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The Official Police was manufactured between 1927 to 1969 of fine carbon steel, with bright royal Colt blued as well as nickel plated finishes, and was offered in 4”, 5”, and 6” barrels. It was manufactured in a variety of calibers including .22 LR, .32-20 , .41 Long Colt, and .38 Special. Colt produced over 400,000 revolvers, the Official Police ranks as one of the most successful and well-liked handguns ever made.
Introduced in 1907 as the '''Army Special''' in the new .38 Special to replace the failed [[Colt New Army & Navy]]. In 1927, having been passed over for .45 pistols by the US Army, but adopted by many police departments, Colt renamed it the '''Official Police''' (although the .32WCF version of the Army Special continued to be offered up to and including 1934, being essentially the same revolver with a simpler finish and different grips). Manufactured between 1927 to 1969 of fine carbon steel, with bright royal Colt blued as well as nickel plated finishes, and was offered in 4”, 5”, and 6” barrels. From 1935 - 1969 it could also be ordered with a heavy barrel. It was manufactured in a variety of calibers including .22 LR, .32-20 ,.38/200 (British governmental contract during WWII), .41 Long Colt, and .38 Special. Colt produced over 400,000 revolvers, the Official Police ranks as one of the most successful and well-liked handguns ever made. During World War II the Colt Official Police became the Colt Commando for use by US Government Agencies and for Lend Lease. The most famous agency to use the Colt Commando was the OSS which became the CIA.
 
=Colt Army Special=
[[Image:Colt Army Special.jpg|thumb|right|400px|Colt Army Special M1908 with 6" barrel - .38 Special]]
[[File:Colt Army Special 3-inch.jpg|thumb|right|400px|Colt Army Special with 3" barrel, c.1934 - .32WCF]]


==Specifications==
==Specifications==
[[Image:ColtOP4.jpg|thumb|right|400px|Colt Official Police 4" Barrel]]
(1907 - 1934)
[[Image:ColtOP5.jpg|thumb|right|400px|Colt Official Police 5" Barrel]]
 
* '''Colt Official Police'''
* '''Type:''' Revolver
* Calibers: .22 Long Rifle, .32-20, .38 Special, .41 Long Colt
 
* Length:
* '''Caliber(s):''' .22 LR, .32-20, .38 S&W (38/200), .38 Special, .41 Long Colt
* Barrel Length: 4.00 inches, 5.00 inches, 6.00 inches,


* '''Barrel length(s):''' 4 in (10.2 cm), 5 in (12.7 cm), 6 in (15.3 cm)


<BR><BR><BR>
* '''Capacity:''' 6-Round Cylinder


'''The Colt Official Police appears in the following movies, TV shows, and video games:'''
* '''Fire Modes:''' SA/DA


== Film ==
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* 1940s FBI agent in ''[[Smokin' Aces]]''    (2006)
{{Gun Title|Colt Army Special}}


* [[Laurence Fishburne]] as "Bumpy" Johnson in ''[[Hoodlum]]''   (1997)
===Film===
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| ''[[Revolt of the Fishermen (Vosstaniye rybakov)]]'' || || A rebel || 6" barrel || 1934
|-
|rowspan=2|''[[The Finger Man (Le Doulos)]]''||[[Serge Reggiani]]||Maurice Faugel|| 3" barrel ||rowspan=2| 1962
|-
|[[Jean-Paul Belmondo]]||Silien||
|-
|}
<br clear=all>


* [[Harrison Ford]] as Indiana Jones in ''[[Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom]]''    (1984)
=Colt Official Police=
[[Image:ColtOP4.jpg|thumb|right|400px|Colt Official Police - 4" Barrel - .38 Special]]
[[Image:ColtOP5.jpg|thumb|right|400px|Colt Official Police - 5" Barrel - .38 Special]]
[[File:ColtOPwithLongbarrel.jpg|thumb|right|400px|Colt Official Police - 6" Heavy Barrel - .38 Special]]


* [[James Russo]] as Bugsy in ''[[Once Upon A Time In America]]''    (1984)
==Specifications==
(1927 - 1969)


* [[Charles Durning]] as Lt. Snyder in ''[[The Sting]]''   (1973)
* '''Type:''' Revolver


* [[Cliff Robertson]] as Lietutenat (jg) Sam Lawson in ''[[Too Late the Hero]]'' (1970)
* '''Caliber(s):''' .22 LR, .32-20, .38 S&W (38/200), .38 Special, .41 Long Colt


* [[Michael J. Pollard]] as C.W. Moss in ''[[Bonnie and Clyde]]''   (1967)
* '''Barrel length(s):''' 4 in (10.2 cm), 5 in (12.7 cm), 6 in (15.3 cm)


* [[John Ericson]] as Charles "Pretty Boy" Floyd in ''[[Pretty Boy Floyd]]'' (1960)
* '''Capacity:''' 6-Round Cylinder


* [[Jimmy Stewart]] as Agent "Chip" Hardesty in ''[[The FBI Story]]''   (1959)
* '''Fire Modes:''' SA/DA


* [[Murray Hamilton]] as Agent Sam Crandall in ''[[The FBI Story]]''    (1959)
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* [[Larry Pennell]] as FBI Trainee George Crandall in ''[[The FBI Story]]''    (1959)
{{Gun Title}}


* [[Danny Dayton]] as Digger in ''[[The Enforcer (1951)|The Enforcer]]''   (1951)
===Film===
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!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="50"|'''Date'''
|-
|''[[City Lights]]'' || [[Charlie Chaplin]] || The Tramp || || 1931
|-
|''[[The Death Kiss]]''||[[Vince Barnett]]||Studio Officer Gulliver|| ||1932
|-
| ''[[Raven, The (1935)|The Raven]]'' || [[Bela Lugosi]] || Dr. Richard Vollin || || 1935
|-
| ''[[Satan Met a Lady]]'' ||[[Maynard Holmes]] ||Kenneth|||| 1936
|-
|''[[Mystery Liner]]'' ||[[George 'Gabby' Hayes]]||Joe the watchman|| ||1934
|-
|''[[G Men]]''||[[James Cagney]]||Brick Davis|| ||1935
|-
|rowspan=2|''[[The Petrified Forest]]''||[[Humphrey Bogart]]||Duke Mantee|| ||rowspan=2|1936
|-
|[[Porter Hall]]||Jason Maple||
|-
|''[[Bullets or Ballots]]''||[[Humphrey Bogart]]||'Bugs' Fenner|| ||1936
|-
|rowspan=4|''[[Escape by Night]]'' ||[[Murray Alper]]||Horace 'Red' Graham|| ||rowspan=4|1937
|-
|[[Arthur Aylesworth]]||Sheriff Charlie Thornton||
|-
|[[Ward Bond]]||Peter 'Spudsy' Baker||
|-
|[[William Hall]]||Nicholas 'Nick' Allen||
|-
|rowspan=2|''[[A Slight Case of Murder]]''||[[Willard Parker]]||Dick Whitewood|| ||rowspan=2|1938
|-
|[[Edward G. Robinson]]||Remy Marco||
|-
|''[[Angels With Dirty Faces]]''||[[James Cagney]]||Rocky Sullivan|| ||1938
|-
|rowspan=3|''[[Each Dawn I Die]]''||[[Maxie Rosenbloom]]||Fargo Red|| ||rowspan=3|1939
|-
|[[Willard Robertson]]||Lang||
|-
|[[Edward Pawley]]||Dale
|-
|''[[High Sierra]]''||[[Alan Curtis]]||"Babe"||||1941
|-
|''[[Lady Gangster]]'' ||[[Roland Drew]]||Carey Wells|| ||1942
|-
| rowspan=2|''[[Across the Pacific]]''||[[Humphrey Bogart]]||Rick Leland|| ||rowspan=2|1942
|-
|[[Victor Sen Yung]]||Joe Totsuiko||
|-
| ''[[The Scarlet Claw]]'' || [[David Clyde]] || Sergeant Thompson || || 1944
|-
|''[[Fog Island]]'' ||[[Jerome Cowan]]||John Kavanaugh|| ||1945
|-
|''[[It's a Wonderful Life]]''||[[Ward Bond]]||Bert the cop|| ||1946
|-
| rowspan=5| ''[[Big Sleep, The (1946)|The Big Sleep]]''||[[Humphrey Bogart]]||Philip Marlowe|| ||rowspan=5| 1946
|-
| [[Tommy Rafferty]]||Carol Lundgren||
|-
|[[Regis Toomey]]||Chief Insp. Bernie Ohls||
|-
| [[Sonia Darrin]]||Agnes Lowzier||
|-
| [[Bob Steele]]||Lash Canino||
|-
|''[[Dead Reckoning]]''||[[Ruby Dandridge]]||Mabel|| ||1947
|-
|''[[The Hat Box Mystery]]''|| || || ||1947
|-
|''[[Key Largo]]''||[[Dan Seymour]]||Angel Garcia||||1948
|-
| rowspan=2| ''[[Pitfall]]''||[[Byron Barr]]|| Bill Smiley || ||rowspan=2|1948
|-
|[[Lizabeth Scott ]]|| Mona Stevens
|-
|''[[Parole, Inc.]]''|| || || ||1948
|-
| rowspan=3|''[[He Walked By Night]]'' || [[John McGuire]] || Officer Robert Rawlins || rowspan=3| || rowspan=3|1948
|-
| [[Jack Webb]] || Lee
|-
| [[Richard Basehart]] || Roy Martin
|-
|''[[Trapped]]'' ||[[Lloyd Bridges]]||Tris Stewart|| ||1949
|-
|''[[White Heat]]'' ||[[John Archer]]||Philip Evans|| ||1949
|-
|rowspan=4|''[[The Treasure of the Sierra Madre]]''||[[Humphrey Bogart]]||Dobbs|| ||rowspan=4|1949
|-
|[[Walter Huston]]||Howard||
|-
|[[Bruce Bennett]]||Cody||
|-
|[[Tim Holt]]||Curtain||
|-
|''[[Gun Crazy]]'' ||[[John Dall]]||Bart Tare|| ||1950
|-
| ''[[His Kind of Woman]]'' || [[Mike Lally]] || Thompson's second henchman || || 1951
|-
|rowspan=2|''[[The Enforcer (1951)|The Enforcer]]''||[[Danny Dayton]]||Digger|| ||rowspan=2|1951
|-
|[[Ted de Corsia]]||Joseph Rico||
|-
|rowspan=2|''[[Kansas City Confidential]]''||[[Preston Foster]]||Tim Foster|| rowspan=2| || rowspan=2|1952
|-
| [[Howard Negley]]||Scott Andrews
|-
| rowspan=2|''[[Macao]]''||[[Robert Mitchum]]||Nick Cochran|| rowspan=2| || rowspan=2|1952
|-
| [[William Bendix]]||Lawrence C. Trumble
|-
| rowspan=2|''[[The Hitch-Hiker]]''||[[William Talman]]||Emmett Myers|| rowspan=2| || rowspan=2|1953
|-
| ||Mexican policeman
|-
|''[[Desert Rats, The]]''||[[Richard Burton]]||Capt. 'Tammy' MacDonalds|| ||1953
|-
| rowspan=2|''[[Blowing Wild]]'' || [[Anthony Quinn]] || Paco Conway || rowspan=2|6" barrel || rowspan=2|1953
|-
| [[Gary Cooper]] || Jeff Dawson
|-
| rowspan=3|''[[I Confess]]'' || Henry Corden || Det. Sgt. Farouche || rowspan=3| || rowspan=3|1953
|-
| [[Judson Pratt]] || Det. Murphy
|-
| || Quebec City police detectives
|-
|rowspan=2|''[[Them!]]''||[[James Whitmore]]||Sergeant Peterson|| rowspan=2| || rowspan=2|1954
|-
| [[Chris Drake]]||Trooper Blackburn
|-
|rowspan=3|'' [[Suddenly]] ''||[[Sterling Hayden]] || Sheriff Shaw || ||rowspan=3|1954
|-
|[[Nancy Gates]] || Ellen Benson ||
|-
|[[Kim Charney]]||"Pidge" Benson||
|-
|''[[Killer Is Loose, The|The Killer Is Loose]]''||[[Wendell Corey]]||Leon "Foggy" Poole||||1956
|-
|''[[Earth vs. the Flying Saucers]]''||[[Larry J. Blake]]||Motorcycle Cop|| ||1956
|-
| ''[[Speaking of Murder (Le rouge est mis)]]'' || [[Jean Bérard]] || Raymond || || 1957
|-
|rowspan=2|''[[Machine-Gun Kelly]]'' || [[Susan Cabot]] || Flo Becker || ||rowspan=2|1958
|-
| [[Frank DeKova]] || Harry ||
|-
|rowspan=3|''[[The FBI Story]]''||[[Jimmy Stewart]]||Agent "Chip" Hardesty|| ||rowspan=3|1959
|-
|[[Murray Hamilton]]||Agent Sam Crandall||
|-
|[[Larry Pennell]]||FBI Trainee George Crandall||
|-
|''[[Pretty Boy Floyd]]''||[[John Ericson]]||Charles "Pretty Boy" Floyd|| ||1960
|-
| rowspan=2|''[[Ma Barker's Killer Brood]]'' || [[Charles Tannen]] || Sheriff || || rowspan=2|1960
|-
| [[Riley Hill]] || Deputy ||
|-
| ''[[Pierrot Goes Wild (Pierrot le Fou)]]'' || [[Dirk Sanders]] || Fred || || 1965
|-
| ''[[Treasure of the Aztecs]]'' || [[Gustavo Rojo]] || Lt. Potoca || Target || 1965
|-
| ''[[Pyramid of the Sun God]]'' || [[Gustavo Rojo]] || Lt. Potoca || Target || 1965
|-
|''[[Professionals, The (1966)|The Professionals]]''||[[Lee Marvin]]||Rico|| ||1966
|-
|''[[Chase, The (1966)|The Chase]]''||[[Marlon Brando]]||Sheriff Calder|| ||1966
|-
|''[[À tout coeur à Tokyo pour OSS 117]]''|| ||Japanese old man|| ||1966
|-
|rowspan=2|''[[Tarzan and the Valley of Gold]]'' || [[Mike Henry]] || Tarzan || || rowspan=2|1966
|-
|Oswald Olvera || Antonio ||
|-
| rowspan=2|''[[Frankie and Johnny]]'' || [[Donna Douglas]] || Frankie || rowspan=2|Nickel plated with pearl grips; visually modified to resemble [[Single Action Army]] || rowspan=2|1966
|-
| [[Anthony Eisley]] || Clint Braden
|-
| rowspan=3|''[[Bonnie and Clyde]]''||[[Michael J. Pollard]]||C.W. Moss|| ||rowspan=3|1967
|-
|[[Faye Dunaway]] || Bonnie Parker||
|-
| || Police Officers||
|-
|''[[Billion Dollar Brain]]''|||||| ||1967
|-
| rowspan=3|''[[The Born Losers]]'' || [[Jack Starrett]] || Deputy Frank || rowspan=3|5" barrel || rowspan=3|1967
|-
| [[Tom Laughlin]] || Billy Jack
|-
| || unnamed deputy
|-
| ''[[The President's Analyst]]'' || [[James Coburn]] || Dr. Sidney Schaefer || || 1967
|-
| rowspan=3|''[[Girl in Gold Boots]]'' || [[Tom Pace]] || Buz Nichols || rowspan=3 |5" barrel|| rowspan=3| 1968
|-
| Mark Herron || Leo McCabe
|-
| Jody Daniels || Critter
|-
|''[[Targets (1968)|Targets]]''||[[Tim O'Kelly]]||Bobby Thompson|| ||1968
|-
|rowspan=2|''[[Pretty Poison]]''||[[Anthony Perkins]]||Dennis Pitt|| || rowspan=2|1968
|-
| [[Tuesday Weld]]||Sue Ann Stepanek||
|-
|''[[Detective, The (1968)|The Detective]]''||[[Frank Sinatra]]||Joe Leland||||1968
|-
|''[[The Sicilian Clan (Le clan des Siciliens)]]''|| [[Yves Lefebvre]] || Aldo Manalese || ||1969
|-
| ''[[The Brain]]'' || [[Eli Wallach]] || Frankie Scannapieco || With pearl grips || 1969
|-
|rowspan=2|''[[Coogan's Bluff]]''||[[Don Stroud]]||Ringerman|| rowspan=2| || rowspan=2|1969
|-
| [[Clint Eastwood]]||Deputy Sheriff Coogan
|-
|''[[No Blade Of Grass]]''||[[Nigel Davenport]]||John Custance|| ||1970
|-
|''[[Too Late the Hero]]''||[[Cliff Robertson]]||Lietutenat (jg) Sam Lawson|| ||1970
|-
| ''[[Violent City]]'' || || Policeman || Nickel-plated || 1970
|-
| rowspan=2|''[[Bloody Mama]]'' || [[Clint Kimbrough]] || Arthur Barker || rowspan=2| || rowspan=2|1970
|-
| || FBI agents
|-
| ''[[The Burglars (Le casse)]]'' || [[Omar Sharif]] || Abel Zacharia || || 1971
|-
| rowspan=2| ''[[The Corpse Grinders]]'' || Stanford Mitchell || Landau || rowspan=2| 5" barrel || rowspan=2| 1971
|-
| Curt Matson || Paul the Stranger
|-
|''[[Hickey & Boggs]]''||[[Bill Cosby]]||Al Hickey|| ||1972
|-
|''[[The Night Stalker]]''|| ||Las Vegas Police|| ||1972
|-
| rowspan=3|''[[The Pariah (La Scoumoune)]]'' || [[Claudia Cardinale]] || Georgia Saratov || rowspan=3| || rowspan=3|1972
|-
| [[Luciano Catenacci]] || Cyprian
|-
| || Thugs
|-
|''[[Across 110th Street]]''||[[Anthony Franciosa]]||Nick D'Salvio||||1972
|-
|''[[The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe (Le Grand Blond avec une chaussure noire)]]'' || [[Bernard Blier]] || Bernard Milan || Suppressed || 1972
|-
| ''[[All the Way Boys (...Più forte ragazzi!)]]'' || || A prospector || || 1972
|-
|''[[The Crazies (1973)|The Crazies]]''||||Evans City Police||||1973
|-
|''[[Dillinger (1973)|Dillinger]]''|| ||Mason City vigilante|| ||1973
|-
|rowspan=2|''[[Scorpio]]''||[[Joanne Linville]]||Sarah||Marshall snubnose ||rowspan=2|1973
|-
| [[Al Pacino]]||Frank Serpico||
|-
|''[[Badlands]]''|| [[Martin Sheen]] ||Kit || ||1973
|-
|rowspan=2|''[[The Friends of Eddie Coyle]]''||[[Joe Santos]]||Eddie Van|| rowspan=2| || rowspan=2|1973
|-
| [[Alex Rocco]]||Jimmy Scalise
|-
|rowspan=2|''[[The Sting]]''||[[Charles Durning]]||Lt. Snyder|| rowspan=2| || rowspan=2|1973
|-
| [[Dana Elcar]]||Special Agent Polk
|-
| ''[[Mafia Junction]]'' || || Fake British constables, NYPD officers || || 1973
|-
|''[[Black Caesar]] || [[Fred Williamson]] || Tommy Gibbs || || 1973
|-
|''[[Melvin Purvis G-MAN]]'' || || Tupelo police || || 1974
|-
| rowspan=2|''[[Savage Sisters]]'' || [[Sid Haig]] || Malavael || rowspan=2| || rowspan=2|1974
|-
| [[Eddie Garcia]] || Capt. Morales
|-
| rowspan=3|''[[The Terrorists]]'' || [[John Quentin]] || Martin Shepherd || rowspan=3|6" barrel || rowspan=3|1974
|-
| [[Karen Maxwell]] || Eva
|-
| [[Sean Connery]] || Colonel Nils Tahlvik
|-
|''[[Farewell, My Lovely]]''||[[Robert Mitchum]]||Philip Marlowe||||1975
|-
|rowspan=2|''[[Capone]]''||[[Ben Gazzara]]||Capone|| 4" Barrel - .38 Special ||rowspan=2|1975
|-
| [[Dick Miller]]||Deputy Pryor||
|-
|''[[Dog Day Afternoon]]''||[[Al Pacino]]||Sonny|| ||1975
|-
|''[[French Connection II]]''|| ||French police|| ||1975
|-
|''[[Fear over the City (Peur sur la ville)]]'' || [[Giovanni Cianfriglia]] || Marcucci || || 1975
|-
| ''[[Dolemite]]'' || || hit man, Mayor Daley's henchman || || 1975
|-
|''[[The Eagle Has Landed]]''||[[Jean Marsh]]||Joanna|| ||1976
|-
| ''[[Taxi Driver]]''|| || ||Part of Easy Andy's inventory||1976
|-
| ''[[St. Ives]]''||[[Maximilian Schell]]||Dr. John Constable|| ||1976
|-
| ''[[Sherlock Holmes in New York]]'' || [[Roger Moore]] || Sherlock Holmes || || 1976
|-
| rowspan=2| ''[[The Human Tornado]]'' || J. B. Baron || Sheriff Bently || || rowspan=2|1976
|-
| || deputy ||
|-
|''[[Soldier of Orange]]''||[[Jeroen Krabbé]]||Guus LeJeune|| ||1977
|-
|rowspan=2|''[[Late Show, The|The Late Show]]''||[[Art Carney]]||Ira Wells|| rowspan=2| || rowspan=2|1977
|-
| [[John Considine]]||Jeff Lamar
|-
| rowspan=2|''[[Armed and Dangerous (Vooruzhyon i ochen opasen)]]''|| Mircea Veroiu || Jack Gemlin ||rowspan=2| 6" barrel ||rowspan=2|1977
|-
|||Damfi's man
|-
|''[[Big Sleep, The (1978)|The Big Sleep]]''||[[Edward Fox]]||Joe Brody||||1978
|-
|''[[The Driver]]''|| ||Bank robber|| ||1978
|-
|rowspan=2|''[[And Justice For All]]''|| ||Police officers|| ||rowspan=2|1979
|-
| [[Thomas G. Waites]]||Jeff||
|-
| rowspan=2|''[[The Onion Field]]'' || [[James Woods]] || Gregory Powell || rowspan=2| || rowspan=2|1979
|-
| || LAPD officers
|-
| ''[[The Private Eyes]]'' || [[Tim Conway]] || Dr. Tart || extended prop barrel || 1980
|-
| ''[[The Goat (La chèvre)]]'' || || A Mexican policeman || || 1981
|-
|''[[Ragtime]]''||||police officers||||1981
|-
|''[[Border, The (1982)|The Border]]''||[[Jeff Morris]]||J.J.||||1982
|-
|''[[Honkytonk Man]]||[[Tim Thomerson]]||police officer||6" heavy barrel||1982
|-
|''[[Once Upon A Time In America]]''||[[James Russo]]||Bugsy|| ||1984
|-
|''[[Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom]]''||[[Harrison Ford]]||Indiana Jones|| ||1984
|-
| ''[[Flashpoint (1984)|Flashpoint]]'' || || FBI Agents || || 1984
|-
| rowspan=2|''[[Tank]] || [[James Cromwell]] || Deputy Euclid Baker || || rowspan=2|1984
|-
| [[James Garner]] || Sergeant Major Zack Carey ||
|-
| rowspan=2| ''[[Silk (1986)|Silk]]'' || [[Bill McLaughlin]] || Tom Stevens || rowspan=2| || rowspan=2| 1986
|-
| || Police
|-
|''[[Night of the Creeps]]''||[[Tom Atkins]]||Det. Cameron|| ||1986
|-
| ''[[Highlander]]'' || [[Edward Wiley]] || Garfield || || 1986
|-
|''[[Rage of Honor]]'' || || Various criminals || || 1987
|-
|rowspan=2|''[[Matewan]]''||[[David Strathairn]]||Sid Hatfield|| rowspan=2| || rowspan=2|1987
|-
| [[Kevin Tighe]]||Bill Hickey
|-
|rowspan=2|''[[Untouchables, The (1987)|The Untouchables]]''||[[Andy Garcia]]||Stone|| rowspan=2| || rowspan=2|1987
|-
| [[Kevin Costner]]||Elliot Ness
|-
|''[[King of New York]]''||||N.Y.P.D. officers||||1990
|-
|''[[The Cops are Robbers]]''||[[Steve Railsback]]||Jimmy Donnelly||||1990
|-
|rowspan=3|''[[Mortal Passions]]'' || [[Michael Bowen]] || Berke || rowspan=3|6" barrel || rowspan=3|1990
|-
| [[Krista Errickson]] || Emily
|-
| [[Zach Galligan]] || Todd
|-
|''[[Ricochet (1991)|Ricochet]]''||[[Denzel Washington]]||Nick Styles||||1991
|-
|''[[Rocketeer, The|The Rocketeer]]''|| [[Ed Lauter]]||Agent Fitch|| ||1991
|-
|''[[Mobsters]]''||[[Nicholas Sadler]]||Vincent "Mad Dog" Coll|| ||1991
|-
| rowspan=4 | ''[[Sleepwalkers]]'' || [[Brian Krause]] || Charles Brady || || rowspan=4 | 1992
|-
| [[Ron Perlman]] || Captain Soames ||
|-
| [[Alice Krige]] || Mary Brady ||
|-
| [[Dan Martin]]||Deputy Andy Simpson||
|-
|''[[Dumb and Dumber]]''|| [[Felton Perry]] || FBI agent || ||1994
|-
| ''[[Ed Wood (1994)|Ed Wood]]'' || [[Daniel Riordan]] || George Walcott || prop ||1994
|-
|''[[Village of the Damned (1995)|Village of the Damned]]''||[[Meredith Salenger]]||Melanie Roberts|| ||1995
|-
|rowspan=4|''[[Phantom, The|The Phantom]]'' || [[Clint Lilley]] || Gangster 1 || rowspan=4| || rowspan=4|1996
|-
|[[William Jones]] || Cycle cop 1
|-
|[[John Prosky]] || Cycle Cop 2
|-
| || Mobsters and patrolmen
|-
|''[[Mulholland Falls]]''||[[Chris Penn]]||Det. Arthur Relyea|| ||1996
|-
|''[[Last Man Standing]]''||[[Patrick Kilpatrick]]||Finn|| ||1996
|-
|''[[Hoodlum]]'' ||[[Laurence Fishburne]]||"Bumpy" Johnson|| ||1997
|-
| ''[[Jane Austen's Mafia!]]'' || [[Jay Mohr]] || Antony Cortino || || 1998
|-
|''[[Dark City]]''||[[William Hurt]]||Inspector Bumstead||||1998
|-
| rowspan=4|''[[The Green Mile]]''||[[Tom Hanks]] ||Paul Edgecomb|| || rowspan=4|1999
|-
| [[Barry Pepper]] ||Dean Stanton||
|-
| [[David Morse]] ||Brutus "Brutal" Howell||
|-
| [[Doug Hutchison]] ||Percy Wetmore||
|-
| ''[[Held Up]]'' || [[Diego Fuentes]] || Sal || 4", nickel finish || 1999
|-
| rowspan=2|''[[Smart Philip]]''|| [[Pavel Liska]] || Nigel Smith || ||rowspan=2|2003
|-
| [[David Vávra]] || Cop ||
|-
| rowspan=3|''[[Agatha Christie's Poirot: The Hollow]]''||[[Megan Dodds]] || Henrietta Savernake ||||rowspan=3|2004
|-
| |[[Claire Price]] ||Gerda Christow||
|-
| [[Edward Hardwicke]] ||Sir Henry Angkatell||
|-
|''[[Producers, The (2005)|The Producers]]''|| ||N.Y.P.D. officers|| ||2005
|-
|''[[Wind That Shakes The Barley, The|The Wind That Shakes The Barley]]''|| ||IRA||||2006
|-
|''[[Visitation, The|The Visitation]]''||[[Lew Temple]]||Deputy Tommy Smalls|| ||2006
|-
|''[[Smokin' Aces]]''|| ||FBI agent|| ||2006
|-
|''[[The Black Dahlia]]''||[[Josh Hartnett]]||L.A.P.D. Detective Bleichert|| ||2006
|-
|''[[Lonely Hearts]]''||[[Scott Caan]]||Det. Reilly ||||2006
|-
|''[[American Gangster]]''|| ||Police officers|| ||2007
|-
| ''[[Give 'em Hell Malone]]'' || [[David Andriole]] || Pencil Stache || ||2009
|-
| ''[[Public Enemies]]'' || [[Adam Mucci]] || Harold Reinecke || ||2009
|-
| rowspan=4 | ''[[Smokey & The Bushido: Dekotora 2]]'' || [[Asami]] || Ayano  || rowspan=4 | || rowspan=4 | 2010
|-
| Tomonori Kawano || Yakuza Boss
|-
| Akiho Yoshizawa || Nami
|-
|  || Yakuza thug
|-
|rowspan=2|''[[Shanghai]]''||[[John Cusack]]||Paul Soames|| rowspan=2| || rowspan=2|2010
|-
| ||Japanese police and army officers, Chinese resistance
|-
|''[[J. Edgar]]''||||police officers||||2011
|-
| ''[[Meeting Evil]]''|| || || continuity error, painted grip and cylinder ||2012
|-
|''[[Cold in July]]''||[[Michael C. Hall]]||Richard Dane||||2014
|-
|rowspan=3|''[[ABCs of Death 2]]'' || [[André Hennicke]] || Klaus ||rowspan=3| ||rowspan=3| 2014
|-
| Alma Leiberg || Nina
|-
| Andreas Döhler || Michael
|-
|''[[Legend (2015)]]''||||British police||||2015
|-
|''[[Live by Night]]''||||bank guard||||2016
|-
|''[[Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them]]''||||New York City Police Officers||||2016
|-
|''[[Bridge of Spies]]''||||F.B.I. agents||||2015
|-
| ''[[Holmes & Watson]]'' || [[John C. Reilly]] || Dr. Watson || May be Colt Army Special || 2018
|-
| ''[[Old Henry]]'' || [[Stephen Dorff]] || Ketchum || || 2021
|-
|}


* [[Ted de Corsia]] as Joseph Rico in ''[[The Enforcer (1951)|The Enforcer]]''   (1951)
=== Television ===
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|-bgcolor=#D0E7FF
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!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="150"|'''Actor'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Character'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Note / Episode'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="100"|'''Air Date'''
|-
|''[[The Andy Griffith Show]]''||[[Don Knotts]]||Deputy Barney Fife|| ||1960-1968
|-
|''[[The Andy Griffith Show]]''||[[Andy Griffith]]||Sheriff Andy Taylor|| ||1960-1968
|-
| rowspan=2| ''[[Gilligan's Island - Season 1|Gilligan's Island]]'' || [[Alan Hale Jr.]] || The Skipper || "Voodoo Something to Me" (S01E3), "Birds Gonna Fly, Fish Gotta Talk" (S01E12) || rowspan=2| 1964
|-
| [[Bob Denver]] || Gilligan || "Voodoo Something to Me" (S01E3)
|-
| rowspan=4| ''[[McHale's Navy]]'' || [[George Kennedy]] || Big Frenchy || "The Return of Big Frenchy" (S2E28) || 1964
|-
|  [[Nestor Paiva]] || Big Louie || "The McHale Mob" (S2E32) || 1964
|-
| [[Tim Conway]] || Ensign Charles Parker || "The Return of Big Frenchy" (S2E28), "The McHale Mob" (S2E32), "Send This Ensign to Camp" (S3E25) || 1964, 1965
|-
| [[Bernard Fox]] || Sub-Lieutenant Clivedon || "The British Also Have Ensigns" (S3E8) || 1965
|-
|''[[Mission: Impossible - Season 1|Mission: Impossible]]'' || [[Tom Hernández]] || Desk Sergeant || "Wheels" (S01E07) || 1966
|-
|''[[Mission: Impossible - Season 1|Mission: Impossible]]'' || [[Martin Landau]] || Rollin Hand  || suppressed, "The Carriers" (S01E10) || 1966
|-
|''[[Mission: Impossible - Season 1|Mission: Impossible]]'' || [[Barry Russo]] || Tiso Kastner || "The Carriers" (S01E10) || 1966
|-
|''[[Mission: Impossible - Season 1|Mission: Impossible]]'' || [[Greg Morris]] || Barney Collier  || suppressed, "The Carriers" (S01E10) || 1966
|-
|''[[Mission: Impossible - Season 1|Mission: Impossible]]'' || [[Arthur Hill]] || Janos Pessik || "The Carriers" (S01E10) || 1966
|-
|''[[Mission: Impossible - Season 1|Mission: Impossible]]'' || [[Steven Hill]] || Dan Briggs || "The Short Tail Spy" (S01E14) || 1966
|-
|''[[Mission: Impossible - Season 1|Mission: Impossible]]'' || [[Martin Landau]] || Rollin Hand || "The Legacy" (S01E15) || 1967
|-
|''[[Mission: Impossible - Season 2|Mission: Impossible]]'' || [[Peter Lupus]] || Willy Armitage || "The Slave: Part 2" (S02E06) || 1967
|-
|''[[Mission: Impossible - Season 2|Mission: Impossible]]'' || [[Martin Landau]] || Rollin Hand || "Charity" (S02E10), w/  & w/o suppressor || 1967
|-
|''[[Mission: Impossible - Season 2|Mission: Impossible]]'' || [[Fritz Weaver]] || Erik Hagar || "Charity" (S02E10) || 1967
|-
|''[[Mission: Impossible - Season 2|Mission: Impossible]]'' || [[Robert Phillips]] || Johnny || "The Council" (S02E11-12), w/  & w/o suppressor || 1967
|-
|''[[Mission: Impossible - Season 2|Mission: Impossible]]'' || [[Greg Morris]] || Barney Collier || "The Council: Part 1" (S02E11) || 1967
|-
|''[[Mission: Impossible - Season 2|Mission: Impossible]]'' || [[Walter Alzmann]] || Arno || "The Spy" (S02E16), w/  & w/o suppressor || 1968
|-
|''[[Mission: Impossible - Season 2|Mission: Impossible]]'' || [[Gregg Palmer]] || Deputy || "The Town" (S02E21) || 1968
|-
|''[[Mission: Impossible - Season 3|Mission: Impossible]]'' || [[Albert Paulsen]] || General Ernesto Neyron || "The Bargain" (S03E10) || 1968
|-
|''[[Adam-12]]''||||Criminals||||1968-1975
|-
|''[[S.W.A.T. (1975)|S.W.A.T.]]''||[[James Coleman]]||Officer T.J. McCabe|| ||1975-1976
|-
|''[[The Dukes of Hazzard (TV series)|The Dukes of Hazzard]]''||[[Sonny Stroyer]]||Deputy Enos Strate|| ||1979-1985
|-
| ''[[T.J. Hooker]]''||[[Adrian Zmed]]||Officer Romano||||1982
|-
|''[[T.J. Hooker]]''||[[Kristoffer Tabori]]''||Kevin Wyman||"Terror at the Academy" (S2E11)||1982
|-
|''[[Star Trek: Voyager]]''||[[David Graf]]||Fred Noonan||S2E1 "The 37s" ||1996
|-
| ''[[Firefly]]'' ||  || Cop || "Safe" (S01E05) || 2002
|-
|''[[L.A. Confidential (2003)|L.A. Confidential]]'' ||[[Josh Hopkins]]||Officer Bud White||heavy barrel||2003
|-
|''[[Blue Bloods - Season 1|Blue Bloods]]''|| [[Tom Selleck]]||Commissioner Reagan||a "Fitz Special"||2010-Present
|-
|''[[Doctor Who (New Series) - Season 6|Doctor Who]]''||[[Alex Kingston]]||River Song||"Let's Kill Hitler" (S6E08)||2011
|-
| ''[[Supernatural - Season 7|Supernatural]]'' || || || "Time After Time" (S07E12) || 2012
|-
| ''[[Bonnie and Clyde (2013)]]'' || [[Holliday Grainger]] || Bonnie Parker || || 2013
|-
| ''[[Bonnie and Clyde (2013)]]'' || [[Emile Hirsch]] || Clyde Barrow || || 2013
|-
| ''[[Bonnie and Clyde (2013)]]'' || [[Sarah Hyland]] || Blanche Barrow || || 2013
|-
| ''[[Bonnie and Clyde (2013)]]'' || [[Lane Garrison]] || Marvin "Buck" Barrow || || 2013
|-
| ''[[Sherlock Holmes (2013 TV Series)|Sherlock Holmes]]'' || [[Igor Petrenko]] || Mycroft Holmes || Only on a poster || 2013
|-
|''[[Agent Carter - Season 1|Agent Carter]]''||||NYPD||||2015
|-
|''[[Man in the High Castle, The - Season 1|The Man in the High Castle]]''||||American Resistance fighters||||2015
|-
|''[[Fargo - Season 1|Fargo]]''||[[Joshua Close]]||Chazz Nygard||||2015
|-
|''[[Agent Carter - Season 2|Agent Carter]]''||[[Sean O'Bryan]]||LAPD Detective Andrew Henry||||2016
|-
|''[[Stranger Things - Season 2|Stranger Things]]''||||CPD Police||"Chapter Seven: The Lost Sister" (S2E07)||2017
|-
| ''[[Hawaii Five-0 (2010) - Season 9|Hawaii Five-0]]'' ||[[Alex O'Loughlin]]|| Steven McGarrett Sr. || "Pua a'e la ka uwahi o ka moe" (S9E07) || 2018
|-
|rowspan=2|''[[Dark Winds - Season 1|Dark Winds]]''||[[Jessica Matten]]||Sgt. Bernadette Manuelito || ||rowspan=2|2022 -
|-
|[[Kiowa Gordon]]||Officer Jim Chee||
|-
|}


* [[John Archer]] as Philip Evans in ''[[White Heat]]''   (1949)
===Video Games===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" border="1" style="border: 1px solid #D0E7FF; background-color:#ffffff; text-align:left; font-size: 95%"
|-bgcolor=#D0E7FF
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="300"|'''Game Title'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="300"|'''Appears as'''
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|-
|''[[Godfather, The (VG)|The Godfather]]''||"Magnum", "Python", "Annihilator"||||2006
|-
|}


* [[Ruby Dandridge]] as Mabel in ''[[Dead Reckoning]]''   (1947)
===Anime===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" border="1" style="border: 1px solid #D0E7FF; background-color:#ffffff; text-align:left; font-size: 95%"
|-bgcolor=#D0E7FF
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="250"|'''Title'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="170"|'''Character'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="250"|'''Note'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="80"|'''Date'''
|-
| rowspan="5" | ''[[JoJo's Bizarre Adventure]]'' || Police officer || S1E10, "New York's JoJo" || 2012
|-
| Pimp || S5E6, "Moody Blues' Counterattack" || rowspan=3 | 2018
|-
| Rapist || S5E8, "Sex Pistols Appears, Part 2"
|-
| Pericolo || S5E13, "Man in the Mirror and Purple Haze"
|-
| Moody Blues || S5E18, "Head to Venice!" || 2019
|}
<br clear=all>


* [[Humphrey Bogart]] as Philip Marlowe in ''[[The Big Sleep]]''  (1946)
=Colt Commando=
[[Image:ColtCommandoRev2In.jpg|thumb|right|400px|Colt Commando - 2" Barrel - .38 Special]]
[[Image:Cltcommando38.jpg|thumb|right|400px|Colt Commando - 4" Barrel - .38 Special]]


* [[Tommy Rafferty]] as Carol Lundgren in ''[[The Big Sleep]]''  (1946)
The Colt Commando was the military's adopted version of the Colt Official Police.  The Commando was parkerized and outfitted with plain grips or subdued grips with the Colt logo in the plastic.  It was issued during World War 2 to governmental agencies not involved directly in the frontline fighting.


* [[Regis Toomey]] as Chief Insp. Bernie Ohls in ''[[The Big Sleep]]''  (1946)
==Specifications==
(1942 - 1945)


* [[Sonia Darrin]] as Agnes Lowzier in ''[[The Big Sleep]]''   (1946)
* '''Type:''' Revolver


* [[Bob Steele]] as Lash Canino in ''[[The Big Sleep]]'(1946)
* '''Caliber(s):''' .38 Special


* [[Willard Robertson]] as Lang in ''[[Each Dawn I Die]]''   (1939)
* '''Barrel length(s):''' 2 in (5.1 cm), 4 in (10.2 cm), 6 in (15.2 cm)


* [[Edward Pawley]] as Dale in ''[[Each Dawn I Die]]''   (1939)
* '''Capacity:''' 6-round Cylinder


* [[Maxie Rosenbloom]] as Fargo Red in ''[[Each Dawn I Die]]''   (1939)
* '''Fire Modes:''' SA/DA
 
-----
'''The Colt Commando appears in the following movies, TV shows, and video games:'''
 
===Film===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" border="1" style="border: 1px solid #D0E7FF; background-color:#ffffff; text-align:left; font-size: 95%"
|-bgcolor=#D0E7FF
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Title'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="150"|'''Actor'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Character'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="150"|'''Note'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="50"|'''Date'''
|-
| ''[[Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon]]'' || [[Dennis Hoey]] || Inspector Lestrade || 2" barrel || 1943
|-
|''[[The Killing (1956)|The Killing]]''||[[Ted de Corsia]]||Policeman Randy Kennan|| ||1956
|-
|}
<br clear=all>
 
=Colt Officer Model Special=
 
-----
'''The Colt Officer Model Special appears in the following movies, TV shows, and video games:'''
[[File:ColtOMSpecial.jpg|thumb|right|400px|Colt Officer Model Special 6" barrel. 22 Long Rifle. Manufactured 1953]]
 
==Specifications==
(1949 - 1972)


* [[Willard Parker]] as Dick Whitewood in ''[[A Slight Case of Murder]]''   (1938)
* '''Type:''' Revolver


* [[Edward G. Robinson]] as Remy Marco in ''[[A Slight Case of Murder]]''   (1938)
* '''Caliber(s):''' .38 Special, .22 Long Rifle


* [[James Cagney]] as Rocky Sullivan in ''[[Angels With Dirty Faces]]''   (1938)
* '''Barrel length(s):''' 6 in (15.2 cm)


* [[Humphrey Bogart]] as 'Bugs' Fenner in ''[[Bullets or Ballots]]''   (1936)
* '''Capacity:''' 6-round Cylinder


* [[James Cagney]] as Brick Davis in ''[[G Men]]''   (1935)
* '''Fire Modes:''' SA/DA


== Television ==
===Film===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" border="1" style="border: 1px solid #D0E7FF; background-color:#ffffff; text-align:left; font-size: 95%"
|-bgcolor=#D0E7FF
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Title'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="150"|'''Actor'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Character'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="100"|'''Note'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="100"|'''Date'''
|-
| ''[[Across the Pacific]]''||[[Humphrey Bogart]]||Rick Leland|| ||1942
|-
|}


* [[Sonny Stroyer]] as Deputy Enos Strate on ''[[The Dukes of Hazzard (TV series)|The Dukes of Hazzard]]''


* [[Skipp Sudduth]] as Officer John "Sully" Sullivan and [[Wendell Pierce]] as Officer Conrad "Candyman" Jones on ''[[Third Watch]]''
===Television===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" border="1" style="border: 1px solid #D0E7FF; background-color:#ffffff; text-align:left; font-size: 95%"
|-bgcolor=#D0E7FF
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Title'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="150"|'''Actor'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Character'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="100"|'''Note'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="100"|'''Date'''
|-
|''[[Dragnet (1967)|Dragnet]]''||.||L.A.P.D.||. ||1967
|-
|}
<br clear=all>


=See Also=
* [[Colt's Manufacturing Company]] - A list of all firearms manufactured by Colt.
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Latest revision as of 20:59, 29 August 2023

Introduced in 1907 as the Army Special in the new .38 Special to replace the failed Colt New Army & Navy. In 1927, having been passed over for .45 pistols by the US Army, but adopted by many police departments, Colt renamed it the Official Police (although the .32WCF version of the Army Special continued to be offered up to and including 1934, being essentially the same revolver with a simpler finish and different grips). Manufactured between 1927 to 1969 of fine carbon steel, with bright royal Colt blued as well as nickel plated finishes, and was offered in 4”, 5”, and 6” barrels. From 1935 - 1969 it could also be ordered with a heavy barrel. It was manufactured in a variety of calibers including .22 LR, .32-20 ,.38/200 (British governmental contract during WWII), .41 Long Colt, and .38 Special. Colt produced over 400,000 revolvers, the Official Police ranks as one of the most successful and well-liked handguns ever made. During World War II the Colt Official Police became the Colt Commando for use by US Government Agencies and for Lend Lease. The most famous agency to use the Colt Commando was the OSS which became the CIA.

Colt Army Special

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Colt Army Special M1908 with 6" barrel - .38 Special
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Colt Army Special with 3" barrel, c.1934 - .32WCF

Specifications

(1907 - 1934)

  • Type: Revolver
  • Caliber(s): .22 LR, .32-20, .38 S&W (38/200), .38 Special, .41 Long Colt
  • Barrel length(s): 4 in (10.2 cm), 5 in (12.7 cm), 6 in (15.3 cm)
  • Capacity: 6-Round Cylinder
  • Fire Modes: SA/DA

The Colt Army Special and variants can be seen in the following films, television series, video games, and anime used by the following actors:

Film

Title Actor Character Note Date
Revolt of the Fishermen (Vosstaniye rybakov) A rebel 6" barrel 1934
The Finger Man (Le Doulos) Serge Reggiani Maurice Faugel 3" barrel 1962
Jean-Paul Belmondo Silien


Colt Official Police

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Colt Official Police - 4" Barrel - .38 Special
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Colt Official Police - 5" Barrel - .38 Special
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Colt Official Police - 6" Heavy Barrel - .38 Special

Specifications

(1927 - 1969)

  • Type: Revolver
  • Caliber(s): .22 LR, .32-20, .38 S&W (38/200), .38 Special, .41 Long Colt
  • Barrel length(s): 4 in (10.2 cm), 5 in (12.7 cm), 6 in (15.3 cm)
  • Capacity: 6-Round Cylinder
  • Fire Modes: SA/DA

The Colt Official Police and variants can be seen in the following films, television series, video games, and anime used by the following actors:

Film

Title Actor Character Note Date
City Lights Charlie Chaplin The Tramp 1931
The Death Kiss Vince Barnett Studio Officer Gulliver 1932
The Raven Bela Lugosi Dr. Richard Vollin 1935
Satan Met a Lady Maynard Holmes Kenneth 1936
Mystery Liner George 'Gabby' Hayes Joe the watchman 1934
G Men James Cagney Brick Davis 1935
The Petrified Forest Humphrey Bogart Duke Mantee 1936
Porter Hall Jason Maple
Bullets or Ballots Humphrey Bogart 'Bugs' Fenner 1936
Escape by Night Murray Alper Horace 'Red' Graham 1937
Arthur Aylesworth Sheriff Charlie Thornton
Ward Bond Peter 'Spudsy' Baker
William Hall Nicholas 'Nick' Allen
A Slight Case of Murder Willard Parker Dick Whitewood 1938
Edward G. Robinson Remy Marco
Angels With Dirty Faces James Cagney Rocky Sullivan 1938
Each Dawn I Die Maxie Rosenbloom Fargo Red 1939
Willard Robertson Lang
Edward Pawley Dale
High Sierra Alan Curtis "Babe" 1941
Lady Gangster Roland Drew Carey Wells 1942
Across the Pacific Humphrey Bogart Rick Leland 1942
Victor Sen Yung Joe Totsuiko
The Scarlet Claw David Clyde Sergeant Thompson 1944
Fog Island Jerome Cowan John Kavanaugh 1945
It's a Wonderful Life Ward Bond Bert the cop 1946
The Big Sleep Humphrey Bogart Philip Marlowe 1946
Tommy Rafferty Carol Lundgren
Regis Toomey Chief Insp. Bernie Ohls
Sonia Darrin Agnes Lowzier
Bob Steele Lash Canino
Dead Reckoning Ruby Dandridge Mabel 1947
The Hat Box Mystery 1947
Key Largo Dan Seymour Angel Garcia 1948
Pitfall Byron Barr Bill Smiley 1948
Lizabeth Scott Mona Stevens
Parole, Inc. 1948
He Walked By Night John McGuire Officer Robert Rawlins 1948
Jack Webb Lee
Richard Basehart Roy Martin
Trapped Lloyd Bridges Tris Stewart 1949
White Heat John Archer Philip Evans 1949
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre Humphrey Bogart Dobbs 1949
Walter Huston Howard
Bruce Bennett Cody
Tim Holt Curtain
Gun Crazy John Dall Bart Tare 1950
His Kind of Woman Mike Lally Thompson's second henchman 1951
The Enforcer Danny Dayton Digger 1951
Ted de Corsia Joseph Rico
Kansas City Confidential Preston Foster Tim Foster 1952
Howard Negley Scott Andrews
Macao Robert Mitchum Nick Cochran 1952
William Bendix Lawrence C. Trumble
The Hitch-Hiker William Talman Emmett Myers 1953
Mexican policeman
Desert Rats, The Richard Burton Capt. 'Tammy' MacDonalds 1953
Blowing Wild Anthony Quinn Paco Conway 6" barrel 1953
Gary Cooper Jeff Dawson
I Confess Henry Corden Det. Sgt. Farouche 1953
Judson Pratt Det. Murphy
Quebec City police detectives
Them! James Whitmore Sergeant Peterson 1954
Chris Drake Trooper Blackburn
Suddenly Sterling Hayden Sheriff Shaw 1954
Nancy Gates Ellen Benson
Kim Charney "Pidge" Benson
The Killer Is Loose Wendell Corey Leon "Foggy" Poole 1956
Earth vs. the Flying Saucers Larry J. Blake Motorcycle Cop 1956
Speaking of Murder (Le rouge est mis) Jean Bérard Raymond 1957
Machine-Gun Kelly Susan Cabot Flo Becker 1958
Frank DeKova Harry
The FBI Story Jimmy Stewart Agent "Chip" Hardesty 1959
Murray Hamilton Agent Sam Crandall
Larry Pennell FBI Trainee George Crandall
Pretty Boy Floyd John Ericson Charles "Pretty Boy" Floyd 1960
Ma Barker's Killer Brood Charles Tannen Sheriff 1960
Riley Hill Deputy
Pierrot Goes Wild (Pierrot le Fou) Dirk Sanders Fred 1965
Treasure of the Aztecs Gustavo Rojo Lt. Potoca Target 1965
Pyramid of the Sun God Gustavo Rojo Lt. Potoca Target 1965
The Professionals Lee Marvin Rico 1966
The Chase Marlon Brando Sheriff Calder 1966
À tout coeur à Tokyo pour OSS 117 Japanese old man 1966
Tarzan and the Valley of Gold Mike Henry Tarzan 1966
Oswald Olvera Antonio
Frankie and Johnny Donna Douglas Frankie Nickel plated with pearl grips; visually modified to resemble Single Action Army 1966
Anthony Eisley Clint Braden
Bonnie and Clyde Michael J. Pollard C.W. Moss 1967
Faye Dunaway Bonnie Parker
Police Officers
Billion Dollar Brain 1967
The Born Losers Jack Starrett Deputy Frank 5" barrel 1967
Tom Laughlin Billy Jack
unnamed deputy
The President's Analyst James Coburn Dr. Sidney Schaefer 1967
Girl in Gold Boots Tom Pace Buz Nichols 5" barrel 1968
Mark Herron Leo McCabe
Jody Daniels Critter
Targets Tim O'Kelly Bobby Thompson 1968
Pretty Poison Anthony Perkins Dennis Pitt 1968
Tuesday Weld Sue Ann Stepanek
The Detective Frank Sinatra Joe Leland 1968
The Sicilian Clan (Le clan des Siciliens) Yves Lefebvre Aldo Manalese 1969
The Brain Eli Wallach Frankie Scannapieco With pearl grips 1969
Coogan's Bluff Don Stroud Ringerman 1969
Clint Eastwood Deputy Sheriff Coogan
No Blade Of Grass Nigel Davenport John Custance 1970
Too Late the Hero Cliff Robertson Lietutenat (jg) Sam Lawson 1970
Violent City Policeman Nickel-plated 1970
Bloody Mama Clint Kimbrough Arthur Barker 1970
FBI agents
The Burglars (Le casse) Omar Sharif Abel Zacharia 1971
The Corpse Grinders Stanford Mitchell Landau 5" barrel 1971
Curt Matson Paul the Stranger
Hickey & Boggs Bill Cosby Al Hickey 1972
The Night Stalker Las Vegas Police 1972
The Pariah (La Scoumoune) Claudia Cardinale Georgia Saratov 1972
Luciano Catenacci Cyprian
Thugs
Across 110th Street Anthony Franciosa Nick D'Salvio 1972
The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe (Le Grand Blond avec une chaussure noire) Bernard Blier Bernard Milan Suppressed 1972
All the Way Boys (...Più forte ragazzi!) A prospector 1972
The Crazies Evans City Police 1973
Dillinger Mason City vigilante 1973
Scorpio Joanne Linville Sarah Marshall snubnose 1973
Al Pacino Frank Serpico
Badlands Martin Sheen Kit 1973
The Friends of Eddie Coyle Joe Santos Eddie Van 1973
Alex Rocco Jimmy Scalise
The Sting Charles Durning Lt. Snyder 1973
Dana Elcar Special Agent Polk
Mafia Junction Fake British constables, NYPD officers 1973
Black Caesar Fred Williamson Tommy Gibbs 1973
Melvin Purvis G-MAN Tupelo police 1974
Savage Sisters Sid Haig Malavael 1974
Eddie Garcia Capt. Morales
The Terrorists John Quentin Martin Shepherd 6" barrel 1974
Karen Maxwell Eva
Sean Connery Colonel Nils Tahlvik
Farewell, My Lovely Robert Mitchum Philip Marlowe 1975
Capone Ben Gazzara Capone 4" Barrel - .38 Special 1975
Dick Miller Deputy Pryor
Dog Day Afternoon Al Pacino Sonny 1975
French Connection II French police 1975
Fear over the City (Peur sur la ville) Giovanni Cianfriglia Marcucci 1975
Dolemite hit man, Mayor Daley's henchman 1975
The Eagle Has Landed Jean Marsh Joanna 1976
Taxi Driver Part of Easy Andy's inventory 1976
St. Ives Maximilian Schell Dr. John Constable 1976
Sherlock Holmes in New York Roger Moore Sherlock Holmes 1976
The Human Tornado J. B. Baron Sheriff Bently 1976
deputy
Soldier of Orange Jeroen Krabbé Guus LeJeune 1977
The Late Show Art Carney Ira Wells 1977
John Considine Jeff Lamar
Armed and Dangerous (Vooruzhyon i ochen opasen) Mircea Veroiu Jack Gemlin 6" barrel 1977
Damfi's man
The Big Sleep Edward Fox Joe Brody 1978
The Driver Bank robber 1978
And Justice For All Police officers 1979
Thomas G. Waites Jeff
The Onion Field James Woods Gregory Powell 1979
LAPD officers
The Private Eyes Tim Conway Dr. Tart extended prop barrel 1980
The Goat (La chèvre) A Mexican policeman 1981
Ragtime police officers 1981
The Border Jeff Morris J.J. 1982
Honkytonk Man Tim Thomerson police officer 6" heavy barrel 1982
Once Upon A Time In America James Russo Bugsy 1984
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom Harrison Ford Indiana Jones 1984
Flashpoint FBI Agents 1984
Tank James Cromwell Deputy Euclid Baker 1984
James Garner Sergeant Major Zack Carey
Silk Bill McLaughlin Tom Stevens 1986
Police
Night of the Creeps Tom Atkins Det. Cameron 1986
Highlander Edward Wiley Garfield 1986
Rage of Honor Various criminals 1987
Matewan David Strathairn Sid Hatfield 1987
Kevin Tighe Bill Hickey
The Untouchables Andy Garcia Stone 1987
Kevin Costner Elliot Ness
King of New York N.Y.P.D. officers 1990
The Cops are Robbers Steve Railsback Jimmy Donnelly 1990
Mortal Passions Michael Bowen Berke 6" barrel 1990
Krista Errickson Emily
Zach Galligan Todd
Ricochet Denzel Washington Nick Styles 1991
The Rocketeer Ed Lauter Agent Fitch 1991
Mobsters Nicholas Sadler Vincent "Mad Dog" Coll 1991
Sleepwalkers Brian Krause Charles Brady 1992
Ron Perlman Captain Soames
Alice Krige Mary Brady
Dan Martin Deputy Andy Simpson
Dumb and Dumber Felton Perry FBI agent 1994
Ed Wood Daniel Riordan George Walcott prop 1994
Village of the Damned Meredith Salenger Melanie Roberts 1995
The Phantom Clint Lilley Gangster 1 1996
William Jones Cycle cop 1
John Prosky Cycle Cop 2
Mobsters and patrolmen
Mulholland Falls Chris Penn Det. Arthur Relyea 1996
Last Man Standing Patrick Kilpatrick Finn 1996
Hoodlum Laurence Fishburne "Bumpy" Johnson 1997
Jane Austen's Mafia! Jay Mohr Antony Cortino 1998
Dark City William Hurt Inspector Bumstead 1998
The Green Mile Tom Hanks Paul Edgecomb 1999
Barry Pepper Dean Stanton
David Morse Brutus "Brutal" Howell
Doug Hutchison Percy Wetmore
Held Up Diego Fuentes Sal 4", nickel finish 1999
Smart Philip Pavel Liska Nigel Smith 2003
David Vávra Cop
Agatha Christie's Poirot: The Hollow Megan Dodds Henrietta Savernake 2004
Claire Price Gerda Christow
Edward Hardwicke Sir Henry Angkatell
The Producers N.Y.P.D. officers 2005
The Wind That Shakes The Barley IRA 2006
The Visitation Lew Temple Deputy Tommy Smalls 2006
Smokin' Aces FBI agent 2006
The Black Dahlia Josh Hartnett L.A.P.D. Detective Bleichert 2006
Lonely Hearts Scott Caan Det. Reilly 2006
American Gangster Police officers 2007
Give 'em Hell Malone David Andriole Pencil Stache 2009
Public Enemies Adam Mucci Harold Reinecke 2009
Smokey & The Bushido: Dekotora 2 Asami Ayano 2010
Tomonori Kawano Yakuza Boss
Akiho Yoshizawa Nami
Yakuza thug
Shanghai John Cusack Paul Soames 2010
Japanese police and army officers, Chinese resistance
J. Edgar police officers 2011
Meeting Evil continuity error, painted grip and cylinder 2012
Cold in July Michael C. Hall Richard Dane 2014
ABCs of Death 2 André Hennicke Klaus 2014
Alma Leiberg Nina
Andreas Döhler Michael
Legend (2015) British police 2015
Live by Night bank guard 2016
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them New York City Police Officers 2016
Bridge of Spies F.B.I. agents 2015
Holmes & Watson John C. Reilly Dr. Watson May be Colt Army Special 2018
Old Henry Stephen Dorff Ketchum 2021

Television

Show Title Actor Character Note / Episode Air Date
The Andy Griffith Show Don Knotts Deputy Barney Fife 1960-1968
The Andy Griffith Show Andy Griffith Sheriff Andy Taylor 1960-1968
Gilligan's Island Alan Hale Jr. The Skipper "Voodoo Something to Me" (S01E3), "Birds Gonna Fly, Fish Gotta Talk" (S01E12) 1964
Bob Denver Gilligan "Voodoo Something to Me" (S01E3)
McHale's Navy George Kennedy Big Frenchy "The Return of Big Frenchy" (S2E28) 1964
Nestor Paiva Big Louie "The McHale Mob" (S2E32) 1964
Tim Conway Ensign Charles Parker "The Return of Big Frenchy" (S2E28), "The McHale Mob" (S2E32), "Send This Ensign to Camp" (S3E25) 1964, 1965
Bernard Fox Sub-Lieutenant Clivedon "The British Also Have Ensigns" (S3E8) 1965
Mission: Impossible Tom Hernández Desk Sergeant "Wheels" (S01E07) 1966
Mission: Impossible Martin Landau Rollin Hand suppressed, "The Carriers" (S01E10) 1966
Mission: Impossible Barry Russo Tiso Kastner "The Carriers" (S01E10) 1966
Mission: Impossible Greg Morris Barney Collier suppressed, "The Carriers" (S01E10) 1966
Mission: Impossible Arthur Hill Janos Pessik "The Carriers" (S01E10) 1966
Mission: Impossible Steven Hill Dan Briggs "The Short Tail Spy" (S01E14) 1966
Mission: Impossible Martin Landau Rollin Hand "The Legacy" (S01E15) 1967
Mission: Impossible Peter Lupus Willy Armitage "The Slave: Part 2" (S02E06) 1967
Mission: Impossible Martin Landau Rollin Hand "Charity" (S02E10), w/ & w/o suppressor 1967
Mission: Impossible Fritz Weaver Erik Hagar "Charity" (S02E10) 1967
Mission: Impossible Robert Phillips Johnny "The Council" (S02E11-12), w/ & w/o suppressor 1967
Mission: Impossible Greg Morris Barney Collier "The Council: Part 1" (S02E11) 1967
Mission: Impossible Walter Alzmann Arno "The Spy" (S02E16), w/ & w/o suppressor 1968
Mission: Impossible Gregg Palmer Deputy "The Town" (S02E21) 1968
Mission: Impossible Albert Paulsen General Ernesto Neyron "The Bargain" (S03E10) 1968
Adam-12 Criminals 1968-1975
S.W.A.T. James Coleman Officer T.J. McCabe 1975-1976
The Dukes of Hazzard Sonny Stroyer Deputy Enos Strate 1979-1985
T.J. Hooker Adrian Zmed Officer Romano 1982
T.J. Hooker Kristoffer Tabori Kevin Wyman "Terror at the Academy" (S2E11) 1982
Star Trek: Voyager David Graf Fred Noonan S2E1 "The 37s" 1996
Firefly Cop "Safe" (S01E05) 2002
L.A. Confidential Josh Hopkins Officer Bud White heavy barrel 2003
Blue Bloods Tom Selleck Commissioner Reagan a "Fitz Special" 2010-Present
Doctor Who Alex Kingston River Song "Let's Kill Hitler" (S6E08) 2011
Supernatural "Time After Time" (S07E12) 2012
Bonnie and Clyde (2013) Holliday Grainger Bonnie Parker 2013
Bonnie and Clyde (2013) Emile Hirsch Clyde Barrow 2013
Bonnie and Clyde (2013) Sarah Hyland Blanche Barrow 2013
Bonnie and Clyde (2013) Lane Garrison Marvin "Buck" Barrow 2013
Sherlock Holmes Igor Petrenko Mycroft Holmes Only on a poster 2013
Agent Carter NYPD 2015
The Man in the High Castle American Resistance fighters 2015
Fargo Joshua Close Chazz Nygard 2015
Agent Carter Sean O'Bryan LAPD Detective Andrew Henry 2016
Stranger Things CPD Police "Chapter Seven: The Lost Sister" (S2E07) 2017
Hawaii Five-0 Alex O'Loughlin Steven McGarrett Sr. "Pua a'e la ka uwahi o ka moe" (S9E07) 2018
Dark Winds Jessica Matten Sgt. Bernadette Manuelito 2022 -
Kiowa Gordon Officer Jim Chee

Video Games

Game Title Appears as Note Release Date
The Godfather "Magnum", "Python", "Annihilator" 2006

Anime

Title Character Note Date
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Police officer S1E10, "New York's JoJo" 2012
Pimp S5E6, "Moody Blues' Counterattack" 2018
Rapist S5E8, "Sex Pistols Appears, Part 2"
Pericolo S5E13, "Man in the Mirror and Purple Haze"
Moody Blues S5E18, "Head to Venice!" 2019


Colt Commando

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Colt Commando - 2" Barrel - .38 Special
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Colt Commando - 4" Barrel - .38 Special

The Colt Commando was the military's adopted version of the Colt Official Police. The Commando was parkerized and outfitted with plain grips or subdued grips with the Colt logo in the plastic. It was issued during World War 2 to governmental agencies not involved directly in the frontline fighting.

Specifications

(1942 - 1945)

  • Type: Revolver
  • Caliber(s): .38 Special
  • Barrel length(s): 2 in (5.1 cm), 4 in (10.2 cm), 6 in (15.2 cm)
  • Capacity: 6-round Cylinder
  • Fire Modes: SA/DA

The Colt Commando appears in the following movies, TV shows, and video games:

Film

Title Actor Character Note Date
Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon Dennis Hoey Inspector Lestrade 2" barrel 1943
The Killing Ted de Corsia Policeman Randy Kennan 1956


Colt Officer Model Special


The Colt Officer Model Special appears in the following movies, TV shows, and video games:

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Colt Officer Model Special 6" barrel. 22 Long Rifle. Manufactured 1953

Specifications

(1949 - 1972)

  • Type: Revolver
  • Caliber(s): .38 Special, .22 Long Rifle
  • Barrel length(s): 6 in (15.2 cm)
  • Capacity: 6-round Cylinder
  • Fire Modes: SA/DA

Film

Title Actor Character Note Date
Across the Pacific Humphrey Bogart Rick Leland 1942


Television

Title Actor Character Note Date
Dragnet . L.A.P.D. . 1967


See Also