Single Action Army

The Single Action Army a.k.a. Peacemaker or Frontiersman has been used by the following actors in the following movies, television series, anime, and video games:

For identification purposes, it is prefered the gun is labeled as a "Single Action Army" as opposed to a "Colt 1873" or "Colt Single Action Army" as many companies such as Uberti, Ruger Vaquero, and Beretta have replicated SAAs to the point in which labeling them all as a Colt would be incorrect. Do not label it as a Colt unless 100% positive it IS a Colt.

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Colt Single Action Army w/ 4.75" barrel, referred to as "Quick-Draw" or "Civilian" model.

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Colt Single Action Army w/ 5" barrel known as the "Artillery" model. The most common of the SAA revolvers as it is just the right length. .45 Long Colt

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Colt Single Action Army w/ 7.5" barrel known as the "Cavalry" model.

Film

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Colt Single Action Army produced in Bisley, England. 5" barrel known as the "Bisley Colt". Note distinct grip and hammer shape.

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Colt Single Action Army w/ 12" barrel known as the "Buntline Special".

* John Wayne as Marshall Reuben T. "Rooster" Cogburn and Robert Duvall as "Lucky" Ned Pepper in True Grit

• Tony Goldwyn as Colonel Bagley in The Last Samurai

• Viggo Mortensen as Frank T. Hopkins in Hidalgo

• Robert Duvall as "Boss" Spearman in Open Range

• Russell Crowe as Ben Wade in 3:10 to Yuma

• Brad Pitt in The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford

• Jason Isaacs as Colonel Mekum in Soldier (with pearl grips)

• Clint Eastwood as The Man With No Name in A Fistful of Dollars

• Fred Ward as Earl in Tremors

• Paul Newman as Butch Cassidy and Robert Redford as the Sundance Kid in Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

• Joel McCrea in Ride the High Country

• Kevin Costner in Open Range

• Charlton Heston as Sam Burgade in The Last Hard Men

• Several actors in Tombstone

• Numerous characters in Silverado

• Numerous characters in Appaloosa

• Matthew McConaughey, Ethan Hawke, and other characters in The Newton Boys

• Michael Parks in Planet Terror

• Burt Lancaster and other characters in The Professionals (1966)

• William Holden in The Wild Bunch

• Owen Wilson as Roy O'Bannon in Shanghai Noon

• Gary Cooper in Sergeant York (1941)

• Johnny Depp as William Blake in Dead Man

• Patrick Swayze as Jed Eckert in Red Dawn

• Richard Harris as English Bob in Unforgiven

Television

• Brent Spiner as Data, Michael Dorn as Worf, and Marina Sirtis as Deanna Troi in Star Trek: The Next Generation (Episode "A Fist Full of Datas")

• Numerous characters in Deadwood

• CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

• Tom Berenger as Teddy Roosevelt in Rough Riders

• Willie Nelson as a Texas Ranger in Miami Vice (episode: "El Viejo")

• Star Trek (episode: "Spectre of the Gun")

Video Games

• Metal Gear Solid and its remake Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes

• Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty

• Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater

• Gun

• Resident Evil 2

• Timesplitters 2 as the Garret Revolver

Anime

• Cowboy Andy and the hosts of Big Shots on Cowboy Bebop
• A character in the Spaghetti Western in Cowboy Bebop the Movie: Knockin' on Heaven's Door