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Colt Detective Special
Introduced in 1927 as a snub-nosed variant of the Colt Police Positive Special.
In 1950, Colt introduced a lightweight alloy-framed variant of the DS, the Colt Cobra
The Colt Detective Special and variants can be seen in the following films, television series, video games, and anime used by the following actors:
Specifications
(1927-1986, 1993-1995)
- Type: Revolver
- Caliber: .38 Special, .32 New Police (.32 S&W Long)
- Weight: 1.3 lbs (0.59 kg)
- Length: 6.75 in (17.1 cm)
- Barrel length(s): 2 in (5.1 cm), 3 in (7.6 cm)
- Capacity: 6 round cylinder
- Fire Modes: SA/DA
Film
Television
| Show Title | Actor | Character | Note / Episode | Air Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dragnet | Jack Webb | Det. Sergeant Joe Friday | 1951-1959 | |
| The Andy Griffith Show | Don Knotts | Barney Fife | 1960-1968 | |
| The Man from U.N.C.L.E. | Senta Berger | Serena | "The Double Affair" (S01E08) | 1964-1968 |
| Mission: Impossible - Season 1 | Casino Guard | "Odds on Evil" (S01E06) | 1966 | |
| Mission: Impossible - Season 1 | Nico Minardos | Andre Malif | "Odds on Evil" (S01E06) | 1966 |
| Mission: Impossible - Season 1 | Steven Hill | Dan Briggs | "Wheels" (S01E07) | 1966 |
| Mission: Impossible - Season 1 | Steven Hill | Dan Briggs | "Fakeout" (S01E12) | 1966 |
| Mission: Impossible - Season 1 | Lloyd Bridges | Anastas Poltroni/Ted Carson | "Fakeout" (S01E12) | 1966 |
| Mission: Impossible - Season 1 | Greg Morris | Barney Collier | "The Legacy" (S01E15) | 1967 |
| Mission: Impossible - Season 1 | Peter Lupus | Willy Armitage | "The Legacy" (S01E15) | 1967 |
| Mission: Impossible - Season 1 | Martin Landau | Rollin Hand | "The Reluctant Dragon" (S01E16) | 1967 |
| Mission: Impossible - Season 1 | John Colicos | Commissioner Taal Jankowski | "The Reluctant Dragon" (S01E16) | 1967 |
| Mission: Impossible - Season 1 | Joe De Santis | Vito Scalisi | "The Frame" (S01E17) | 1967 |
| Mission: Impossible - Season 1 | Greg Morris | Barney Collier | "The Diamond" (S01E19) | 1967 |
| Mission: Impossible - Season 1 | Steven Hill | Dan Briggs | "The Legend" (S01E20) | 1967 |
| Mission: Impossible - Season 1 | Gunnar Hellström | Frederick Rudd | "The Legend" (S01E20) | 1967 |
| Mission: Impossible - Season 1 | Kent Smith | Senator William Townsend | "The Confession" (S01E22) | 1967 |
| Mission: Impossible - Season 1 | Greg Morris | Barney Collier | "The Shock" (S01E25) | 1967 |
| Mission: Impossible - Season 2 | Martin Landau | Rollin Hand | "The Widow" (S02E01) | 1967 |
| Mission: Impossible - Season 2 | Peter Graves | Jim Phelps | "Trek" (S02E02) | 1967 |
| Mission: Impossible - Season 2 | Mark Lenard | Col. Cardoza | "Trek" (S02E02) | 1967 |
| Mission: Impossible - Season 2 | Dan O'Herlihy | Jack Cole | "Trek" (S02E02) | 1967 |
| Mission: Impossible - Season 2 | Pierre Jalbert | Paul Lebarre | "The Bank" (S02E04) | 1967 |
| Mission: Impossible - Season 2 | Greg Morris | Barney Collier | "The Bank" (S02E04) | 1967 |
| Mission: Impossible - Season 2 | Martin Landau | Rollin Hand | "The Slave: Part 1" (S02E05) | 1967 |
| Mission: Impossible - Season 2 | Peter Graves | Jim Phelps | "The Slave: Part 2" (S02E06) | 1967 |
| Mission: Impossible - Season 2 | Steve Franken | Akim Hadramut | "The Slave: Part 2" (S02E06) | 1967 |
| Mission: Impossible - Season 2 | David Mauro | Prince Fasar | "The Slave: Part 2" (S02E06) | 1967 |
| Mission: Impossible - Season 2 | Martin Landau | Rollin Hand | "Operation Heart" (S02E07) | 1967 |
| Mission: Impossible - Season 2 | Pernell Roberts | President Beyron Rurich | "Operation Heart" (S02E07) | 1967 |
| Mission: Impossible - Season 2 | Peter Graves | Jim Phelps | "The Money Machine" (S02E08) | 1967 |
| Mission: Impossible - Season 2 | Darren McGavin | J. Richard Taggart | "The Seal" (S02E09) | 1967 |
| Mission: Impossible - Season 2 | Peter Graves | Jim Phelps | "The Seal" (S02E09) | 1967 |
| Mission: Impossible - Season 2 | Greg Morris | Barney Collier | "The Council: Part 1" (S02E11) | 1967 |
| Mission: Impossible - Season 2 | Paul Stevens | Frank Wayne | "The Council: Part 1" (S02E11) | 1967 |
| Mission: Impossible - Season 2 | Eric Braeden | Col. Markus von Frank | "Echo of Yesterday" (S02E14) | 1967 |
| Mission: Impossible - Season 2 | Peter Graves | Jim Phelps | "Echo of Yesterday" (S02E14) | 1967 |
| Mission: Impossible - Season 2 | Peter Graves | Jim Phelps | "The Photographer" (S02E15) | 1967 |
| Mission: Impossible - Season 2 | Greg Morris | Barney Collier | "The Photographer" (S02E15) | 1967 |
| Mission: Impossible - Season 2 | Martin Landau | Rollin Hand | "The Photographer" (S02E15) | 1967 |
| Mission: Impossible - Season 2 | Peter Lupus | Willy Armitage | "The Photographer" (S02E15) | 1967 |
| Mission: Impossible - Season 2 | John Randolph | Alex Morley | "The Photographer" (S02E15) | 1967 |
| Mission: Impossible - Season 2 | Claude Woolman | Williams | "The Emerald" (S02E18) | 1968 |
| Mission: Impossible - Season 2 | Peter Graves | Jim Phelps | "The Condemned" (S02E19) | 1968 |
| Mission: Impossible - Season 2 | Peter Lupus | Willy Armitage | "The Condemned" (S02E19) | 1968 |
| Mission: Impossible - Season 2 | Martin Landau | Rollin Hand | "The Counterfeiter" (S02E20) | 1968 |
| Mission: Impossible - Season 2 | Peter Graves | Jim Phelps | "The Counterfeiter" (S02E20) | 1968 |
| Mission: Impossible - Season 2 | Peter Graves | Jim Phelps | "The Phoenix" (S02E23) | 1968 |
| Mission: Impossible - Season 2 | Greg Morris | Barney Collier | "The Phoenix" (S02E23) | 1968 |
| Mission: Impossible - Season 2 | Peter Lupus | Willy Armitage | "The Phoenix" (S02E23) | 1968 |
| Mission: Impossible - Season 3 | Thomas A. Geas | Vince | "The Contender: Part 1" (S03E02), w/ & w/o suppressor | 1968 |
| Mission: Impossible - Season 3 | Sugar Ray Robinson | Wesley | "The Contender: Part 2" (S03E03) | 1968 |
| Mission: Impossible - Season 3 | Donnelly Rhodes | Raymond Barret | "The Freeze" (S03E11) | 1968 |
| Mission: Impossible - Season 3 | James Patterson | Johnny Costa | "The System" (S03E15) | 1969 |
| Mission: Impossible - Season 3 | Martin Landau | Rollin Hand | "The System" (S03E15) | 1969 |
| Hawaii Five-O | Jack Lord | Steve McGarrett | Nickel Plated | 1968-1980 |
| Hawaii Five-O - Season 1 | Simon Oakland | Benny Kaluna | 1968-1969 | |
| Adam-12 | L.A.P.D. Detectives | 1968-1975 | ||
| Columbo | Dick Van Dyke | Paul Galesko | 1st Gen/ "Negative Reaction" (S04E02) | 1971-2003 |
| Columbo | Jack Cassidy | The Great Santini | 1st Gen; Suppressed/ "Now You See Him" (S05E05) | 1971-2003 |
| Columbo | George Wendt | Graham McVeigh | 3rd Gen; Nickel/ "Strange Bedfellows" (S13E01) | 1971-2003 |
| Columbo | Jay Acovone | Bruno Romano | 3rd Gen; Nickel/ "Strange Bedfellows" (S13E01) | 1971-2003 |
| Police Story | Vic Morrow | Sgt. LaFrieda | "Countdown" | 1973-1977 |
| Police Story | Martin Balsam | Det. Koster | "Man on a Rack" | 1973-1977 |
| The Rockford Files | James Garner | Jim Rockford | 1974-1980 | |
| Charlie's Angels (TV) | Farrah Fawcett | Jill Monroe | 1976-1981 | |
| Charlie's Angels (TV) | Kate Jackson | Sabrina Duncan | 1976-1981 | |
| Charlie's Angels (TV) | Jaclyn Smith | Kelly Garrett | 1976-1981 | |
| Hawaii Five-O | Sharon Farrell | Officer Lori Wilson | hammer shroud | 1979 - 1980 |
| Hawaii Five-O | Jack Lord | Steve McGarrett | 3rd Gen/Post 1972 | 1979 - 1980 |
| Hawaii Five-O | Moe Keale | Det. "Truck" Kealoha | 1979 - 1980 | |
| Magnum P.I. | Eugene Roche | Luther Gillis | 1980-1988 | |
| Cagney & Lacey | Tyne Daly | Det. Mary Beth Lacey | 1981-1988 | |
| T.J. Hooker | William Shatner | Sgt. Hooker | 1982-1986 | |
| T.J. Hooker | Leonard Nimoy | Lt. Paul McGuire | "Vengeance is Mine" (S2E17) | 1982-1986 |
| Hill Street Blues | John Ratzenberger | O'Conner | "Some Like It Hot-Wired" (S02E15) | 1982 - 1987 |
| Hill Street Blues | Kiel Martin | Detective John "J.D." LaRue | 1982 - 1987 | |
| Hill Street Blues | Daniel J. Travanti | Captain Frank Furillo | 2nd and 3rd Generations | 1982 - 1987 |
| Hill Street Blues | Charles Haid | Officer Andy Renko | 1981 - 1987 | |
| The A-Team | Various | 1983-1987 | ||
| Crime Story | Bill Smitrovich | Sgt. Danny Krychek | 1986-1988 | |
| Crime Story | Billy Campbell | Detective Joey Indelli | 1986-1988 | |
| Julie Lescaut | Florent Bigot de Nesles | Cédric Jambet | "Rédemption" (S20E03) | 1992-2013 |
| Inspector Morse | Ian McDiarmid | Hugo De Vries | "Masonic Mysteries" (S04E04) | 1990 |
| Homicide: Life on the Street | Melissa Leo | Sgt. Kay Howard | 1993-1999 | |
| Nestor Burma - Season 2 | Guy Marchand | Nestor Burma | 3rd Gen.; "Un croque-mort nommé Nestor" (S2E5) | 1993 |
| Nestor Burma - Season 2 | Cécile Pallas | Janine Deregier | 3rd Gen.; "Un croque-mort nommé Nestor" (S2E5) | 1993 |
| Nestor Burma - Season 2 | Christian Crahay | Albert Buard | 3rd Gen.; "Un croque-mort nommé Nestor" (S2E5) | 1993 |
| Nestor Burma - Season 3 | Sady Rebbot | Dr. Bluvette | 3rd Gen.; "Nestor Burma et le Monstre" (S3E6) | 1994 |
| Nestor Burma - Season 3 | A police detective | 3rd Gen.; "Brouillard au pont de Tolbiac" (S3E5) | 1994 | |
| Nestor Burma - Season 4 | Pierre Tornade | Commissioneer Faroux | 3rd Gen.; "Le Cinquième Procédé" (S4E2) | 1994 |
| Nestor Burma - Season 4 | François-Régis Marchasson | Colonel Bastien | 3rd Gen.; "Le Cinquième Procédé" (S4E2) | 1994 |
| Nestor Burma - Season 4 | Alain Rimoux | Lebusse | 3rd Gen.; "Les Paletots sans manches" (S4E3) | 1995 |
| Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman | Michelle Phillips | Claudette Wilde | 1993 - 1997 | |
| Homicide: Life on the Street | Melissa Leo | Sergeant Kay Howard | 1993 - 1999 | |
| Homicide: Life on the Street | Ned Beatty | Det. Bolander | 1994-1995 | |
| The X-Files - Season 4 | Morgan Weisser | Lee Harvey Oswald | "Musings of a Cigarette-Smoking Man" (S4E07) | 1996 |
| Medicopter 117 - Jedes Leben zählt - Season 4 | robber | sixth episode | 2001 | |
| L.A. Confidential | C. Thomas Howell | bank robber | unsold pilot | 2003 |
| Sailor Suit and Machine Gun | Kôtarô Tanaka | Yuji Tezuka | 2006 | |
| Sailor Suit and Machine Gun | Akiyoshi Nakao | Kenji Sakai | 2006 | |
| Jericho | Erik Knudsen | Dale Turner | 2006-2008 | |
| Dexter | Michael C. Hall | Dexter Morgan | 2006-2013 | |
| Blade: The Series | episode 8, Sacrifice | 2006 | ||
| It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia | Danny DeVito | Frank Reynolds | 2006- | |
| Closer, The - Season 2 | 2006 | |||
| Life on Mars | Harvey Keitel | Det. Gene Hunt | 2008-2009 | |
| Castle - Season 2 | Ruben Santiago-Hudson | NYPD Captain Roy Montgomery | "Sucker Punch" (S2E13) | 2009-2010 |
| The Walking Dead | Norman Reedus | Daryl Dixon | 2010-???? | |
| The Walking Dead | Laurie Holden | Andrea | 2010-???? | |
| The Walking Dead | Melissa McBride | Carol Peletier | 2010-???? | |
| The Walking Dead - Season 3 | Sarah Wayne Callies | Lori Gtimes | 2010-???? | |
| Julie Lescaut | Florent Bigot de Nesles | Cédric Jambet | "Rédemption" (S20E03) | 2010 |
| Justified - Season 1 | Stephen Root | Judge Mike "The Hammer" Reardon | "The Hammer" (S1E10) | 2010 |
| Vegas | Dennis Quaid | Sheriff Lamb | Episode:"Pilot" | 2012-???? |
| Mob City | Jon Bernthal | Detective Teague | 2013 | |
| Mob City | Robert Knepper | Sid Rothman | 2013 | |
| Bonnie and Clyde (2013) | Holliday Grainger | Bonnie Parker | 2013 | |
| Bonnie and Clyde (2013) | Emile Hirsch | Clyde Barker | 2013 | |
| Endeavour - Season 1 | Seen in drawer; "Girl" (S01E01) | 2013 | ||
| The Spoils of Babylon | Will Ferrell | Eric Jonrosh | "The Age of the Bastard" (E5) | 2014 |
| Fargo | Keir O'Donnell | Det. Schmidt | "Did you do this? No, you did it!" (S2E07) | 2015 |
| Agent Carter | Enver Gjokaj | Daniel Sousa | 2015 | |
| Agent Carter | SSR Agents | 2016 | ||
| Stranger Things | Linnea Berthelsen | Kali Prasad / Eight | "Chapter Seven: The Lost Sister" (S2E07) | 2017 |
Video Games
| Game Title | Appears as | Note | Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mafia: The City of Lost Heaven | 2002 | ||
| The Godfather | "Snubnose" | 2006 | |
| L.A. Noire | 2011 |
Anime
| Title | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ninja Ryukenden | Kidnapper | 1991 |
Reck Cobra
Reck Cobra is a German single/double action 6-shot gas-firing and rubber-firing revolver, based on 3rd Generation Colt Detective Special.
The Reck Cobra 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seven Cabins (Sem kabinok) | Pavel Badyrov | Viktor Pavlovich | 2007 | |
| Not Gonna Get Us (Nas ne dogonish) | Natalya Egorova | Nina Petrovna Marysheva | 2007 | |
| Dmitriy Shevchenko | Semyon | |||
| Ekaterina Vilkova | Nasos | |||
| Svetlana Svetikova | Olga |
See Also
- Colt's Manufacturing Company - A list of all firearms manufactured by Colt.
- Colt SF-VI/DS-II - Newer, updated version of the Colt Detective Special.