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Severn Darden


Severn Darden

Birthday:

11/09/1929

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.


Credits

The Telephone (1988)
as
The Princess Who Had Never Laughed (1986)
as Farmer Silas
Back to School (1986)
as Dr. Barazini
Real Genius (1985)
as Dr. Meredith
Half Nelson (1985)
as Morgue Attendant
Quarterback Princess (1983)
as Mr. Hobart
Rooster (1982)
as Conway
Saturday the 14th (1981)
as Van Helsing
Evita Peron (1981)
as Alfredo Suero
A Cry for Love (1980)
as Paul
In God We Tru$t (1980)
as Priest
Hopscotch (1980)
as Maddox
Why Would I Lie? (1980)
as Dr. Barbour
A Small Circle of Friends (1980)
as Art Professor
Orphan Train (1979)
as Mr. Barrington
Love for Rent (1979)
as Fred Hallem
Once Upon a Midnight Scary (1979)
as Jonathan Barnavelt
Rendezvous Hotel (1979)
as Albert Church
Wanda Nevada (1979)
as Merlin Bitterstix
Outside Chance (1978)
as Sheriff Dempsey
Never Con a Killer (1977)
as Cap
Victory at Entebbe (1976)
as Moshe Meyer
The Disappearance of Aimee (1976)
as S.I. Gilbert
Mother, Jugs & Speed (1976)
as Moran
Jackson County Jail (1976)
as Sheriff Dempsey
I Wonder Who's Killing Her Now? (1975)
as Mr. Fletch / Dr. DeHart
The Legend of Hillbilly John (1974)
as Mr. Marduke
Skyway to Death (1974)
as Steve Kramer
The Day of the Dolphin (1973)
as Schwinn
Battle for the Planet of the Apes (1973)
as Kolp
The Man Who Died Twice (1973)
as Harry
Dirty Little Billy (1972)
as Big Jim McDaniel
Play It as It Lays (1972)
as Hypnotist
Playmates (1972)
as Roger, Man in Gallery
Conquest of the Planet of the Apes (1972)
as Kolp
The War Between Men and Women (1972)
as Dr. Harris
Cisco Pike (1971)
as Lawyer
The Last Movie (1971)
as Mayor
Werewolves on Wheels (1971)
as One
The Hired Hand (1971)
as McVey
LA 2017 (1971)
as Cameron
Vanishing Point (1971)
as J. Hovah
Pussycat, Pussycat, I Love You (1970)
as Dr. Fahrquardt
The Movie Murderer (1970)
as Jimmy Apache
Bongo Wolf’s Revenge (1970)
as
They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969)
as Cecil
Fearless Frank (1969)
as The Good Doctor / Claude
To See or Not to See (1969)
as
Justine (1969)
as Bathazar
The Mad Room (1969)
as Nate
Model Shop (1969)
as Camera Shop Owner
The Virgin President (1968)
as U.S. President / Fillmard Millmore
P.J. (1968)
as Shelton Quell
The President's Analyst (1967)
as Kropotkin
Luv (1967)
as Vandergist
Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round (1966)
as Miles Fisher
Point of View (1966)
as
The Double-Barrelled Detective Story (1965)
as H.S. Stevens
Goldstein (1965)
as Doctor
The Last Movie (1971)
Original Music Composer
The Mama Cass Television Program (1969)
Writer
The Virgin President (1968)
Writer
The Virgin President (1968)
Producer