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Richard Colla is a Director, Story and Producer American born on 18 april 1936

Richard Colla

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Birth name Richard A. Colla
Nationality USA
Birth 18 april 1936 (87 years)

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 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.

For much of the 1990s, he directed a number of television films his last credit being Growing Up Brady (2000).

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Filmography of Richard Colla (13 films)

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Director

Blue Valley Songbird, 1h31
Directed by Richard Colla
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical
Actors Dolly Parton, John Terry, Beth Grant, Kimberley Kates, Joe Keenan
Rating59% 2.999742.999742.999742.999742.99974
Dolly Parton stars as country singer Leana Taylor who struggles to escape from her controlling manager/boyfriend, Hank (John Terry), as well as her troubled past. After turning to her guitarist (Billy Dean), Leanna finally faces her past, including her estranged mother and the death of her father.
Ultimate Deception, 1h28
Directed by Richard Colla
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller
Actors Yasmine Bleeth, Richard Grieco, Gordon Michael Woolvett, Robin Brûlé, Sabrina Grdevich, David Huband
Rating53% 2.663182.663182.663182.663182.66318
Terry Cuff (Yasmine Bleeth) is a bartender who yearns to raise a family. When she marries Bobby Woodkin (Richard Grieco) she finds herself one step closer to her dream. However, Bobby has had a vasectomy, is a con artist and unbeknownst to Terry, kills young mother Dana McThomas (Sabrina Grdevitch) and steals her 3 month old baby, a girl named Gail (Lauren and Marlee Konikoff ), so he and Terry can raise the infant as their own daughter. Bobby fakes a law firm and lawyer so his plan does not fail and that he and Terry can keep the child, renamed "Angie". Later, Terry discovers what Bobby has done and returns baby Gail to her father, Andy (Gordon Michael Woolvett). Bobby is arrested and sentenced to life in prison for Dana's murder and Gail's kidnapping.
Love's Deadly Triangle: The Texas Cadet Murder, 1h33
Directed by Richard Colla
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Holly Marie Combs, Cassidy Rae Joyce, Dee Wallace, Gary Grubbs, Kurt Fuller, Joanna García
Rating62% 3.101013.101013.101013.101013.10101
The story is that of the real-life case of David Graham and Diane Zamora. It revolves around two best friends who turn out to be soul mates and who swear to stay together forever and ever, even to the point where Graham's apparently confessed infidelity leads to the couple's murder of the girl with whom he purportedly cheated.
Danielle Steel's Zoya, 2h51
Directed by Richard Colla
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Melissa Gilbert, Bruce Boxleitner, David Warner, Denise Alexander, Don Henderson, Diana Rigg
Rating65% 3.2856553.2856553.2856553.2856553.285655
Zoya, jeune aristocrate Russe, échappe à la chute des Romanov et trouve refuge à Paris avec sa grand-mère. Elles ont tout perdu mais Zoya n'a pas perdu son rêve : devenir ballerine et elle fera tout pour y arriver. C'est aussi à Paris qu'elle va vivre ses premiers émois amoureux quand elle rencontre le séduisant capitaine Clayton Andrews…
Desperate Rescue: The Cathy Mahone Story, 1h33
Directed by Richard Colla
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action
Actors Mariel Hemingway, Clancy Brown, James Russo, Lindsey Haun, Jeff Kober, Laura Innes
Rating56% 2.8089452.8089452.8089452.8089452.808945
Ali Amir, l'ex-mari de Cathy, vient chercher leur fille, Lauren, pour passer le week-end avec lui et doit la ramener le lundi matin suivant à l'école. Mais lorsque Cathy se rend à l'établissement de sa fille pour la chercher, elle constate avec effroi que sa fille ne s'y trouve pas. Elle se rend aussitôt au domicile d'Ali et se rend compte que son appartement est vide. Le propriétaire des lieux, furieux, lui apprend alors qu'il a quitté les lieux deux jours plus tôt. Effondrée, Cathy se rend immédiatement chez le frère d'Ali qui lui annonce que son frère a vendu son restaurant mais il refuse de lui dire où il est parti. Terrorisée, elle joint alors Maisha, la seconde femme d'Ali. Celle-ci lui révèle que son mari l'a suppliée de partir avec lui pour la Jordanie mais elle a refusé. Peu à peu, les doutes de Cathy se confirment. Ali a enlevé Lauren. Cathy est alors prête à tout pour sauver sa fille des griffes de cet homme.
Blind Witness, 1h33
Directed by Richard Colla
Genres Thriller, Horror
Actors Victoria Principal, Paul Le Mat, Dr. Stephen Macht, Tim Choate, Jeff Olson, Matt Clark
Rating53% 2.6729652.6729652.6729652.6729652.672965
Maggie Kemlich (Principal) is a blind woman who leads an active, independent life despite her disability. Maggie witnesses robbers murder her husband, Gordon Kemlich (Macht), using a stun gun. However, with the exception of Det. Mike Tuthill (Le Mat), police dismiss her observations due to the fact that she is blind. Police arrest the men who they believe committed the murder, but Maggie goes public with the fact that she believes they have the wrong men, prompting the murderers to come after her. She then seeks out to identify the true killers, and sets up a trap to enact revenge.
Olly, Olly, Oxen Free, 1h24
Directed by Richard Colla
Origin USA
Genres Comedy-drama, Adventure
Themes Transport films, Aviation films
Actors Katharine Hepburn, Dennis Dimster, Jayne Marie Mansfield, Denise Alexander
Rating53% 2.663872.663872.663872.663872.66387
Eccentric Miss Pudd (Hepburn) is the owner of a store she considers an antique museum, a sort of Noah's Ark of the past, but most would call a junkyard. She frequently refuses to part with her merchandise because of its sentimental or historical value, but she does agree to loan some items to two boys, Alby (Kevin McKenzie) and Chris (Dennis Dimster), who befriend her, and who explain that they are repairing an antique hot air balloon that belonged to the older boy, Kevin's grandfather, an adventurous stunt man named The Great Sandusky. In honor and memory of Kevin's grandfather, who died one year earlier and is sorely missed by Kevin who apparently has no father, they plan to take the balloon aloft to celebrate the man's birthday. A curious element of the film is that the boys' mothers are talked about, and one is heard from the kitchen, but never seen. Other than the postman, Kate Hepburn's Miss Pudd is the primary adult in the film, a sort of wobbly Auntie Mame. By today's standards, it would be preposterous to imagine that this much shenanigans could take place, including the noisy demolition of a backyard greenhouse, tower, and workshop, with no other adult, let alone Kevin's mother, noticing or caring. But then, perhaps, even in the 70s', this seemingly benign film may have carried that ironic undercurrent of social commentary.
The UFO Incident, 1h22
Directed by Richard Colla
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Horror, Historical, Romance
Themes Films about extraterrestrial life, Films about extraterrestrial life
Actors James Earl Jones, Estelle Parsons, Barnard Hughes, Dick O'Neill, Lou Wagner, Vic Perrin
Rating64% 3.2483053.2483053.2483053.2483053.248305
The plot of the film is based on the audio recordings of the testimonials by the interracial couple under hypnosis of what happened with them on 19–21 September 1961.
The Questor Tapes, 1h32
Directed by Richard Colla
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction
Themes Robot films
Actors Robert Foxworth, Mike Farrell, John Vernon, Lew Ayres, James Shigeta, Robert Douglas
Rating67% 3.3871753.3871753.3871753.3871753.387175
Project Questor is the brainchild of the genius Dr. Emil Vaslovik, a Nobel laureate. Vaslovik had developed plans to build a super-human android. A team of the world's foremost experts is able to build the android, even though they do not understand the components with which they are working — they are only able to follow the instructions, and install the parts, left by Vaslovik, who has disappeared. Attempts to decode the programming tape were worse than merely unsuccessful—they also erased approximately half of the tape's contents. They decide to substitute their own programming, over the objections of Jerome "Jerry" Robinson (Mike Farrell), the only team member who had actually worked with Dr. Vaslovik. He is overruled by the head of the project, Geoffrey Darrow (John Vernon). When the android's body has been finished, the new tape is loaded, but with no apparent results. In desperation, Robinson persuades Darrow to allow Vaslovik's tape — what remains of it — to be loaded. Again, the team is disappointed, as there appears to be no response.
Fuzz
Fuzz (1972)
, 1h32
Directed by Richard Colla
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Action, Crime
Themes Buddy films
Actors Burt Reynolds, Jack Weston, Tom Skerritt, Yul Brynner, Raquel Welch, Dominic Chianese
Rating54% 2.703362.703362.703362.703362.70336
Detectives Steve Carella (Reynolds), Meyer Meyer (Weston), Eileen McHenry (Welch) and Bert Kling (Skeritt) are part of the 87th Precinct's team, investigating a murder-extortion racket run by a mysterious deaf man (Brynner). While attempting to investigate and prevent the murders of several high-ranking city officials, they also must keep track of the perpetrators of a string of robberies. Further complicating matters is a rash of arson attacks on homeless men.
Zig Zag
Zig Zag (1970)
, 1h45
Directed by Richard Colla
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Actors George Kennedy, Anne Jackson, Eli Wallach, Steve Ihnat, William Horace Marshall, Charlene Holt
Rating61% 3.054373.054373.054373.054373.05437
Kennedy plays Paul Cameron, an insurance executive who finds out he has a brain tumor. His family will receive nothing under his current policies, but there is a huge reward for information leading to the arrest of the murderer of a businessman. Cameron frames himself for the murder in the hopes of collecting the reward money for his wife in an anonymous bank account. Cameron is found guilty and sentenced to death, but then is cured of the disease, and escapes in order to find the real killer and clear his name.

Scriptwriter

Olly, Olly, Oxen Free, 1h24
Directed by Richard Colla
Origin USA
Genres Comedy-drama, Adventure
Themes Transport films, Aviation films
Actors Katharine Hepburn, Dennis Dimster, Jayne Marie Mansfield, Denise Alexander
Roles Story
Rating53% 2.663872.663872.663872.663872.66387
Eccentric Miss Pudd (Hepburn) is the owner of a store she considers an antique museum, a sort of Noah's Ark of the past, but most would call a junkyard. She frequently refuses to part with her merchandise because of its sentimental or historical value, but she does agree to loan some items to two boys, Alby (Kevin McKenzie) and Chris (Dennis Dimster), who befriend her, and who explain that they are repairing an antique hot air balloon that belonged to the older boy, Kevin's grandfather, an adventurous stunt man named The Great Sandusky. In honor and memory of Kevin's grandfather, who died one year earlier and is sorely missed by Kevin who apparently has no father, they plan to take the balloon aloft to celebrate the man's birthday. A curious element of the film is that the boys' mothers are talked about, and one is heard from the kitchen, but never seen. Other than the postman, Kate Hepburn's Miss Pudd is the primary adult in the film, a sort of wobbly Auntie Mame. By today's standards, it would be preposterous to imagine that this much shenanigans could take place, including the noisy demolition of a backyard greenhouse, tower, and workshop, with no other adult, let alone Kevin's mother, noticing or caring. But then, perhaps, even in the 70s', this seemingly benign film may have carried that ironic undercurrent of social commentary.

Producer

Blind Witness, 1h33
Directed by Richard Colla
Genres Thriller, Horror
Actors Victoria Principal, Paul Le Mat, Dr. Stephen Macht, Tim Choate, Jeff Olson, Matt Clark
Roles Producer
Rating53% 2.6729652.6729652.6729652.6729652.672965
Maggie Kemlich (Principal) is a blind woman who leads an active, independent life despite her disability. Maggie witnesses robbers murder her husband, Gordon Kemlich (Macht), using a stun gun. However, with the exception of Det. Mike Tuthill (Le Mat), police dismiss her observations due to the fact that she is blind. Police arrest the men who they believe committed the murder, but Maggie goes public with the fact that she believes they have the wrong men, prompting the murderers to come after her. She then seeks out to identify the true killers, and sets up a trap to enact revenge.