Severn Darden
Photoplayd Industry Rating
Not enough rated films yet to compute a weighted score.
Roles are weighted by involvement: director 1.0, screenwriter 0.7, lead 0.8, supporting 0.4, crew 0.1.
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
Credits
Pussycat, Pussycat, I Love You (1970)
as Dr. Fahrquardt
Vanishing Point (1971)
as J. Hovah
Battle for the Planet of the Apes (1973)
as Kolp
Real Genius (1985)
as Dr. Meredith
Conquest of the Planet of the Apes (1972)
as Kolp
Back to School (1986)
as Dr. Barazini
They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969)
as Cecil
The Last Movie (1971)
as Mayor
The Day of the Dolphin (1973)
as Schwinn
Hopscotch (1980)
as Maddox
Wanda Nevada (1979)
as Merlin Bitterstix
P.J. (1968)
as Shelton Quell
Model Shop (1969)
as Camera Shop Owner
Cisco Pike (1972)
as Lawyer
The Telephone (1988)
Actor
Jackson County Jail (1976)
as Sheriff Dempsey
The Disappearance of Aimee (1976)
as S.I. Gilbert
Luv (1967)
as Vandergist
Justine (1969)
as Bathazar
The President's Analyst (1967)
as Kropotkin
In God We Tru$t (1980)
as Priest
The War Between Men and Women (1972)
as Dr. Harris
Victory at Entebbe (1976)
as Moshe Meyer
Mother, Jugs & Speed (1976)
as Moran
The Hired Hand (1971)
as McVey
Evita Peron (1981)
as Alfredo Suero
Saturday the 14th (1981)
as Van Helsing
Love for Rent (1979)
as Fred Hallem
Dirty Little Billy (1972)
as Big Jim McDaniel
Half Nelson (1985)
as Morgue Attendant
Orphan Train (1979)
as Mr. Barrington
A Small Circle of Friends (1980)
as Art Professor
Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round (1966)
as Miles Fisher
Play It as It Lays (1972)
as Hypnotist
Why Would I Lie? (1980)
as Dr. Barbour
A Cry for Love (1980)
as Paul
Quarterback Princess (1983)
as Mr. Hobart
Fearless Frank (1969)
as The Good Doctor / Claude
The Mad Room (1969)
as Nate
The Double-Barrelled Detective Story (1965)
as H.S. Stevens
Rooster (1982)
as Conway
The Movie Murderer (1970)
as Jimmy Apache
I Wonder Who's Killing Her Now? (1975)
as Mr. Fletch / Dr. DeHart
Werewolves on Wheels (1971)
as One
Outside Chance (1978)
as Sheriff Dempsey
The Princess Who Had Never Laughed (1986)
as Farmer Silas
The Legend of Hillbilly John (1974)
as Mr. Marduke
Skyway to Death (1974)
as Steve Kramer
Playmates (1972)
as Roger, Man in Gallery
Never Con a Killer (1977)
as Cap
Once Upon a Midnight Scary (1979)
as Jonathan Barnavelt
The Man Who Died Twice (1973)
as Harry
Goldstein (1965)
as Doctor
The Virgin President (1968)
as U.S. President / Fillmard Millmore
Rendezvous Hotel (1979)
as Albert Church
Bongo Wolf’s Revenge (1970)
Actor
Point of View (1966)
Actor
To See or Not to See (1969)
Actor