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name: "Richard A. Colla"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/richard-a-colla"
roles: ["Director"]
born: "18 April 1936"
died: "24 December 2021"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-16T21:21:02.917689+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Richard A. Colla

Director. Born 18 April 1936 in USA. Died 24 December 2021.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 18 April 1936, USA
- **Died:** 24 December 2021
- **Also known as:** Richard Colla

## Biography

Richard A. Colla (also credited as Richard Colla or Dick Colla) was an American film and television director and actor. He began his career as an actor, appearing as Tony Merritt on the soap opera *Days of Our Lives* (1965–66), before transitioning to directing. His first directing credit was the 1962 short *The Soldier*. He studied acting at Marquette University.

Colla directed episodes of numerous series including *McCloud* (1970), the *Battlestar Galactica* pilot (1978), *Miami Vice* (1984), *Murder, She Wrote* (1984), *MacGyver* (1985), *Star Trek: The Next Generation* (1987) and *Hunter* (1984). His feature film credits include *Zig Zag* (1970), *Fuzz* (1972) and *Olly Olly Oxen Free* (1978). He also directed many television films, with his final credit being *Growing Up Brady* (2000).

Colla was married to actress Denise Alexander. He died in Beverly Hills, California, on 24 December 2021, aged 85.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, en.battlestarwiki.org.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Miami Vice* (1984), Fi1m 81, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/miami-vice.md)

## Also known for

- *Star Trek: The Next Generation* (1987), Director
- *MacGyver* (1985), Director
- *Murder, She Wrote* (1984), Director
- *Battlestar Galactica* (1978), Director
- *Battlestar Galactica* (1978), Director
- *Hunter* (1984), Director
- *The Equalizer* (1985), Director
- *McCloud* (1970), Director

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