Severn Darden(1929-1995)

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Writer
Composer

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), Real Genius (1985) and Saturday the 14th (1981). He was married to Heather Ingrid Bleackley, Cynthia Jane Williams and Ann Barodel Grant. He died on 27 May 1995 in Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA.

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Battle for the Planet of the Apes

5.4

Governor Kolp

1973

Real Genius

6.9

Dr. Meredith

1985

Saturday the 14th

4.6

Van Helsing

1981

Conquest of the Planet of the Apes

6.1

Kolp

1972

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Actor

Aram
6.8
Short
- Rabbi Durshowitz
- 1989
Beauty and the Beast
7.0
TV Series
- Mr. Smythe
- Waterman
- 1988–1989
Probe
7.9
TV Series
- John Bolt
- 1988
The Telephone
4.1
- Max
- 1988
Take Five
4.7
TV Series
- Dr. Noah Wolf
- 1987
Faerie Tale Theatre
8.3
TV Series
- Farmer Silas
- 1986
Back to School
6.7
- Dr. Barazini
- 1986
George Burns Comedy Week
8.1
TV Series
- Spirit Two
- 1985
It's a Living
7.0
TV Series
- Ambassador
- 1985
Real Genius
6.9
- Dr. Meredith
- 1985
Half Nelson
6.1
TV Movie
- Morgue Attendant
- 1985
A Minor Miracle
5.1
- Seminary Provincial
- 1985
The Cowboy and the Ballerina
5.9
TV Movie
- Mike
- 1984
The Paper Chase
8.1
TV Series
- Professor Edwin
- 1984
The New Mike Hammer
6.8
TV Series
- Merinow
- 1984

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Composer

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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).