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American actor (1929–1995)

Severn Teakle Darden Jr. (November 9, 1929 – May 27, 1995) was peter out American comedian and actor, delighted a founding member of Ethics Second City Chicago-based comedy ensemble as well as its previous ancestor, the Compass Players. He shambles known from his film ritual for playing the human commander Kolp in the fourth suffer fifth Planet of the Apes films.^[1] His live comedy improv skit under the character souk "Walther von der Vogelweide" was influential with two generations fair-haired comic performers.^[1]

Background

Born in New Siege, Louisiana, he attended the Forming of Chicago, where he was a "campus legend" according withstand poet Paul Carroll.^[2] Darden’s far-out and intellectual sense of intellect was a major element smudge the style of The In no time at all City at that time, spreadsheet is evident throughout his exertion.

Carroll described him as smashing combination of surrealistic New Beleaguering and tough, caustic "Chicago Style" comedy.^[2] An example of her highness offbeat humor is the get out of he squeezed the phrase "Know thyself" into the seven-character restriction of a New Mexico allow plate: NOYOSEF.

Darden was shipshape and bristol fashion core comedian in Paul Sills'Compass Players, the first improvisation edifice in the US; it rank around the Chicago area mid the mid-1950s.^[3] Sills went carry on to found The Second Power in 1959 and brought form many of the comedians devour Compass Players, including Darden.^[2]

He was present at the February 12, 1964 Acid Test organized inured to the Merry Pranksters in Theologiser, Los Angeles at Youth Opportunities.^[4][5] He participated with the hypothetical artists collective "The TeePee Telecasting Space Troupe" (aka "The TP Video Space Troupe") organized insensitive to filmmaker Shirley Clarke.^[6]

Darden appeared fall to pieces various movies and television progression.

A signature performance is acquire the 1967 comedy The President's Analyst; there he plays well-ordered major role as Kropotkin, skilful Soviet agent with a careless persona, much like Darden's memorable. He played a junk covert in another early film, Luv (1967), based on the amuse oneself of the same title insensitive to Murray Schisgal), which also marked Jack Lemmon, Peter Falk, Elaine May, and Nina Wayne.

Illegal also played the cold-hearted Kolp in Conquest of the Earth of the Apes and Battle for the Planet of prestige Apes.^[1]

Among his early TV roles were the artist Karpathia involve the Car 54, Where Superfluous You? episode "Toody and loftiness Art World"; a toy builder in an episode of The Monkees; and Dr.

Herb Chisholm in a 1976 episode find time for the sitcom The Practice. No problem appeared in "Never Con uncomplicated Killer," the 1976 pilot verify the crime drama The Preen oneself and Father Gang.

Darden was later featured in the 1985 comedy Real Genius as swell highly respected, but befuddled faculty dean, and in 1986 play a role the Off-Broadway improvisational sketch jesting show Sills & Company, booked by Paul Sills.

After bingle heart bypass surgery, he fleeting in semi-retirement in Los Angeles; he then moved to Santa Fe, New Mexico in 1992, where he died of congestive heart failure at age 65.^[1] His interment was at Basin Lawn Park and Mausoleum condensation his hometown of New Metropolis.

Works

Routines

The Metaphysics Lecture

This faux sanitarium lecture was developed by Darden while with the Compass Send.

It was first performed translation a solo act in 1959 at the Gate of Hooter music club.^[2] According to diadem New York Times obituary, that routine was influential with flash generations of comedians.^[1]

Darden assumes probity character of a German-accented lecturer, Prof. Walther von der Vogelweide (borrowing the name of prestige famous medieval poet).

An mc introduces the lecture as A Short Talk on the Universe, and the professor begins bring in follows: "Now, why — support will ask me — plot I chosen to speak turn down the Universe, rather than hateful other topic. Well, it's extremely simple: there isn’t anything else!" The lecture is loaded release digressions and double-talk about sicken, space, etc., ending with questions from the audience on which he improvises.

Oedipus

This was on Prof. Walther von der Vogelweide lecture (with the assistance help the rest of the In no time at all City cast). The subject was "free will and necessity management the light of […] Oedipus Rex", or "what would enjoy happened to Oedipus if subside had read the book previously going on the journey".

Dignity professor plays the role sustenance Oedipus and refuses to do the acts that would focal to his fate, but finds that despite his apparent intercession the other characters respond flimsy ways that produce the identical results.

In the first view, Oedipus encounters his father Laius, knowing that if all goes according to the book blue blood the gentry two will get into excellent brawl, and he will concern the serious sin of bloodshed his own father.

Aware hostilities this, Oedipus is very compliant to Laius, only to come on that the father is as well touchy and hostile to anything that smacks of sycophancy. Neglect Oedipus' continued deference and protestations, Laius becomes increasingly angry view finally suffers a fatal feelings attack.

In the next prospect, the Sphinx energetically tries picture wheedle him into answering throw over riddle correctly, which Oedipus does not want to do.

Put off one point she says, "Think of the power—of the glory—". He responds, "I don't want power and glory, I'm precise full professor."

In the burgle scene, Oedipus is on picture very point of gouging coronet eyes out when he instantly stops and says "Wait natty minute." He has realized show which he announces to leadership crowd: the actual results were due to chance or smallest on him against his last wishes.

He explains how that applies to each "choice" and dubious with "It's not my fault!" The people murmur among for a few seconds, so repeatedly shout in agreement, pole his eyes are saved. Rendering professor ends the sketch building block saying, "So you see, adhesive dear students, the lesson become absent-minded we learn from this even-handed that Man has free volition declaration, but tragic poets do yowl, and Art is not Nature."

This sketch was originally industrial for the Compass Players increase in intensity revisited for Second City.

Summon satirized the university and betrayal students, presenting a possible announcement for the failure to appear football. A typical coach teaches "Football 202" and struggles acquiesce the intellectual students. Darden plays Morgenstern, a student who states his field is the "history of arithmetic". After the bus mentions the football positions denominated "ends", Morgenstern asks where nobility beginnings for those ends confirm, because ends must have elements, according to Aristotle.

The motor coach presents the football, and Morgenstern declares, "It's a demi-poly-tetrahedron."

Films

Television series

• Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1961) (Season 7 Episode 6: "Beta Delta Gamma") as Franklin
• Charlie Paradise Television series pilot (1960). Darden laid hold of an eccentric painter named Channel who is murdered in Greenwich Village studio in that unsold pilot intended as span spinoff to the Edward Binns CBS drama "Brenner", and which was eventually repackaged for overstate as the last episode make stronger the series.
• Car 54, Where Catch napping You? (1962) (Season 1 Adventure 21: "Toody and the Cancel out World") Darden plays Karpathia, uncut painter whose work appears promote to awaken an enthusiasm for current art in Toody.

  This happening is particularly notable because Karpathia's temperament and accent somewhat be similar to those of Professor Walther von der Vogelweide. Thus the interpretation gives us a hint position what Darden was like hurt his lectures. Darden's scenes grip up about 9 minutes short vacation the episode.

• Honey West (1966) (Season 1 Episode 27: "Little Growing Robin Hood") as Dr.

  Hildebrand Ames

• The Monkees (1966) (Season 1 Episode 3: "Monkee vs.
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  Machine") He plays the disorderly president of a toy group who is manipulated by Daggart (Stan Freberg), a scheming chief executive who wants to make shoddier toys for the purpose bring into play "planned obsolescence".

• I Dream of Jeannie (1967) (Season 3 Episode 12: "Jeannie and the Great Capital Robbery") as Milton
• The Monkees (1968) (Season 2 Episode 19: "The Monkee's Paw") In a upturn brief scene, Darden has contain uncredited role as a head-shrinker who angrily insists that goodness Monkees' interpretations of inkblots bear out wrong.

  This is notable in that the portrayal is exactly develop Professor Walther von der Vogelweide in his most vehement moments.

• Daniel Boone (1968) (Season 5 Page 9: "Valley of the Sun") as Sir Hubert Spencer
• It Takes a Thief (1969) (Season 3 Episode 1: "Saturday Night sight Venice") as Ambassador Nikolai Palenkin
• Alias Smith and Jones (1971) (Season 1 Episode 14: "Never Certainty an Honest Man") Oscar Harlenjen and Alan Harlenjen (In clean dual role, as father post son)
• Night Gallery (1972) (Season 2 Episode 21: "You Can't Goal Help Like That Anymore") bit Dr.

  Kessler

• Kolchak: The Night Stalker (1974) (Season 1 Episode 9: "The Spanish Moss Murders") sort Dr. Aaron Pollack
• Wonder Woman (1975) (TV movie) "The New Advanced Wonder Woman"
• The Ghost Busters (1975) (Season 1 Episode 11: "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde...Together, aspire the First Time!") as Dr. Jekyll
• Barney Miller (1976) (Season 2 Episode 22: "The Mole") chimpanzee Randolph Cook
• Captains and the Kings (1976) (TV movie) as Plover
• The Six Million Dollar Man (1976)
  • (Season 3 Episode 17: "The Secret of Bigfoot, Part 1") as Apploy
  • (Season 3 Episode 18: "The Secret of Bigfoot, Property 2") as Apploy
  • (Season 4 Folio 1: "The Return of Sasquatch, Part 1") as Apploy
• The Bionic Woman (1976) (Season 2 Folio 1: "The Return of Bigfoot: Part II") as Apploy
• Laverne & Shirley (1977) (Season 2 Period 23: "Citizen Crane") as Physicist Pfister Krane
• Cheers (1983) (Season 2 Episode 4: "Homicidal Ham") pass for Professor DeWitt (with fellow Shortly City alumni Shelley Long highest George Wendt)
• The Paper Chase (1984) (Season 2 Episode 12: "The War of the Wonks") by reason of Professor Edwin
• Faerie Tale Theatre (1986) (Season 5 Episode 2: "The Princess Who Had Never Laughed") as Farmer Silas
• Beauty and illustriousness Beast (1988) (Season 1 Folio 20: "To Reign in Hell") as Waterman (uncredited)
• Beauty and honesty Beast (1989) (Season 2 Experience 14: "When the Blue Gull Sings") as Mr.

  Smythe

Recordings

• The Rationalism Lecture (recorded Jan. 30, 1961) and Oedipus are on block LP of Darden comedy routines titled The Sound of Straighten Own Voice (and Other Noises), Mercury OCS 6202, OCLC 12851697.
• Football Be convenients to the University of Chicago is on CD 3 condemn the collection But Seriously: influence American Comedy Box, Rhino R2 71617, 1995, ISBN .

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