Cast
Severn Darden
Acting
Cast
Severn Darden
Known for
Acting
Born
1929-11-09
Died
1995-05-27
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.
★4.3
MOVIE1970
Pussycat, Pussycat, I Love You
as Dr. Fahrquardt
★6.7
MOVIE1985
Real Genius
as Dr. Meredith
★5.7
MOVIE1973
Battle for the Planet of the Apes
as Kolp
★6.2
MOVIE1972
Conquest of the Planet of the Apes
as Kolp
★6.3
MOVIE1986
Back to School
as Dr. Barazini
★3.6
MOVIE1975
I Wonder Who's Killing Her Now?
as Mr. Fletch / Dr. DeHart
★7.1
MOVIE1971
Vanishing Point
as J. Hovah
★4.8
MOVIE1967
Luv
as Vandergist
★5.7
MOVIE1971
The Last Movie
as Mayor
★7.6
MOVIE1969
They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
as Cecil
★6.9
MOVIE1970
The Movie Murderer
as Jimmy Apache
★5.7
MOVIE1979
Wanda Nevada
as Merlin Bitterstix
★5.8
MOVIE1973
The Day of the Dolphin
as Schwinn
★6.5
MOVIE1969
Model Shop
as Camera Shop Owner
★6.2
MOVIE1969
The Mad Room
as Nate
★8.7
MOVIE1976
The Disappearance of Aimee
as S.I. Gilbert
★3.5
MOVIE1979
Love for Rent
as Fred Hallem
★5.8
MOVIE1967
The President's Analyst
as Kropotkin
★6.9
MOVIE1983
Quarterback Princess
as Mr. Hobart
★7.0
MOVIE1980
Hopscotch
as Maddox
★5.3
MOVIE1976
Mother, Jugs & Speed
as Moran
★6.7
MOVIE1980
A Small Circle of Friends
as Art Professor
MOVIE1981
Evita Peron
as Alfredo Suero
★5.7
MOVIE1968
P.J.
as Shelton Quell
★5.6
MOVIE1972
Cisco Pike
as Lawyer
★5.1
MOVIE1981
Saturday the 14th
as Van Helsing
★5.1
MOVIE1976
Victory at Entebbe
as Moshe Meyer
★6.1
MOVIE1971
The Hired Hand
as McVey
★5.6
MOVIE1976
Jackson County Jail
as Sheriff Dempsey
★10.0
MOVIE1970
Bongo Wolf’s Revenge
★5.0
MOVIE1972
Dirty Little Billy
as Big Jim McDaniel
★6.1
MOVIE1980
In God We Tru$t
as Priest
★5.6
MOVIE1966
Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round
as Miles Fisher
MOVIE1985
Half Nelson
as Morgue Attendant
★5.3
MOVIE1974
Skyway to Death
as Steve Kramer
★6.4
MOVIE1972
The War Between Men and Women
as Dr. Harris
★4.4
MOVIE1969
Justine
as Bathazar
★6.1
MOVIE1972
Play It as It Lays
as Hypnotist
★5.6
MOVIE1969
Fearless Frank
as The Good Doctor / Claude
★4.4
MOVIE1988
The Telephone
★6.3
MOVIE1974
The Legend of Hillbilly John
as Mr. Marduke
★10.0
MOVIE1980
A Cry for Love
as Paul
★5.0
MOVIE1978
Outside Chance
as Sheriff Dempsey
★7.0
MOVIE1973
The Man Who Died Twice
as Harry
★4.6
MOVIE1971
Werewolves on Wheels
as One
★5.8
MOVIE1965
Goldstein
as Doctor
★7.0
MOVIE1968
The Virgin President
as U.S. President / Fillmard Millmore
★5.9
MOVIE1979
Orphan Train
as Mr. Barrington
★9.0
MOVIE1966
Point of View
★4.5
MOVIE1982
Rooster
as Conway
★10.0
MOVIE1977
Never Con a Killer
as Cap
★7.5
MOVIE1980
Why Would I Lie?
as Dr. Barbour
★9.0
MOVIE1965
The Double-Barrelled Detective Story
as H.S. Stevens
★8.9
MOVIE1979
Once Upon a Midnight Scary
as Jonathan Barnavelt
★10.0
MOVIE1972
Playmates
as Roger, Man in Gallery
★8.0
MOVIE1986
The Princess Who Had Never Laughed
as Farmer Silas
★7.0
MOVIE1979
Rendezvous Hotel
as Albert Church
★6.3
MOVIE1969