The Colt Python is used by the following actors in the following movies, television series, and anime:
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Specifications
(1955–2004)
- Caliber(s): .357 Magnum, .38 Special
- Weight: 1.08 lbs (1.1 kg) to 1.36 lbs (1.4 kg)
- Barrel length(s): 2.5-inch (6.4 cm), 3-inch (7.6 cm), 4-inch (10 cm), 6-inch (15 cm) and 8-inch (20 cm)
- Capacity: 6-round cylinder
Film
| Title
|
Actor
|
Character
|
Note
|
Date
|
| Marlowe |
James Garner |
Philip Marlowe |
2.5 inch barrel |
1969
|
| Take the Money and Run |
|
Gang Member |
|
1969
|
| Machine Gun McCain |
Peter Falk |
Charlie Adamo |
3-in barrel |
1969
|
| The Millions Game |
Dieter Hallervorden |
Köhler |
6-in barrel |
1970
|
| Cotton Comes to Harlem |
Raymond St. Jacques |
Coffin Ed Johnson |
4-inch barrel, Nickel-plated |
1970
|
| The Mechanic |
Jan-Michael Vincent |
Steve |
|
1972
|
| The Getaway |
Al Lettieri |
|
|
1972
|
| Prime Cut |
|
O'Brien |
|
1972
|
| Magnum Force |
David Soul |
Officer John Davis |
|
1973
|
| Magnum Force |
Tim Matheson |
Officer Phil Sweet |
|
1973
|
| Magnum Force |
Kip Niven |
Officer Alan "Red" Astrachan |
|
1973
|
| Magnum Force |
Robert Urich |
Officer Michael Grimes |
|
1973
|
| Charley Varrick |
Walter Matthau |
Charley Varrick |
|
1973
|
| Electra Glide in Blue |
Robert Blake |
Officer "Big John" Wintergreen |
|
1973
|
| The Violent Professionals |
Luciano Bartoli |
Giacomo |
|
1973
|
| Mr. Majestyk |
Al Lettieri |
Frank Renda |
|
1974
|
| Truck Turner |
Isaac Hayes |
Mack "Truck" Turner |
|
1974
|
| The Terrorists |
|
Terrorist |
4" barrel, blued |
1974
|
| McQ |
|
Gangster |
|
1974
|
| McQ |
John Wayne |
Detective Lon McQ |
|
1974
|
| 99 and 44/100% Dead |
Tony Brubaker |
Burt |
4" barrel |
1974
|
| 99 and 44/100% Dead |
Jerry Summers |
Shoes |
2.5" barrel |
1974
|
| 99 and 44/100% Dead |
|
A mobster |
4" barrel |
1974
|
| Sheba, Baby |
Pam Grier |
Sheba Shayne |
|
1975
|
| Breakout |
Paul Mantee |
Cable |
Snub nose |
1975
|
| King Kong |
Ed Lauter |
Carnahan |
|
1976
|
| Police Python 357 |
Yves Montand |
Inspector Ferrot |
|
1976
|
| The Last Round (Il conto è chiuso) |
Luc Merenda |
Rico Manzetti |
4" barrel |
1976
|
| The Car |
James Brolin |
Sheriff Wade Parent |
|
1977
|
| The Car |
Ronny Cox |
Deputy Luke Johnson |
In holster |
1977
|
| The Car |
Various |
Sheriff's Deputies |
|
1977
|
| The Threat (La menace) |
Yves Montand |
Henri Savin |
|
1977
|
| Dawn of the Dead |
|
|
|
1978
|
| The Wild Geese |
|
Mafia Hitman |
|
1978
|
| Convoy Busters (Un poliziotto scomodo) |
Maurizio Merli |
Commisioner Francesco Olmi |
2.5" barrel |
1978
|
| Cop or Hood (Flic Ou Voyou) |
Jean-Paul Belmondo |
Commissaire Stanislas Borowitz |
|
1979
|
| The Police War (La Guerre des polices) |
Étienne Chicot |
Larue |
2.5" barrel |
1979
|
| Love and Bullets |
Charles Bronson |
Charlie Congers |
4" barrel |
1979
|
| From Corleone to Brooklyn (Da Corleone a Brooklyn) |
Maurizio Merli |
Giorgio Berni |
Snub nose |
1979
|
| The Long Good Friday |
|
IRA Hitmen |
|
1980
|
| The Long Good Friday |
|
Gangster |
|
1980
|
| Hopscotch |
Walter Matthau |
Miles Kendig |
|
1980
|
| Hopscotch |
Ned Beatty |
Myerson |
|
1980
|
| The Exterminator |
|
Food warehouse owner |
3" barrel |
1980
|
| The Professional |
Jean-Paul Belmondo |
Josselin Beaumont |
6" barrel |
1981
|
| Fracchia the Human Beast (Fracchia la belva umana) |
Lino Banfi |
Commissaire Auricchio |
|
1981
|
| Fracchia the Human Beast (Fracchia la belva umana) |
Sandro Ghiani |
De Simone |
|
1981
|
| Fracchia the Human Beast (Fracchia la belva umana) |
|
Policemen |
|
1981
|
| Wolfen |
|
Bodyguard |
|
1981
|
| For a Cop's Hide (Pour la peau d'un flic) |
Xavier Depraz |
Kasper |
|
1981
|
| The Loch Ness Horror |
Stuart Lancaster |
Prof. Pratt |
4-in barrel |
1969
|
| Sharky's Machine |
Burt Reynolds |
Sgt. Tom Sharky |
|
1981
|
| Porky's |
|
A Seward County Sheriff |
|
1981
|
| Enter the Ninja |
|
Venarius' bodyguard |
|
1981
|
| Choice of Arms |
Gérard Lanvin |
Inspector Sarlat |
4" barrel |
1981
|
| Choice of Arms |
Jean-Claude Bouillaud |
Andre |
4" barrel |
1981
|
| Bonnie and Clyde Italian Style (Bonnie e Clyde all'italiana) |
Jean Sorel |
The captain of Carabinieri |
|
1982
|
| Bonnie and Clyde Italian Style (Bonnie e Clyde all'italiana) |
Ornella Muti |
Giada |
|
1982
|
| The Shock (Le Choc) |
Jean-Louis Richard |
Inspector Maubert |
4" barrel |
1982
|
| The Shock (Le Choc) |
Alain Delon |
Christian Morelli |
4" barrel |
1982
|
| Scarface |
Ángel Salazar |
Chi Chi |
|
1983
|
| Octopussy |
|
U.S. Air Force Base Security Guard |
|
1983
|
| The Fighter (Le Battant) |
Alain Delon |
Jacques Darnay |
|
1983
|
| The Fighter (Le Battant) |
|
Sauvat's henchman |
|
1983
|
| Cover Up |
Claude Brasseur |
Martin Griffon |
4" barrel |
1983
|
| Cover Up |
Jacques Bondoux |
Rambert's henchman |
4" barrel |
1983
|
| The Outsider (Le Marginal) |
|
Mecacci's henchman |
snub nose |
1983
|
| The Ruffian |
Lino Ventura |
Aldo Sévenac |
6" barrel |
1983
|
| The Ruffian |
|
Indians |
6" barrel |
1983
|
| Firestarter |
George C. Scott |
John Rainbird |
4" barrel |
1984
|
| A Nightmare on Elm Street |
|
|
4" barrel |
1984
|
| Subway |
Christopher Lambert |
Fred |
4" barrel |
1985
|
| Police Academy 2 |
Colleen Camp |
Sgt. Kirkland |
|
1985
|
| Hold-Up |
Jean-Paul Belmondo |
Grimm |
6" barrel |
1985
|
| The Annihilators |
Bruce Evers |
Jesse |
Supposedly 2.5" barrel |
1985
|
| Invaders from Mars |
Jimmy Hunt |
Chief Ward |
|
1986
|
| Invaders from Mars |
Kenneth Kimmins |
Officer Kenney |
|
1986
|
| The Fugitives |
Jean Benguigui |
Labib |
|
1986
|
| Attention bandits! |
Jean Yanne |
Simon Verini |
|
1986
|
| Beverly Hills Cop II |
Judge Reinhold |
Detective Billy Rosewood |
|
1987
|
| Dragnet |
Tom Hanks |
Detective Pep Streebeck |
|
1987
|
| A Better Tomorrow II |
Chow Yun-Fat |
Ken Lee |
|
1987
|
| A Better Tomorrow II |
Ti Lung |
Sung Tse Ho |
|
1987
|
| A Better Tomorrow II |
Kenneth Tsang |
Ken |
|
1987
|
| Best Seller |
. |
Shooter at firing range |
|
1987
|
| Silent Night, Deadly Night Part 2 |
|
A police detective |
Stainless, 4" barrel |
1987
|
| A Man from the Boulevard des Capucines (Chelovek s bulvara Kaputsinov) |
Aleksandr Inshakov |
Johnson |
6" barrel |
1987
|
| In the Line of Duty III: Force of the Dragon |
Stephan Berwick |
Underground Gunsmith |
|
1988
|
| Dead Heat |
Shane Black |
patrolman |
|
1988
|
| Married to the Mob |
Oliver Platt |
Special Agent Ed Benitez |
|
1988
|
| Colors |
|
gang member |
|
1988
|
| Bulletproof |
Don Pike |
Montoya |
|
1988
|
| Miracle Mile |
Anthony Edwards |
Harry Washello |
|
1988
|
| Miracle Mile |
Robert DoQui |
Fred |
|
1988
|
| Miracle Mile |
Mare Winningham |
Julie |
|
1988
|
| Iron Eagle II |
Louis Gossett Jr. |
Brig. General Charles "Chappy" Sinclair |
|
1988
|
| In the Line of Duty: The FBI Murders |
Michael Gross |
William Matix |
|
1988
|
| They Live |
Roddy Piper |
Nada |
stainless steel |
1988
|
| Violent Cop |
|
|
4" barrel |
1989
|
| Kill Me Again |
|
Bodyguard, patrolman |
4" barrel |
1989
|
| Black Rain |
Michael Douglas |
Detective Nick Conklin |
|
1989
|
| Dead Bang |
Don Johnson |
Jerry Beck |
|
1989
|
| Tango & Cash |
|
Gunman |
|
1989
|
| The Last of the Finest |
Bill Paxton |
Det. Jones |
nickel plated |
1990
|
| Impulse |
Theresa Russell |
Lottie Mason |
|
1990
|
| L.A. Story |
|
L.A. commuter |
|
1990
|
| Kindergarten Cop |
Richard Tyson |
Crisp |
|
1990
|
| The Cops are Robbers |
James Keach |
Sgt. Frank Moran |
|
1990
|
| Darkman |
Christopher Doyle |
Goon |
Stainless |
1990
|
| Have a Nice Night (Passez une bonne nuit) |
Stéphane Bonnet |
Inspector Jacobi |
|
1990
|
| Want to Stay Alive (Le denier du colt) |
Stéphane Bonnet |
Inspector Jacobi |
|
1990
|
| La Femme Nikita |
|
|
|
1990
|
| The Silence of the Lambs |
Ted Levine |
Jame "Buffalo Bill" Gumb |
|
1991
|
| Nothing But Trouble |
Daniel Baldwin |
Arthur |
Snubnosed with nickel finish |
1991
|
| Boyz N The Hood |
Laurence Fishburne |
Furious |
|
1991
|
| Boyz n the Hood |
Cuba Gooding Jr |
|
|
1991
|
| Menace II Society |
Glenn Plummer |
Pernell |
|
1993
|
| City Hunter |
Jackie Chan |
Ryo Saeba |
|
1993
|
| The Real McCoy |
Henry Stram |
A cashier |
8" barrel |
1993
|
| Martial Outlaw |
Gary Wood |
LAPD Lt. Evans |
4" barrel |
1993
|
| The Getaway (1994) |
Michael Madsen |
Rudy Travis |
|
1994
|
| Canadian Bacon |
John Candy |
Sheriff Bud Boomer |
|
1995
|
| Canadian Bacon |
Kevin J. O'Connor |
Roy Boy |
|
1995
|
| La Haine |
|
police officer |
6" barrel |
1995
|
| Strange Days |
|
A Robber |
|
1995
|
| Maximum Risk |
|
A French police officer |
|
1996
|
| Twelve Monkeys |
Bruce Willis |
James Cole |
Snubnose-nickel plated |
1995
|
| Casino |
|
One of Tony Dogs' thugs |
|
1995
|
| Rumble in the Bronx |
|
NYPD officers |
|
1995
|
| Silent Hunter |
|
Sheriff deputies |
|
1995
|
| Midnight Man |
James Shigeta |
Mao Mak |
4" barrel |
1995
|
| Jingle All the Way |
|
Minneapolis P.D. officer |
|
1996
|
| Bounty Hunters |
Michael Dudikoff |
Jersey |
|
1996
|
| Mask of Death |
|
Police officers |
4" |
1996
|
| City of Industry |
Stephen Dorff |
Skip Kovich |
stainless, snub nosed |
1997
|
| Blade |
|
A hospital security guard |
|
1998
|
| Twilight |
Liev Schreiber |
Jeff Willis |
4" barrel |
1998
|
| Twilight |
Paul Newman |
Harry Ross |
4" barrel |
1998
|
| Belly |
|
A NYPD officer |
4" barrel |
1998
|
| The Bone Collector |
Ed O'Neill |
Det. Sellitto |
|
1999
|
| The Boondock Saints |
David Della Rocco |
Roc |
Snubnosed, nickel plated finish |
1999
|
| The Limey |
|
Valentine's bodyguard |
|
1999
|
| Scotland, PA. |
James LeGros |
Mac |
|
2001
|
| Crocodile 2: Death Swamp |
|
bank security guards |
|
2002
|
| Steal |
Steven McCarthy |
Frank |
|
2002
|
| Femme Fatale |
Antonio Banderas |
Nicola Bardo |
|
2002
|
| Lone Hero |
Ty Olsson |
Sticky |
Stainless, 6" barrel |
2002
|
| Lone Hero |
Robert Forster |
Gus |
Stainless, 6" barrel |
2002
|
| Antikiller |
|
"Barkas"'s henchman |
4" barrel |
2002
|
| Starsky & Hutch |
Owen Wilson |
Kenneth "Hutch" Hutchinson |
|
2004
|
| 36th Precinct |
Gérard Depardieu |
Denis Klein |
stainless, 4" barrel |
2004
|
| Land of the Dead |
Shawn Roberts |
Mike |
|
2005
|
| Hostage |
Kim Coates |
The Watchman |
Nickel plated |
2005
|
| Kilometer 31 |
Carlos Aragón |
Martin Ugalde |
Stainless Steel |
2006
|
| Payback |
Deborah Kara Unger |
Mrs. Lynn Porter |
|
2006
|
| A Few Days in September |
Sara Forestier |
Orlando |
4" Barrel, Nickel plated |
2006
|
| A Few Days in September |
Juliette Binoche |
Irène Montano |
4" Barrel, Nickel plated |
2006
|
| The Departed |
Ray Winstone |
Mr. French |
2.5" barrel |
2006
|
| Gangs of the Dead |
James C. Burns |
Campbell |
Snub Nose, Stainless |
2006
|
| He Was A Quiet Man |
|
|
|
2007
|
| American Gangster |
Denzel Washington |
Frank Lucas |
|
2007
|
| Planet Terror |
Freddy Rodriguez |
Wray |
Stainless 4" Model |
2007
|
| Planet Terror |
Tom Savini |
Deputy Tolo |
Stainless 4" Model |
2007
|
| Planet Terror |
Michael Biehn |
Sheriff Hague |
Stainless 4" Model |
2007
|
| Death Sentence |
Kevin Bacon |
Nick Hume |
|
2007
|
| Righteous Kill |
|
|
|
2008
|
| Give 'em Hell Malone |
David Andriole |
Pencil Stache |
continuity error |
2009
|
| Give 'em Hell Malone |
|
Henchmen |
|
2009
|
| The Other Guys |
Samuel L. Jackson |
Det. Highsmith |
|
2010
|
| 13 |
Mickey Rourke |
Jefferson |
|
2010
|
| 13 |
Sam Riley |
Vince |
|
2010
|
| 13 |
Alexander Skarsgård |
Jack |
|
2010
|
| Tucker and Dale vs Evil |
Philip Granger |
The sheriff |
6 in barrel, rubber grips, holstered |
2010
|
| Tucker and Dale vs Evil |
Travis Nelson |
Chuck |
6 in barrel, rubber grips |
2010
|
| Tucker and Dale vs Evil |
Jesse Moss |
Chad |
6 in barrel, rubber grips |
2010
|
| Bablo |
Vladimir Sychev |
Syoma |
Stainless 6" Model |
2011
|
| Street Kings 2: Motor City |
Ray Liotta |
Det. Kingston |
stainless 4" model |
2011
|
| Flypaper |
Tim Blake Nelson |
Billy Ray 'Peanut Butter' McCloud |
stainless 6" |
2011
|
| The Lookout |
Daniel Auteuil |
Inspector Mattei |
Snub-nose version |
2012
|
| Fire with Fire |
Vinnie Jones |
Boyd |
|
2012
|
| Fire with Fire |
Vincent D'Onofrio |
Hagan |
|
2012
|
| On the Other Side of the Tracks |
Laurent Lafitte |
François Monge |
6" model |
2012
|
| Casa de mi Padre |
Manuel Urrego |
Officer Blancardo |
stainless or nickel, snub |
2012
|
| Suave Patria |
Héctor Suárez |
Comandante Porfirio Narvaez |
stainless, 4" |
2012
|
| Battleground |
Hugh Lambe |
The Hunter |
|
2012
|
| John Wick |
Adrianne Palicki |
Ms. Perkins |
|
2014
|
Television
| Show Title
|
Actor
|
Character
|
Note / Episode
|
Air Date
|
| S.W.A.T. |
|
Thug |
"The Killing Ground" (S01E01) |
1975
|
| Starsky and Hutch |
David Soul |
Kenneth "Hutch" Hutchinson |
|
1975-1979
|
| The Professionals |
|
|
|
1977-1981
|
| Hill Street Blues |
James B. Sikking |
Lt Howard Hunter |
|
1981-1987
|
| Hunter |
Fred Dryer |
Det. Sgt. Rick Hunter |
|
1984-1991
|
| Miami Vice - Season 3 |
Haing S. Ngor |
Inspector Nguyn Van Trahn |
"Savage" (S3E15) |
1984-1989
|
| La Piovra |
Michele Placido |
Commissario Corrado Cattani |
2.5" barrel |
1984-2001
|
| Dempsey and Makepeace |
Michael Brandon |
Lt. Dempsey |
|
1985-1986
|
| Glynis Barber |
Det. Sgt. Makepeace |
|
| Crime Story |
Dennis Farina |
Lt. Mike Torello |
|
1986-1988
|
| Nestor Burma - Season 1 |
|
An actor |
"Corrida aux Champs-Élysées" (S1E3) |
1992
|
| Alarm für Cobra 11 - Die Autobahnpolizei |
|
|
|
1996-
|
| The X-Files - Season 6 |
Bryan Cranston |
Patrick Crump |
Stainless, 4" barrel, grooved grips / "Drive" (S6E02) |
1998
|
|
Security Guard |
Blued, 4" barrel / "Trevor" (S6E17) |
1999
|
| Law & Order: Special Victims Unit |
David Keith |
Detective Hawkins |
Stainless steel snub/"Redemption" (S3E06) |
2001
|
| Fabio Montale |
Eric Defosse |
Loubet |
4" barrel |
2002
|
| Firefly |
Alan Tudyk |
Wash Hoburn |
6" barrel,stainless finish |
2002-2003
|
| Chappelle's Show |
Dave Chappelle |
Silky Johnston |
|
2003-2006
|
| Mos Def |
General Cornrow Wallace |
|
2003-2006
|
| NCIS - Season 6 |
|
A gun dealer |
"Deliverance" (S06E15) |
2008-2009
|
| CSI: NY - Season 6 |
|
Rufus Knox |
"Uncertainty Rules" (S6E16) |
2009-2010
|
| William R. Spencer |
Troy Castro |
"Unusual Suspects" (S6E21)
|
| Hill Harper |
Dr. Sheldon Hawkes |
"Unusual Suspects" (S6E21)
|
| My Name is Earl |
Jaime Pressly |
Joy |
|
2005-2009
|
| Jericho |
Skeet Ulrich |
Jake Green |
|
2006-2008
|
| Prison Break - Season 2 |
Robert Knepper |
T-Bag |
|
2006-2007
|
| Sanctuary |
Aleks Paunovic |
"The Duke" |
Stainless, 4" barrel / "Penance" |
2007-2008
|
| Ashes to Ashes |
Phillip Glenister |
DCI Gene Hunt |
Stainless, 6" barrel, custom grips |
2008-2010
|
| Castle |
|
|
|
2009-Present
|
| Caprica |
|
|
"Ghosts in the Machine" (S01E07) |
2010
|
| The Walking Dead - Season 1 |
Andrew Lincoln |
Rick Grimes |
|
2010
|
| Falling Skies - Season 2 |
Colin Cunningham |
John Pope |
|
2011-
|
| The Walking Dead - Season 2 |
Andrew Lincoln |
Rick Grimes |
|
2011-2012
|
| Pruitt Taylor Vince |
Otis |
"Save the Last One" (S2E03) |
|
| Norman Reedus |
Daryl Dixon |
"Judge, Jury, Executioner" (S2E11) |
|
| Jon Bernthal |
Shane Walsh |
"Better Angels" (S2E12) |
|
| The Walking Dead - Season 3 |
Andrew Lincoln |
Rick Grimes |
|
2012-2013
|
| Vincent Ward |
Oscar |
"Killer Within" (S3E04) |
|
| Laurie Holden |
Andrea Harrison |
"Welcome to the Tombs" (S3E16) |
|
| Criminal Minds - Season 9 |
C. Thomas Howell |
George Foyet / 'The Boston Reaper' |
Nickel, 6" barrel / "Route 66" (S09E05) |
2013
|
| Tyrant |
|
Abbudinian Special Forces soldier |
Stainless / Episode 2 |
2014
|
| Banshee - Season 3 |
|
Sani Crow's tribesman |
stainless / Episode 8 |
2015
|
Video Games
Anime
Blank Firing Replicas
Bruni Magnum
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Television
Non-Firing Replicas
Crossman 3357 Revolver
Crossman 3357 Revolver is a .50 paintball revolver based on Colt Python which looks like a futuristic revolver, and is break-open.
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See Also
