Background
Colla, Richard A. was born on April 18, 1936 in Milwaukee.
Colla, Richard A. was born on April 18, 1936 in Milwaukee.
Graduate, Marquette University, 1958. Master of Arts, Marquette University, 1960. Postgraduate, Yale University, 1961.
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, Doctor of Medicine and other series. He also directed the film Olly Olly Oxen Free (1976) starring Katharine Hepburn.
He was originally considered to direct the film Sometimes a Great Notion (1971) but was replaced by the film"s star Paul Newman.
Foreign much of the 1990s, he directed a number of television films his last cr being Growing Up Brady (2000).
Member National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, Directors Guild American, Academy Motion Picture Arts and Scis, Caucus for Producers, Writers and Directors, Producers Guild American.