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Richard Anthony Colla(April 18, 1936 – December 24, 2021), sometimes credited asDick Colla,was an American film and television director and actor.
Richard A. Colla | |
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| Born | April 18, 1936 |
| Died | December 24, 2021(aged 85) |
| Other names | Dick Colla |
| Occupation(s) | Film director, television director, actor |
| Years active | 1962–2000 |
| Spouse | Denise Alexander |
Life and career
editRichard Anthony Colla was born on April 18, 1936.[1]
On screen he played Tony Merritt on thesoap operaDays of Our Lives.His directorial credits includeThe Virginian,Battlestar Galactica,McCloud,Miami Vice,MacGyver,Hunter;Murder, She Wrote;Gunsmoke,Ironside;Trapper John, M.D.;and other series.
Colla directed the feature filmsOlly Olly Oxen Free(1978) starringKatharine Hepburn,Fuzz(1972) starringBurt Reynolds,andZig Zag(1970) starringGeorge Kennedy.He was originally under consideration to direct the filmSometimes a Great Notion(1971) but was replaced by the film's starPaul Newman.[2]
For much of the 1990s, he directed a number of television films his last credit beingGrowing Up Brady(2000).[3]
Colla died inBeverly Hills, Californiaon December 24, 2021, at the age of 85.[4]
Partial Filmography
edit- Zig Zag(1970)
- Fuzz(1972)
- The Questor Tapes(1974)
- Live Again, Die Again(1974)
- The UFO Incident(1975)
- Battlestar Galactica(1978)
- Olly Olly Oxen Free(1978)
- Don't Look Back: The Story of Leroy 'Satchel' Paige(1981)
- Something Is Out There(1988)
- Blind Witness(1989)
- Desperate Rescue: The Cathy Mahone Story(1993)
- Web of Deception(1994)
- Love's Deadly Triangle: The Texas Cadet Murder(1997)
- Ultimate Deception(1999)
- Blue Valley Songbird(1999)
- Growing Up Brady(2000)
References
edit- ^U.S. Public Records IndexVol 1 (Provo, UT: Ancestry Operations, Inc.), 2010.
- ^Sometimes a Great Notionat Turner Classic Movies
- ^Richard A. Colla filmography at Fandango
- ^"Dick Colla".Forever Missed.Retrieved14 February2024.
External links
edit- Richard A. CollaatIMDb
- Richard A. Collaat theTCM Movie Database
- Richard CollaatMemory Alpha
- Richard A. Colla at BattlestarWiki.org
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