Severn Darden
- Recitazione
- 9 novembre 1929
- 27 maggio 1995
Biografia
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.
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Filmografia
- The Telephone
- La bella e la bestia · Waterman, Mr. Smythe
- Take Five
- The Princess Who Had Never Laughed · Farmer Silas
- A scuola con papà · Dr. Barazini
- Scuola di geni · Dr. Meredith
- Half Nelson · Morgue Attendant
- Quarterback Princess · Mr. Hobart
- Cin Cin · Professor DeWitt
- Il castello delle fiabe · Farmer Silas
- Rooster · Conway
- Professione pericolo
- Saturday the 14th · Van Helsing
- Evita Peron · Alfredo Suero
- A Cry for Love · Paul
- Due sotto il divano · Maddox
- Frate Ambrogio · Priest
- Why Would I Lie? · Dr. Barbour
- A Small Circle of Friends · Art Professor
- Alle soglie del futuro · Foley
- Orphan Train · Mr. Barrington
- Love for Rent · Fred Hallem
- Once Upon a Midnight Scary · Jonathan Barnavelt
- Rendezvous Hotel · Albert Church
- Wanda Nevada · Merlin Bitterstix
- Outside Chance · Sheriff Dempsey
- Angeli volanti
- Never Con a Killer · Cap
- La lunga notte di Entebbe · Moshe Meyer
- La scomparsa di Aimée · S.I. Gilbert
- Codice 3: emergenza assoluta · Moran
- Eccesso di difesa · Sheriff Dempsey
- City of Angels · Winnie
- The Practice
- Laverne & Shirley
- La donna bionica
- I Wonder Who's Killing Her Now? · Mr. Fletch / Dr. DeHart
- Starsky & Hutch · Mr. Wheeler
- Barbary Coast
- Barney Miller · Randolph Cook
- Baretta
- Kolchak: The Night Stalker · Dr. Aaron Pollack
- Harry O
- Lincoln · Gideon Welles
- The Legend of Hillbilly John · Mr. Marduke
- Skyway to Death · Steve Kramer
- L'uomo da sei milioni di dollari · Apploy
- Il giorno del delfino · Schwinn
- Anno 2670 - Ultimo atto · Kolp
- The Man Who Died Twice · Harry
- Il piccolo Billy · Big Jim McDaniel
- Play It as It Lays · Hypnotist
- Playmates · Roger, Man in Gallery
- 1999 - Conquista della Terra · Kolp
- Oggi sposi: sentite condoglianze · Dr. Harris
- Per 100 chili di droga · Lawyer
- Fuga da Hollywood · Mayor, Musica
- Getting Together
- The Man and the City
- Il ritorno di Harry Collings · McVey
- La notte dei demoni · One
- Punto zero · J. Hovah
- Due onesti fuorilegge
- Barefoot in the Park
- Pussycat, Pussycat... ti amo · Dr. Fahrquardt
- L'incendiario · Jimmy Apache
- Bongo Wolf’s Revenge
- Non si uccidono così anche i cavalli? · Cecil
- Fearless Frank · The Good Doctor / Claude
- To See or Not to See
- Rapporto a quattro · Bathazar
- The Mama Cass Television Program · Sceneggiatura
- Lo specchio della follia · Nate
- L'amante perduta · Camera Shop Owner
- The Virgin President · U.S. President / Fillmard Millmore, Sceneggiatura
- Reporter alla ribalta · Cameron
- Facce per l'inferno · Shelton Quell
- La folle impresa del dottor Schaefer · Kropotkin
- Luv vuol dire amore? · Vandergist
- Alle donne piace ladro · Miles Fisher