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:

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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/ 5.5" 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.

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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".

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.

The Single Action Army is seen fitted with many different types of grips, the most common being wood, Vulcanite (early black plastic), Ivory, Pearl, and Stag Horn. Noting these differences is helpful to those visiting IMFDB, and is thus encouraged.

Film

• 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

• Jeremy Irons as Randall Bragg in Appaloosa

• Ed Harris as Virgil Cole 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