Biography
Richard A. Colla (born April 18, 1936) (sometimes credited as Dick Colla) is an American film, television director and actor.
On screen he played Tony Merritt on the soap opera Days of Our Lives. His directorial credits include The Virginian, Battlestar Galactica, McCloud, Miami Vice, MacGyver, Hunter; Murder, She Wrote; Gunsmoke, Ironside; Trapper John, M.D.; and other series.
He directed the feature films Olly Olly Oxen Free (1978) starring Katharine Hepburn, Fuzz (1972) starring Burt Reynolds, and Zig Zag (1970) starring George Kennedy. He was originally under consideration to direct the film Sometimes a Great Notion (1971) but was replaced by the film's star Paul Newman.For much of the 1990s, he directed a number of television films his last credit being Growing Up Brady (2000).
Filmography
all 42
Director 42
Movies 32
TV Shows 10
Growing Up Brady (2000)
Blue Valley Songbird (1999)
Ultimate Deception (1999)
When Husbands Cheat (1998)
Love's Deadly Triangle: The Texas Cadet Murder (1997)
Her Last Chance (1996)
Hidden in Silence (1996)
Dazzle (1995)
Danielle Steel's Zoya (1995)
Roseanne and Tom: A Hollywood Marriage (1994)
Web of Deception (1994)
Desperate Rescue: The Cathy Mahone Story (1993)
Deadly Medicine (1991)
Storm and Sorrow (1990)
Sparks: The Price of Passion (1990)
Blind Witness (1989)
Naked Lie (1989)
Roxanne: The Prize Pulitzer (1989)
Something Is Out There (1988)
Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987)
That Secret Sunday (1986)
MacGyver (1985)
The Equalizer (1985)
Stingray (1985)
Murder, She Wrote (1984)
Hunter (1984)
Miami Vice (1984)
Don't Look Back: The Story of Leroy "Satchel" Paige (1981)
Battlestar Galactica (1978)
Battlestar Galactica (1978)
Olly, Olly, Oxen Free (1978)
The UFO Incident (1975)
The Tribe (1974)
Live Again, Die Again (1974)
The Questor Tapes (1974)
Fuzz (1972)
Sarge: The Badge or the Cross (1971)
The Other Man (1970)
Zig Zag (1970)
McCloud (1970)
The Whole World Is Watching (1969)
The Name of the Game (1968)
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Known ForDirecting
GenderMale
Birthday1936-04-18 (87 years old)
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also Known AsRichard Colla
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