Severn Darden
Acting
- Naissance:
- 1929-11-09
- Décès:
- 1995-05-27
Biographie
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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Allo, je craque
La Belle et la Bête
Take Five
The Princess Who Had Never Laughed
A fond la fac
Profession : Génie
Half Nelson
Quarterback Princess
Cheers
Faerie Tale Theatre
Rooster
L'Homme qui tombe à pic
Saturday the 14th
Evita Peron
A Cry for Love
Jeux d'espions
La bible ne fait pas le moine
Why Would I Lie?
Un petit cercle d'amis
Beyond Westworld
Orphan Train
Love for Rent
Once Upon a Midnight Scary
Rendezvous Hotel
Wanda Nevada
Outside Chance
Embarquement immédiat
Never Con a Killer
Victoire à Entebbé
The Disappearance of Aimee
Ambulances tous risques
La prison du viol
City of Angels
The Practice
Laverne & Shirley
Super Jaimie
I Wonder Who's Killing Her Now?
Starsky & Hutch
Barbary Coast
Barney Miller
Baretta
Dossiers Brûlants
Harry O
Lincoln
The Legend of Hillbilly John
Skyway to Death
L'homme qui valait trois milliards
Le Jour du dauphin
La Bataille de la planète des singes
The Man Who Died Twice
Dirty Little Billy
Play It as It Lays
Playmates
La Conquête de la planète des singes
The War Between Men and Women
Cisco Pike
The Last Movie
Getting Together
The Man and the City
L'Homme sans frontière
Werewolves on wheels
Point limite zéro
Opération danger
Barefoot in the Park
Pussycat, Pussycat, I Love You
The Movie Murderer
Bongo Wolf’s Revenge
On achève bien les chevaux
Fearless Frank
To See or Not to See
Justine
La Fille aux mains sanglantes
Model Shop
The Virgin President
The Name of the Game
Syndicat du meurtre
La folle mission du Docteur Schaeffer
Luv
Un truand
Point of View
Occasional Wife
The Monkees
The Double-Barrelled Detective Story
Jinny de mes rêves
Honey West
Goldstein
Daniel Boone
Alfred Hitchcock présente
Hallmark Hall of Fame