Acting credits
81
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Severn Darden
Acting
Career Snapshot
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Movies: 55Series: 27Crew credits: 3
TMDB ID: 99829
IMDb ID: nm0201089
Known for: Acting
Born: November 9, 1929
Died: May 27, 1995
Age: 65
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1951 - 1988
Years active: 38
Average TMDB rating: 6.39
Wikidata: Q267029
Other jobs
Writer (2)Original Music Composer (1)
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.
Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Severn Darden.
4.2
The Telephone
1988 Movie
The Princess Who Had Never Laughed
as Farmer Silas
1986 Movie
6.3
Back to School
as Dr. Barazini
1986 Movie
6.7
Real Genius
as Dr. Meredith
1985 Movie
Half Nelson
as Morgue Attendant
1985 Movie
6.8
Quarterback Princess
as Mr. Hobart
1983 Movie
2.0
Rooster
as Conway
1982 Movie
5.1
Saturday the 14th
as Van Helsing
1981 Movie
Evita Peron
as Alfredo Suero
1981 Movie
7.0
Hopscotch
as Maddox
1980 Movie
6.0
In God We Tru$t
as Priest
1980 Movie
5.9
A Small Circle of Friends
as Art Professor
1980 Movie
4.8
Orphan Train
as Mr. Barrington
1979 Movie
1.3
Love for Rent
as Fred Hallem
1979 Movie
8.7
Once Upon a Midnight Scary
as Jonathan Barnavelt
1979 Movie
5.6
Wanda Nevada
as Merlin Bitterstix
1979 Movie
Never Con a Killer
as Cap
1977 Movie
5.0
Victory at Entebbe
as Moshe Meyer
1976 Movie
8.0
The Disappearance of Aimee
as S.I. Gilbert
1976 Movie
5.4
Mother, Jugs & Speed
as Moran
1976 Movie
5.5
Jackson County Jail
as Sheriff Dempsey
1976 Movie
2.6
I Wonder Who's Killing Her Now?
as Mr. Fletch / Dr. DeHart
1975 Movie
5.3
The Legend of Hillbilly John
as Mr. Marduke
1974 Movie
4.3
Skyway to Death
as Steve Kramer
1974 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Severn Darden.
7.4
Beauty and the Beast
1 eps
1987 Series
7.5
Cheers
as Professor DeWitt • 1 eps
1982 Series
8.1
Faerie Tale Theatre
as Farmer Silas • 1 eps
1982 Series
7.6
The Fall Guy
1 eps
1981 Series
5.2
Beyond Westworld
as Foley • 5 eps
1980 Series
4.5
Flying High
1 eps
1978 Series
5.2
City of Angels
as Winnie • 1 eps
1976 Series
7.5
The Practice
1 eps
1976 Series
7.1
Laverne & Shirley
1 eps
1976 Series
6.9
The Bionic Woman
1 eps
1976 Series
7.3
Starsky & Hutch
as Mr. Wheeler • 1 eps
1975 Series
7.5
Barbary Coast
1 eps
1975 Series
7.3
Barney Miller
as Randolph Cook • 1 eps
1975 Series
6.4
Baretta
1 eps
1975 Series
7.6
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
as Dr. Aaron Pollack • 1 eps
1974 Series
4.6
Harry O
1 eps
1974 Series
8.0
Lincoln
as Gideon Welles • 1 eps
1974 Series
7.3
The Six Million Dollar Man
as Apploy • 3 eps
1974 Series
7.0
Alias Smith and Jones
1 eps
1971 Series
6.8
The Name of the Game
as Cameron • 1 eps
1968 Series
7.5
Occasional Wife
1 eps
1966 Series
6.5
The Monkees
as J.B. Guggins Jr. • 1 eps
1966 Series
7.8
I Dream of Jeannie
as Milton • 1 eps
1965 Series
7.0
Honey West
as Dr. Gregory Ames • 1 eps
1965 Series