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 #1 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 and 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).
Colla) is an American film, television director and actor.On screen he
played Tony Merritt #1 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 and 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).
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