Question: Who was the director of the 1997 American comedy film starring the actor who played Douglas Brackman in "L.A. Law"?

Context articles: Blair Underwood
Paul Regina
Darrell Larson
Teresa Parente
Duane Davis
Ray Girardin
Meet Wally Sparks
Alan Rachins
Richard Gant
George Ives (actor)

Blair Erwin Underwood (born August 25, 1964) is an American television, film, and stage actor and director.
 He played headstrong attorney Jonathan Rollins on the NBC legal drama "L.A. Law" for seven years.
 He has received two Golden Globe Award nominations, three NAACP Image Awards and one Grammy Award.
 In recent years, he has appeared as Andrew Garner on "Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.", "The New Adventures of Old Christine", "Dirty Sexy Money" and "In Treatment" and was in NBC's "The Event".
Paul Regina (October 25, 1956 – January 31, 2006) was an American actor.
 Primarily known for his work on television, he made his debut in that medium on the series "Police Woman", starring Angie Dickinson.
 He is perhaps best known for his portrayal of Cliff Waters in the series "Brothers".
 Other notable appearances include a recurring role in "L.A. Law", a regular role in the 1993 "The Untouchables" television series, and starring in the 1996 film "It's My Party".
Darrell Ray Larson (born December 13, 1950) is an American film and television actor perhaps who appeared in the 1990 action/comedy film "Men at Work".
 His work included roles in such films as "The Student Nurses" (1970), "Kotch" (1971), "The Magnificent Seven Ride" (1972), "Futureworld" (1976) and "Partners" (1982).
 He had a prominent role in the 1984 film "Mike's Murder", and a small part in the 1996 film "Eye for an Eye".
 Larson's television guest star appearances include "Matlock", "Designing Women", "L.A. Law", "Morningstar/Eveningstar", and "Diagnosis Murder".
 He also appeared in "".
She is best known for her recurrent role on the Fox Broadcasting Company's sitcom "Married... with Children," as hapless television reporter "Miranda Veracruz de la Jolla Cardinal."
 She played more than forty different female characters, including the show's main love interest, on the Brandon Tartikoff/PBS comedy series, "The Steven Banks Show," and has guest-starred on many other American television series, including "Night Court", "L.A. Law", "Cafe Americain", "Friends", and "3rd Rock from the Sun".
 In 2002, she debuted as a feature film actress in New Line Cinema's "S1m0ne," written and directed by Andrew Niccol and starring Al Pacino.
 Shortly thereafter, she was cast as Anthony LaPaglia's suicidal mother (in flashback) on CBS's "Without a Trace," appearing in three episodes of the series.
 She was female lead Roxanne Bojarski's mother in multiple episodes of the NBC dramatic series "American Dreams", and in 2006, narrowly escaped death in a hail of gunfire on CBS's drama series, "Numb3rs".
Duane Davis, the son of NFL Hall of Fame defensive end Willie Davis and Ann Davis, is an American actor who has been in such films as "Ghosts of Mars" and "Paparazzi".
 He has made something of a career of playing athletes - famous or not.
 He played Joe Louis in a made-for-TV movie about "Rocky Marciano", James "Buster" Douglas in the HBO original movie "Tyson", Bo Kimble in and as ESU football star Alvin Mack in the 1993 film "The Program".
 Davis played Duke DePalma, a former boxer-turned-crime fighter in "Team Knight Rider", a short-lived spin-off series of the original "Knight Rider" TV series.
 He played a recurring character in "Sisters", and has been in other TV shows such as "M.A.N.T.I.S.", "L.A. Law", "A Different World", "What's Happening Now", "Head of the Class", "Little Big League", and "Necessary Roughness".
 He played a boxer in the movie "Diggstown" and also had a small role in Carl Reiner's 1987 comedy film, "Summer School."
Ray Girardin (born January 23, 1953 in Wakefield, Massachusetts) is an American actor.
 he studied acting at Boston University on the GI Bill, got his Equity card at the Charles Playhouse, then went off to New York where he did a lot of stage work and met his wife Marlene.
 With a move to Hollywood, he found himself in front of cameras at MGM working with Julie Andrews on the movie "Star!"
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 In the next 30 years, Ray directed, taught acting, and appeared in more than 200 films, television series and commercials as well as starring as the naughty Howie Dawson on ABC's "General Hospital" from 1968 to 1974.
 Other television appearances include "Law & Order", "Cosby", "L.A. Law", "Murder, She Wrote" (as Lt. Casey), "St. Elsewhere", "Hill Street Blues", "Dallas", "Newhart", "Benson", "Happy Days", "Barney Miller" (as Vince Licori) and "The Man from U.N.C.L.E.".
Meet Wally Sparks is a 1997 American comedy film directed by Peter Baldwin, written by Harry Basil and Rodney Dangerfield in the title role.
 It also stars Dangerfield, Debi Mazar, Michael Weatherly, Cindy Williams, Alan Rachins, Burt Reynolds and David Ogden Stiers.
Alan L. Rachins (born October 3, 1942) is an American television actor, best known for his role as Douglas Brackman in "L.A. Law" which earned him both Golden Globe and Emmy nominations, and his portrayal of Larry (Dharma's hippie father) on the television series "Dharma & Greg".
Richard Gant (born March 10, 1944) is an American actor.
 His credits include the films "Rocky V" (as the Don King-esque George Washington Duke), for which he received widespread critical acclaim, "Miami Vice" season 5 episode 13 (1989), a possessed coroner in "" (1993), "Deadwood", "The Big Lebowski", "Babylon 5", "Special Unit 2", "L.A. Law", "NYPD Blue", "Living Single", "Posse", "How I Met Your Mother", "Men Don't Tell", and "Charmed".
 He appeared in one episode of "" and had a recurring role as the high school principal in "Smallville".
 He also appeared in "" and "" as well as reporter Charles Parker in the cult classic adaptation of Colin Bateman's "Divorcing Jack".
 He had a minor role as a senior naval officer in Roland Emmerich's "Godzilla".
 Gant was also in the 2007 comedy film, "Daddy Day Camp", as Col. Buck Hinton.
George Ives (January 19, 1926 – February 22, 2013) was an American actor.
 A native of New York City, Ives played Douglas Aldrich in the television series "The Jim Backus Show", also known as "Hot off the Wire".
 He starred in an episode of "The King of Queens", as well as an episode of The Office entitled Phyllis' Wedding.
 Ives also appeared as Lank Dailey, owner of Dailey's Motel and the Arena roadhouse in Hot Rods to Hell, the last film directed by John Brahm.
 He died at his home in Brentwood, Los Angeles, California, in 2013 at the age of 87.