# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/severn-darden
# Generated: 2026-08-13T14:32:14.518Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/severn-darden"
name: "Severn Darden"
slug: "severn-darden"
description: "Severn Teakle Darden Jr. 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."
tagline: "American actor (1929–1995)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Severn_Darden_1961.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1929-11-09"
deathDate: "1995-05-27"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           47.07
  momentum:             0.7026419336706016
  historical:           7.535210666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0201089/"
    handle:    "nm0201089"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "Severn Darden"
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    title: "سيفرن داردن"
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    title: "سيفرن داردن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Severn_Darden"
    title: "Severn Darden"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Severn_Darden"
    title: "Severn Darden"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Severn_Darden"
    title: "Severn Darden"
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    title: "سیورن ڈارڈن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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    title: "Severn Darden"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump