV · as Charles Pfisher Krane
City of Angels
TV · as Winnie · 1 ep
The Practice
TV · 1 ep
I Wonder Who's Killing Her Now?
Movie · as Mr. Fletch / Dr. DeHart
Starsky & Hutch
TV · as Mr. Wheeler · 1 ep
Baretta
TV · 1 ep
Barney Miller
TV · as Randolph Cook · 1 ep
Barbary Coast
TV · 1 ep
The Legend of Hillbilly John
Movie · as Mr. Marduke
Skyway to Death
Movie · as Steve Kramer
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
TV · as Dr. Aaron Pollack · 1 ep
Harry O
TV · 1 ep
The Six Million Dollar Man
TV · as Apploy · 3 eps
Lincoln
TV · as Gideon Welles · 1 ep
Battle for the Planet of the Apes
Movie · as Kolp
The Day of the Dolphin
Movie · as Schwinn
The Man Who Died Twice
Movie · as Harry
Conquest of the Planet of the Apes
Movie · as Kolp
Playmates
Movie · as Roger, Man in Gallery
Cisco Pike
Movie · as Lawyer
Dirty Little Billy
Movie · as Big Jim McDaniel
The War Between Men and Women
Movie · as Dr. Harris
Play It as It Lays
Movie · as Hypnotist
Vanishing Point
Movie · as J. Hovah
The Hired Hand
Movie · as McVey
The Last Movie
Movie · as Mayor
Werewolves on Wheels
Movie · as One
Alias Smith and Jones
TV · 1 ep
Getting Together
TV · 1 ep
The Man and the City
TV · 1 ep
Pussycat, Pussycat, I Love You
Movie · as Dr. Fahrquardt
The Movie Murderer
Movie · as Jimmy Apache
Bongo Wolf’s Revenge
Movie
Barefoot in the Park
TV · 1 ep
Justine
Movie · as Bathazar
They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
Movie · as Cecil
The Mad Room
Movie · as Nate
Fearless Frank
Movie · as The Good Doctor / Claude
To See or Not to See
Movie
Model Shop
Movie · as Camera Shop Owner
P.J.
Movie · as Shelton Quell
The Virgin President
Movie · as U.S. President / Fillmard Millmore
The Name of the Game
TV · as Cameron · 1 ep
The President's Analyst
Movie · as Kropotkin
Luv
Movie · as Vandergist
Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round
Movie · as Miles Fisher
Point of View
Movie
The Monkees
TV · as Guggins, Mental Problem Specialist (uncredited) · 1 ep
Occasional Wife
TV · 1 ep
The Double-Barrelled Detective Story
Movie · as H.S. Stevens
Goldstein
Movie · as Doctor
Honey West
TV · as Dr. Gregory Ames · 1 ep
I Dream of Jeannie
TV · as Milton · 1 ep
Daniel Boone
TV · as Sir Hubert Spencer · 1 ep
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
TV · as Franklin · 1 ep
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV · as S.I. Gilbert, Aimee's lawyer · 1 ep