What key details about richard a. colla can be extracted from the following bio? Bio: richard a. colla -lrb- born april 18 , 1936 -rrb- -lrb- sometimes credited as dick colla -rrb- 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 '' -lrb- 1976 -rrb- starring katharine hepburn . he was originally considered to direct the film '' sometimes a great notion '' -lrb- 1971 -rrb- 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 '' -lrb- 2000 -rrb- .
- other name is dick colla- birth date is 18 april 1936- name is richard a. colla- occupation is film , television director and actor