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, Louis...
Known For
Complete Filmography

The Telephone
1988
Crazy out of work actress Vashti Blue spends all her time in her small apartment with her pet owl and her telephone, which she uses to try and solve a...

Back to School
1986
as Dr. Barazini
Self-made millionaire Thornton Melon decides to get a better education and enrolls at his son Jason's college. While Jason tries to fit in with his fe...

Real Genius
1985
as Dr. Meredith
When teenage geniuses Mitch Taylor and Chris Knight, working on an advanced laser project, learn that the military wants to use it as a weapon, they d...

Half Nelson
1985
as Morgue Attendant
Rocky Nelson is a New York cop, who after making a major bust and selling the rights of his story to Hollywood decides to try his luck out as an actor...

Quarterback Princess
1983
as Mr. Hobart
The Maida family has moved to Oregon, and daughter Tami wants to play quarterback for the high school football team. There's just one problem. She's a...

Rooster
1982
as Conway
A physically small police psychologist and a physically large insurance detective team up on an arson case.

Saturday the 14th
1981
as Van Helsing
After his family moves to a new house, a young boy discovers a mysterious book that details a curse hanging over the date of Saturday the 14th. Openin...

Evita Peron
1981
as Alfredo Suero
Aspiring actress Eva Duarte rises from a minor celebrity to the wife of a powerful Argentine dictator, but her all consuming fiery rage, ambition, and...
A Cry for Love
1980
as Paul
Divorcee Susan Blakely, with no alimony and two kids to support, begins turning to amphetamines. While at her lowest ebb, she meets an alcoholic and t...

Hopscotch
1980
as Maddox
When CIA operative Miles Kendig deliberately lets KGB agent Yaskov get away, his boss threatens to retire him. Kendig beats him to it, however, destro...

In God We Tru$t
1980
as Priest
A naive monk, named Brother Ambrose, is sent by the abbot on a mission to raise $5,000 in order to save their monastery from closing. He goes to Holly...
Why Would I Lie?
1980
as Dr. Barbour
Cletus is a compulsive liar. He prefers the term 'fabrication' to lie though. When Cletus becomes a social worker he's assigned the case of a boy call...

A Small Circle of Friends
1980
as Art Professor
In the late 1960s, three Harvard students Jessica, Leo and Nick grow close as they undergo personal changes, but their friendship is jeopardized by ro...

Orphan Train
1979
as Mr. Barrington
A dedicated social worker organizes a train trip for a group of slum orphans in 1894, taking them from New York City to the Midwest in search of new f...

Love for Rent
1979
as Fred Hallem
Two small-town sisters go to Hollywood and find themselves seduced by the glamor of the big time and big money as high-priced professional escorts.

Once Upon a Midnight Scary
1979
as Jonathan Barnavelt
"Once Upon a Midnight Scary" is a 1979 television program that aired as part of a CBS television anthology series. The program, hosted by noted actor ...
Rendezvous Hotel
1979
as Albert Church
A madcap family caters to assorted unpredictable guests availing themselves of the title resort's advertised bliss in this pilot to a prospective seri...

Wanda Nevada
1979
as Merlin Bitterstix
In the American Southwest of the 1950s, middle-aged vagabond Beaudray Demerille survives as a cardsharp who moves from town to town. But his latest vi...
Outside Chance
1978
as Sheriff Dempsey
An advertising executive finds herself in a small-town jail after being terrorized on a drive from Los Angeles to New York by two hitchhikers who stea...

Never Con a Killer
1977
as Cap
Pilot to the short-lived TV series "The Feather and Father Gang" has Detective Feather Danton and her con-man father Harry teaming up to outwit Runyon...

Victory at Entebbe
1976
as Moshe Meyer
The film is based on an actual event: Operation Entebbe and the freeing of Israeli hostages at Entebbe Airport (now Entebbe International Airport) in ...

The Disappearance of Aimee
1976
as S.I. Gilbert
In 1926, celebrated evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson mysteriously disappeared. She turned up several weeks later and recounted the details of her kid...

Mother, Jugs & Speed
1976
as Moran
To beat out competing ambulance services, an ace driver, an office secretary/paramedic and a suspended cop resort to some outrageous behavior to help ...

Jackson County Jail
1976
as Sheriff Dempsey
A young woman stumbles into a nightmare land of hijacking and humiliation while driving cross-country from California to New York.

I Wonder Who's Killing Her Now?
1975
as Mr. Fletch / Dr. DeHart
Oliver is in trouble. He's been caught embezzling money from his father's company, and unless he can pay back the $250,000 he took (which he can't), h...

The Legend of Hillbilly John
1974
as Mr. Marduke
A roaming hillbilly, on a quest to defy the Devil, encounters several supernatural characters and does battle with his silver-stringed guitar.

Skyway to Death
1974
as Steve Kramer
The passengers in an aerial tramway are trapped when the tramway breaks down 8,500 feet in the air.

The Day of the Dolphin
1973
as Schwinn
Dr. Jake Terrell, who has been training a pair of dolphins for many years, has had a breakthrough. He has taught his dolphins to speak and understand ...

Battle for the Planet of the Apes
1973
as Kolp
The fifth and final episode in the Planet of the Apes series. After the collapse of human civilization, a community of intelligent apes led by Caesar ...

The Man Who Died Twice
1973
as Harry
A painter who surfaces after having disappeared for seven years finds himself contending with art forgeries and a crooked art dealer.

Dirty Little Billy
1972
as Big Jim McDaniel
Clearly influenced by the darker, more sinister style of spaghetti westerns, Dirty Little Billy offers a unique insight into the beginnings of the not...

Play It as It Lays
1972
as Hypnotist
Burned-out B-movie actress Maria, depressed and frustrated with her loveless marriage to an ambitious film director, Carter Lang, who would rather wor...

Playmates
1972
as Roger, Man in Gallery
Two divorced men meet and become friends, but unbeknownst to each other, start dating each other's ex-wives.

Conquest of the Planet of the Apes
1972
as Kolp
In a futuristic world that has embraced ape slavery, a chimpanzee named Caesar resurfaces after almost twenty years of hiding from the authorities, an...

The War Between Men and Women
1972
as Dr. Harris
A sarcastic near-sighted cartoonist, averse to commitment, falls for a single mother of three — the only woman who can stand his strong anti-feminist ...

Cisco Pike
1971
as Lawyer
A down on his luck former drug dealer is forced by a corrupt LAPD policeman to sell 100 kilos of confiscated marijuana in one weekend.

The Last Movie
1971
as Mayor
After a film production wraps in Peru, an American wrangler decides to stay behind, witnessing how filmmaking affects the locals.

The Last Movie
1971
Original Music Composer
After a film production wraps in Peru, an American wrangler decides to stay behind, witnessing how filmmaking affects the locals.

The Hired Hand
1971
as McVey
Harry Collings returns home to his farm after drifting with his friend, Arch. His wife, who had given up on him, reluctantly allows him to stay, and s...

Werewolves on Wheels
1971
as One
A biker gang visits a monastery where they encounter black-robed monks engaged in worshipping Satan. When the monks try to persuade one of the female ...

Vanishing Point
1971
as J. Hovah
Kowalski works for a car delivery service, and takes delivery of a 1970 Dodge Challenger to drive from Colorado to San Francisco. Shortly after pickup...

Pussycat, Pussycat, I Love You
1970
as Dr. Fahrquardt
An American playwright living in Rome consults a quack psychiatrist to combat his fears of balding and save his failing marriage.

The Movie Murderer
1970
as Jimmy Apache
An experienced arson investigator takes along his young associate as they try to find an arsonist who is burning down movie sets.

Bongo Wolf’s Revenge
1970
An oddball picture about legendary kooky and colorful Los Angeles fringe eccentric cult figure Bongo Wolf. Through the course of the film, Bongo visit...

They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
1969
as Cecil
In the midst of the Great Depression, manipulative emcee Rocky enlists contestants for a dance marathon offering a $1,500 cash prize. Among them are a...

Fearless Frank
1969
as The Good Doctor / Claude
A country boy arrives in Chicago, gets killed by some gangsters, and returns to life with superhuman powers in this satirical look at movie genres.

To See or Not to See
1969
A scientist develops an unusual pair of eyeglasses which allows the wearer's mind to see things objectively rather than the usual subjective manner.

Justine
1969
as Bathazar
In Alexandria, in 1938, Darley, a young British schoolmaster and poet, makes friends through Pursewarden, the British consular officer, with Justine, ...

The Mama Cass Television Program
1969
Writer
"Mama" Cass Elliott of 1960s vocal group The Mamas and the Papas stars in this television variety special, performing comic sketches with Buddy Hacket...

The Mad Room
1969
as Nate
Ellen Hardy gets a rude awakening when she discovers that her brother and sister are scheduled to leave their mental institution. As children, they we...

Model Shop
1969
as Camera Shop Owner
While trying to raise money to prevent his car from being repossessed, George is attracted to Lola, a Frenchwoman who works in a "model shop", an esta...

The Virgin President
1968
as U.S. President / Fillmard Millmore
The President of the U.S. is suceeded by his naive, wide-eyed son, and his advisors try to take advantage of the situation by planning to drop an atom...

The Virgin President
1968
Writer, Producer
The President of the U.S. is suceeded by his naive, wide-eyed son, and his advisors try to take advantage of the situation by planning to drop an atom...

P.J.
1968
as Shelton Quell
Reluctant New York City private eye P.J. Detweiler is hired as a bodyguard to protect Maureen Preble, the mistress of shady millionaire William Orbiso...

The President's Analyst
1967
as Kropotkin
At first, Dr. Sidney Schaefer feels honored and thrilled to be offered the job of the President's Analyst. But then the stress of the job and the para...

Luv
1967
as Vandergist
Depressed by the direction his life is taking, Harry decides to take his own life by jumping off the Manhattan Bridge. At the last minute he's stopped...

Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round
1966
as Miles Fisher
A sophisticated con man mounts an intricate plan to rob an airport bank while the Soviet premier is due to arrive.

The Double-Barrelled Detective Story
1965
as H.S. Stevens
Interesting and sometimes funny adaptation of a Mark Twain short story. Hatfield is a carpetbagger who marries the daughter of a prominent plantation ...

Goldstein
1965
as Doctor
GOLDSTEIN, the feature film debut of talented director Philip Kaufman, is an early example of American independent filmmaking from the early 1960s. A ...