4.4
The Telephone
1988
Severn Darden
Acting
Born November 9, 1929Died May 27, 1995
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
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8.0
The Princess Who Had Never Laughed
1986
6.3
Back to School
1986
6.7
Real Genius
1985
0.0
Half Nelson
1985
6.9
Quarterback Princess
1983
4.5
Rooster
1982
5.1
Saturday the 14th
1981
0.0
Evita Peron
1981
A Cry for Love
10.0
A Cry for Love
1980
7.0
Hopscotch
1980
6.1
In God We Tru$t
1980
7.5
Why Would I Lie?
1980
6.7
A Small Circle of Friends
1980
5.9
Orphan Train
1979
3.5
Love for Rent
1979
8.9
Once Upon a Midnight Scary
1979
Rendezvous Hotel
7.0
Rendezvous Hotel
1979
5.8
Wanda Nevada
1979
Outside Chance
4.0
Outside Chance
1978
10.0
Never Con a Killer
1977
5.2
Victory at Entebbe
1976
8.7
The Disappearance of Aimee
1976
5.4
Mother, Jugs & Speed
1976
5.6
Jackson County Jail
1976
3.6
I Wonder Who's Killing Her Now?
1975
6.3
The Legend of Hillbilly John
1974
5.2
Skyway to Death
1974
5.8
The Day of the Dolphin
1973
5.7
Battle for the Planet of the Apes
1973
7.0
The Man Who Died Twice
1973
5.1
Dirty Little Billy
1972
6.1
Play It as It Lays
1972
10.0
Playmates
1972
6.2
Conquest of the Planet of the Apes
1972
6.4
The War Between Men and Women
1972
5.6
Cisco Pike
1972
5.7
The Last Movie
1971
6.2
The Hired Hand
1971
4.6
Werewolves on Wheels
1971
7.1
Vanishing Point
1971
4.3
Pussycat, Pussycat, I Love You
1970
6.9
The Movie Murderer
1970
10.0
Bongo Wolf’s Revenge
1970
7.6
They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
1969
5.6
Fearless Frank
1969
6.7
To See or Not to See
1969
4.4
Justine
1969
6.2
The Mad Room
1969
6.5
Model Shop
1969
7.0
The Virgin President
1968
5.7
P.J.
1968
5.9
The President's Analyst
1967
4.9
Luv
1967
5.6
Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round
1966
9.0
Point of View
1966
9.0
The Double-Barrelled Detective Story
1965
5.8
Goldstein
1965
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7.4
Beauty and the Beast
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Beauty and the Beast
Take Five
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Take Five
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Cheers
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Faerie Tale Theatre
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The Fall Guy
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Beyond Westworld
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Flying High
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City of Angels
7.5
The Practice
7.1
Laverne & Shirley
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The Bionic Woman
7.4
Starsky & Hutch
8.3
Barbary Coast
7.4
Barney Miller
6.5
Baretta
7.7
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
5.2
Harry O
8.0
Lincoln
7.3
The Six Million Dollar Man
Getting Together
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Getting Together
The Man and the City
7.5
The Man and the City
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Alias Smith and Jones
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Barefoot in the Park
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The Name of the Game
8.0
Occasional Wife
6.5
The Monkees
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The Monkees
7.8
I Dream of Jeannie
7.2
Honey West
7.0
Daniel Boone
7.8
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
8.8