Severn Darden(1929-1995)

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Severn Darden in Battle for the Planet of the Apes (1973)

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Saturday the 14th (1981)

Severn Darden was born on 9 November 1929 in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for Battle for the Planet of the Apes (1973), Saturday the 14th (1981) and Real Genius (1985). He was previously married to Heather I Bleackley and Cynthia Jane Williams. He died on 27 May 1995 in Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA.

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Severn Darden and John Dehner in The Day of the Dolphin (1973)

Severn Darden, John Dehner, William Roerick, and Fritz Weaver in The Day of the Dolphin (1973)

Bob Burns, Severn Darden, Joe E. Ross, Larry Storch, and Forrest Tucker in The Ghost Busters (1975)

Severn Darden and Paul Stevens in Battle for the Planet of the Apes (1973)

Fred Gwynne, Severn Darden, and Joe E. Ross in Car 54, Where Are You? (1961)

Elisabeth Brooks, Severn Darden, Don Mantooth, Darren McGavin, and Keenan Wynn in Kolchak: The Night Stalker (1974)

Jack Lemmon and Severn Darden in The War Between Men and Women (1972)

Known for:

Battle for the Planet of the Apes

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Kolp

1973

Saturday the 14th

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Van Helsing

1981

Real Genius

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Dr. Meredith

1985

Conquest of the Planet of the Apes

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Kolp

1972

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Actor

Aram
- Rabbi Durshowitz
- Short
- 1989
Beauty and the Beast
- Mr. Smythe
- Waterman
- TV Series
- 1988–1989
Probe
- John Bolt
- TV Series
- 1988
The Telephone
- Max
- 1988
Take Five
- Dr. Noah Wolf
- TV Series
- 1987
Faerie Tale Theatre
- Farmer Silas
- TV Series
- 1986
Back to School
- Dr. Barazini
- 1986
George Burns Comedy Week
- Spirit Two
- TV Series
- 1985
It's a Living
- Ambassador
- TV Series
- 1985
Real Genius
- Dr. Meredith
- 1985
Half Nelson
- TV Movie
- 1985
A Minor Miracle
- Seminary Provincial
- 1985
The Cowboy and the Ballerina
- Mike
- TV Movie
- 1984
The Paper Chase
- Professor Edwin
- TV Series
- 1984
Mike Hammer
- Merinow
- TV Series
- 1984

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Planet of the Apes Collection

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Battle for the Planet of the Apes

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Born
- November 9, 1929
- New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Died
- May 27, 1995
- Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA(heart attack)
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Other works
He acted in Aristophanes' play, "Lysistrata," in a Playwrights Theatre Club Production at the Studebaker Theatre in Chicago, Illinois with Vicki Cummings (Lysistrata), Mike Nichols, Elaine May, Barbara Harris, Andrew Duncan, and Jeffrey Sweet in the cast. Paul Sills and Bernie Sahlins were directors.
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A founding member of Chicago's Compass Theater. Noted as a master of improvisational comedy, and, especially his pseudo-intellectual monologues. On screen, usually played eccentric roles. At his best as Soviet counter-intelligence agent Kropotkin in The President's Analyst (1967). Also played an evil doctor in two instalments of the 'Planet of the Apes' cycle ('Conquest of...' and 'Battle for...', respectively in 1972 and 1973).