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Smith & Wesson Model 36 / 38
The Smith & Wesson Model 36 / 38 and variants can be seen in the following films, television series, video games, and anime used by the following actors:
Smith & Wesson Model 36 "Chiefs Special"
The Smith and Wesson Model 36 (often called simply ".38 snubnose") was introduced in 1950 as the "Chief's Special" (sometimes called the "Police Chiefs Special"). When Smith & Wesson adopted a model number only system seven years later, the revolvers' name was changed to Model 36. It is famous as being the first J-frame revolver in the S&W series (the earlier models were called "I-frames"). It is commonly used as a "belly gun", being stuffed in the pants waist, or as an officer's "Spare Rod", strapped to the ankle in a holster. It holds five rounds of .38 Special. Most of the Model 36 revolvers have been manufactured with the so-called "round-butt", but periodically Smith & Wesson would produce runs of the model with the "square-butt" configuration.
Film
Television
| Show Title | Actor | Character | Note / Episode | Air Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adam-12 | Kent McCord | Officer Jim Reed | 1968-1975 | |
| Adam-12 | Martin Milner | Officer Pete Malloy | 1968-1975 | |
| Columbo | Peter Falk | Lt. Columbo | "Lady in Waiting " (S01E05), "No Time to Die" (S11E02) | 1968-2003 |
| Jack Cassidy | Ken Franklin | "Murder by the Book" (S01E01) | ||
| Ross Martin | Dale Kingston | "Suitable for Framing" (S01E04) | ||
| Rosanna Huffman | Tracy O'Connor | "Suitable for Framing" (S01E04) | ||
| Susan Clark | Beth Chadwick | "Lady in Waiting " (S01E05) | ||
| Doug Savant | Detective Dennis Mulrooney | "No Time to Die" (S11E02) | ||
| Thomas Calabro | Detective Andy Parma | "No Time to Die" (S11E02) | ||
| Hawaii Five-O | Jack Lord | Steve McGarret | 1968-1979 | |
| Hawaii Five-O | Kam Fong | Chin Ho | 1968-1979 | |
| Hawaii Five-O | James MacArthur | Danny "Danno" Williams | 1968-1979 | |
| Hawaii Five-O | Ed Asner | August March | "Wooden Model of a Rat" (S8E14) | 1975 |
| S.W.A.T. | Mark Shera | Officer Dominic Luca | 1975-1976 | |
| The Professionals | Gordon Jackson | George Cowley | 1977-1983 | |
| Hawaii Five-O | William Smith | Det. James "Kimo" Carew | 1979 - 1980 | |
| Magnum P.I. | Eugene Roche | Luther Gillis | 1980-1988 | |
| Simon & Simon | Jameson Parker | A.J. Simon | 1981-1989 | |
| Hill Street Blues | Charles Hallahan | Narcotics Officer Charlie Weeks | 1981-1987 | |
| T.J. Hooker | William Shatner | Sgt. Hooker | 1982-1986 | |
| Hill Street Blues | Kiel Martin | Detective John "J.D." LaRue | 1982 - 1987 | |
| Hunter | Stepfanie Kramer | Dee Dee McCall | "High Bleacher Man" (S1E09) | 1984-1991 |
| Victoria Bass | Arlene Whitewood | "Burned" (S2E14) | ||
| Shelley Taylor Morgan | Sgt. Kitty O'Hearn | "Shades" (S3E22), "City of Passion: Part 3" (S4E08) | ||
| The Equalizer - Season 1 | J.T. Walsh | Sam Griffith | 1985-1986 | |
| Airwolf - Season 3 | "Day of Jeopardy" (S3E15) | 1985-1986 | ||
| Crime Story | Chicago PD Detectives | 1986-1988 | ||
| Miami Vice | Philip Michael Thomas | Detective Ricardo Tubbs | 1984-1989 | |
| Miami Vice | Steven Keats | Jack Rivers | 1987-1988 | |
| Law & Order | Chris Noth | Detective Mike Logan | 1990-1995 | |
| Law & Order | George Dzundza | Sergeant Max Greevey | 1990-1991 | |
| Law & Order | Paul Sorvino | Sergeant Phil Cerreta | 1991-1992 | |
| Law & Order | Jerry Orbach | Detective Lennie Briscoe | 1992-2004 | |
| Law & Order | Dann Florek | Captain Donald Cragen | 1990-1993 | |
| Law & Order | S. Epatha Merkerson | Lieutenant Anita Van Buren | 1993-2010 | |
| Law & Order - Season 4 | Paul Geier | Barry Talbott | "Sweeps" (S04E01) | 1993 |
| Nestor Burma - Season 2 | Buard's henchman | "Un croque-mort nommé Nestor" (S2E5) | 1993 | |
| Nestor Burma - Season 3 | Anny Romand | Jacqueline Dastiex | "L'Homme au sang bleu" (S3E1) | 1993 |
| Law & Order - Season 6 | Benjamin Bratt | Detective Rey Curtis | "Humiliation" (S06E07) | 1995 |
| The X-Files - Season 2 | John Pyper-Ferguson | Paul | "F. Emasculata" (S2E22) | 1995 |
| Lady Cop (Die Kommissarin) - Season 2 | Uwe Fellensiek | Heiner Köster | "Hinter Gittern" (S02E2) | 1995 |
| Lady Cop (Die Kommissarin) - Season 2 | Brigitte Janner | Marianne Becher | "Hinter Gittern" (S02E2) | 1995 |
| JAG - Season 1 | Cress Williams | Captain Overton | "The Brotherhood" (S1E12) | 1995 |
| Viper | Myles Ferguson | Kyle Reese | "Turf Wars") | 1996-1999 |
| Third Watch | Skip Sudduth | Officer John "Sully" Sullivan | 1999-2005 | |
| The Sopranos | David Proval | Richie Aprile | 1999-2007 | |
| Angel | David Proval | Det. Lockley | 1999-2006 | |
| Truckers | 2000-2001 | |||
| Monk | David Koechner | Joey Krenshaw | "Mr. Monk and the Daredevil" | 2002-2009 |
| Dragnet | Eva Longoria | Det. Gloria Duran | 2003-2004 | |
| L.A. Confidential | Kiefer Sutherland | Jack Vincennes | unsold pilot | 2003 |
| Chappelle's Show | Charlie Murphy | Rodney "Quills" Dinkins | s2e7 | 2003-2006 |
| Frank Riva - Season 1 | Sophie von Kessel | Commissioner Lydie Herzog | Nickel plated | 2003 |
| Matthieu Rozé | Lt. Jean-Luc Roth | |||
| Frank Riva - Season 2 | Eric Defosse | Jimmy Esperanza | In leg holster | 2004 |
| Rescue Me | 2004-2011 | |||
| My Name is Earl | Mike O'Malley | Officer Stuart Daniels | (S1E22) | 2005-2009 |
| My Name is Earl | Giovanni Ribisi | Ralph | (S2E05) | 2005-2009 |
| Criminal Minds | Various | 2005- | ||
| Criminal Minds - Season 3 | Bailey Chase | Jason Clark Battle | "Lucky" (S03E08), "Penelope" (S03E09) | 2007 |
| Dolmen | Ingrid Chauvin | Marie Kermeur | 2005 | |
| The Unit - Season 1 | Tzi Ma | Rudy Hartano | 2006 | |
| Heroes - Season 1 | Matthew John Armstrong | Ted Sprague | 2006-2007 | |
| Torchwood | 2006-2011 | |||
| Burn Notice - Season 1 | Nate | "Old Friends" (S1E04) | 2007 | |
| Criminal Minds - Season 3 | Bailey Chase | James Colby Baylor/Jason Clark Battle | "Penelope" (S03E09) | 2007-2008 |
| Kill Point, The | Donnie Wahlberg | Captain Horst Cali | 2007 | |
| Heroes - Season 2 | Katie Carr | Caitlin | "Lizards" (S2E02) | 2007 |
| Journeyman | Josh Daugherty | William | "Year of the Rabbit" Season 1 Episode 4 | 2007 |
| Guns | 2008 | |||
| Flashpoint (2008) | various subjects | 2008-2012 | ||
| Mentalist, The - Season 1 | Julian Acosta | Davis Police Department Detective Steve Preciado | "The Thin Red Line" (S1E08) | 2008-2009 |
| Community | Alison Brie | Annie Edison | (S2E19) | 2009-Present |
| Dark Blue | Logan Marshall-Green | Dean Bendis | 2009 | |
| CSI: NY - Season 6 | Alex Cranmer | Bob Tanner | "Cuckoo's Nest" (S06E08) | 2009 |
| CSI: NY - Season 6 | Santa | "Second Chances" (S06E11) | 2009 | |
| CSI: NY - Season 6 | Brian Goodman | Tony Dirisa | "Rest in Peace, Marina Garito" (S06E18) | 2010 |
| CSI: NY - Season 6 | "Unusual Suspects" (S06E21), with bobbed hammer | 20104 | ||
| CSI: NY - Season 6 | Edward Furlong | Sean Casey | "Vacation Getaway" (S06E23) | 2010 |
| Supernatural - Season 5 | Jensen Ackles | Dean Winchester | Nickel plated / "Swan Song" (S05E22) | 2010 |
| Supernatural - Season 6 | Ingrid Nilson | Jane Peterson | "You Can't Handle The Truth" (S06E06) | 2010 - 2011 |
| Supernatural - Season 6 | Aleks Paunovic | Skinwalker | "All Dogs Go To Heaven" (S06E08) | 2010 - 2011 |
| Supernatural - Season 6 | Mitch Pileggi | Samuel Campbell | "...And Then There Were None" (S06E16) | 2010 - 2011 |
| Supernatural - Season 6 | Jensen Ackles | Dean Winchester | "...And Then There Were None" (S06E16) | 2010 - 2011 |
| Haven | Nicholas Campbell | Chief Wournos | 2010-present | |
| Haven | Lucas Bryant | Detective Nathan Wuornos | 2010-Present | |
| Justified | Marshall Allman | Donovan | "Guy Walks Into a Bar" (S3E10) | 2010-Present |
| Sons of Anarchy - Season 3 | Ally Walker | ATF Agent Stahl | "June Wedding" (S3E12) | 2010 |
| Chase | Robert Knepper | Jack Druggan | The Comeback Kid | 2010-2011 |
| Hawaii Five-0 - Season 2 | Ed Asner | August March | "Kalele" (S2E19) | 2011 |
| The Confession | Kiefer Sutherland | The Confessor | 2011 | |
| The Confession | Curtis McClarin | Man in house | 2011 | |
| Detroit 1-8-7 | Kristina Apgar | Riley Sullivan | "Stone Cold" (S01E16) | 2011 |
| Nikita - Season 2 | Dr. Henderson | "Crossbow' (E22) | 2011-2012 | |
| Person of Interest - Season 1 | thug | "Pilot" (S1E01) | 2011-2012 | |
| Chicago Code, The | Russian arms deale | 2011 | ||
| Elementary | Murder Suspect | 2012-???? | ||
| Southland - Season 4 | 2012 | |||
| Leverage | "The D.B. Cooper Job" (S5E06) | 2012 | ||
| CSI Andel (Kriminálka Andel) - Season 3 | Jan Hájek | Kamil Synek | "Pohřbená zaživa" (S3E03) | 2012 |
| CSI Andel (Kriminálka Andel) - Season 3 | Hana Vagnerová | Tereza Šmuková | "Pohřbená zaživa" (S3E03) | 2012 |
| The Walking Dead - Season 3 | Scott Wilson | Hershel | "Arrow on the Doorpost" (S3E13) | 2012-2013 |
| Chicago Fire | Jason Beghe | Sgt. Henry "Hank" Voight | 2012 | |
| Ray Donovan | 2013- | |||
| Blacklist, The - Season 1 | 2013-2014 | |||
| Longmire - Season 2 | "Carcasses" (S02E02) | 2013 | ||
| Hannibal - Season 2 | Hugh Dancy | Will Graham | 2014 | |
| Gang Related (2014) | 2014 | |||
| Chicago P.D. - Season 1) | 2014 | |||
| Quantico | Shoba Narayanan | Alex | "Run" (S01E01 | 2015 |
| Strike Back - Season 5 | Michelle Yeoh | Mei Foster | S05E03 | 2015 |
| Gotham - Season 1 | Dan Ziskie | Jude | "Everyone Has a Cobblepot" | 2015 |
| From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series - Season 2 | Zane Holtz | Richie Gecko | 2015 | |
| Shades of Blue - Season 1 | Shuler Hensley | Frank Kovach | "Fall of Man" (S1E06) | 2015 |
| Shades of Blue - Season 1 | Peter Jay Fernandez | Isiah | "Fall of Man" (S1E06) | 2015 |
| Agent Carter | Enver Gjokaj | Daniel Sousa | 2015 | |
| Agent Carter | Chad Michael Murray | Agent Jack Thompson | 2015 | |
| Agent Carter | SSR agents | 2016 | ||
| Lucifer | Bailey Noble | Lindsay Jolson | nickel plated, "Manly Whatnots" | 2016 |
| Shades of Blue | Peter Jay Fernandez | Isiah | "Live Wire Act" (S1E09) | 2016 |
| Endeavour - Season 3 | Robbie Carpenter | Paul Marlock | "Coda" (S03E04) | 2016 |
| Stranger Things | store clerk | "Chapter Seven: The Lost Sister" (S2E07) | 2017 | |
| Stranger Things | Aimee Mullins | Terry Ives | "Chapter Five: Dig Dug" (S2E05) | 2017 |
| Fargo | Scoot McNairy | Maurice | "The Law of Vacant Places" (S3E01) | 2017 |
| Magnum P.I. | "From the Head Down" (S1E02) | 2018- | ||
| Magnum P.I. | "Payback is for Beginners" (S2E01) | 2019 |
Video Game
| Game Title | Appears as | Note | Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Walking Dead: The Final Season | 2018 |
Anime
| Title | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ninja Ryukenden | Irene Lew | 1991 | |
| Gunsmith Cats | Rally | 1995-1996 | |
| You're Under Arrest! - Season 1 | Aoi Futaba | File #5 "The Beauty, His Name is Aoi" | 1996 |
| Case Closed | Vermouth | Ep. 345 - 'Head-to-Head Match with the Black Organization: A Dual Mystery on a Full Moon Night' (2004) | 1996 - |
| Ryosuke Omine | Ep. 547/548 - 'Two Days with the Culprit' (2009) | ||
| You're Under Arrest: The Movie | Detective Inspector Tokuno | 1999 | |
| Ceres, Celestial Legend | Mr. Mikage, Grandfather Mikagi | 2000 | |
| Ghost in the Shell Stand Alone Complex | The Laughing Man | 2002-2003 | |
| Black Lagoon: The Second Barrage | Elroy | 2006 | |
| Death Note | Matsuda | 2006 | |
| Darker Than Black | Alice Wang | 2007 | |
| Devil May Cry | scheming devil | 2007 | |
| The Strange Case Files of Ryoko Yakushiji | Yukiko Muromachi | 2008 | |
| Lupin the 3rd vs. Detective Conan | Duke Gerard Musca Vespaland | continuity error | 2009 |
| Eden of the East | Takizawa Akira | 2009 | |
| Eden of the East the Movie I: King of Eden | Saki Morimi | 2009 | |
| Phantom: Requiem for the Phantom | Zwei | 2009 | |
| Lupin the 3rd vs. Detective Conan: The Movie | FBI Agent Jodie Starling | 2013 | |
| FBI Agent James Black | |||
| Case Closed: Dimensional Sniper | FBI Agent Jodie Starling | 2014 | |
| Stella Women's Academy, High School Division Class C³ | Aoi | 2013 | |
| Case Closed: The Darkest Nightmare | FBI Agent Jodie Starling | 2016 | |
| Case Closed: The Scarlet Bullet | FBI Agent Jodie Starling | 2021 |
Smith & Wesson Model 38/49
The Smith & Wesson Model 38/49 "Bodyguard" is a Model 36 that has a "Camel Hump" hammer shroud used to prevent clothing snag, as the hammer is concealed in the shroud. The Smith & Wesson Bodyguard was unusual in that the alloy framed "Airweight" version was released first, as the Smith & Wesson Airweight Bodyguard, in 1955. In 1957 Smith & Wesson introduced a new model numbering system, with the Airweight Bodyguard becoming the Model 38. The steel-framed Bodyguard, the Model 49, was not introduced until 1959, unusual in that most Airweights were preceded by their steel counterparts. In Saigon, Vietnam in February 1968, a Bodyguard revolver was used by General Nguyễn Ngọc Loan to summarily execute Viet Cong assassin Nguyễn Văn Lém, resulting in one of the most recognized images of the Vietnam war. For the new polymer framed Bodyguard see Smith & Wesson Bodyguard 38.
Film
Television
| Title/Episode | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| Miami Vice | Philip Michael Thomas | Detective Ricardo Tubbs | 1984-1989 | |
| Sledge Hammer! | Anne-Marie Martin | Det. Dori Doreau | 1986-1988 | |
| Kommissar Rex - Season 1 | Tobias Moretti | Richard Moser | 1994 | |
| Kommissar Rex - Season 1 | Karl Markovics | Ernst Stockinger | 1994 | |
| Alarm für Cobra 11 - Die Autobahnpolizei | 1996- | |||
| Fabio Montale | Mathilda May | Hélène Pessayre | Model 38 with ergonimic grips | 2002 |
| The Man in the High Castle | Jason Beaudoin | Griggs | 2018 | |
| The Man in the High Castle | Alexa Davalos | Juliana Crain | 2019 |
Riva Esterina Dobermann
The Riva Esterina Dobermann is a snub nose Italian revolver, a clone of the much better known Smith & Wesson Model 36. It was manufactured in the 1970s by Officina Meccanica Armi Riva Esterina & Co. The main visual difference between Dobermann and S&W Model 36 revolvers is the shape of the front sight (it is shorter and with higher profile) and the Riva Esterina logo on grip.
Riva Esterina Dobermann is often seen in Italian crime movies of 1970s and hardly can appear in non-Italian productions.
Specifications
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- Type: Revolver
- Country of Origin: Italy
- Caliber: .38 Special
- Weight: ?
- Length: 6.3 in (15.9 cm)
- Barrel Length: 2 in (5.1 cm)
- Feed System: 5 round cylinder
- Fire Modes: Double action
The Riva Esterina Dobermann 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Last Desperate Hours (Milano: il clan dei Calabresi) | Antonio Sabato | Paolo Mancuso | 1974 | |
| Mario Donen | Gino | |||
| Bruno Di Luia | Pino | |||
| Various criminals and police detectives | ||||
| Emergency Squad (Squadra volante) | Marcello Venditti | Serbia | 1974 | |
| Gastone Moschin | Marsigliese | |||
| Mario Carotenuto | Sgt. Lavagni | |||
| Puzzle (L'uomo senza memoria) | Manfred Freyberger | Philip | 1974 | |
| Bruno Corazzari | George | |||
| Kidnap Syndicate | Luc Merenda | Mario Colella | 1975 | |
| Free Hand for a Tough Cop | Giuseppe Castellano | Vallelunga | 1976 | |
| Claudio Undari | Mario | |||
| Benito Pacifico | El Greco's henchman | |||
| Violent Naples (Napoli violenta) | Luciano Rossi | A robber | 1976 | |
| A Man Called Magnum (Napoli si ribella) | Bonino's henchman | 1977 | ||
| Violent Province (Provincia violenta) | Calogero Caruana | Franco Sereni | 1978 | |
| Al Cliver | Alberto Mauri | |||
| Various criminals |
Non-Firing Replicas of the Smith & Wesson Model 36 "Chiefs Special"
Umarex Smith & Wesson Chief's Special
A blank firing only replica of the Smith & Wesson Model 36 Chief's Special manufactured by the German Umarex. This gun has a full metal body with plastic grips SW Combat. Five-shot drum is made of a metal alloy. Single and Double Action system. This is a replica gun built from the ground up to fire blanks only and is not considered a live firearm per U.S. Laws.
Film
| Title | Character | Actor | Note | Air Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Polar Bear (Der Eisbär) | Florian Lukas | Reza | 1998 | |
| Benno Fürmann | Fabian | 1998 | ||
| Hell's Gate 11:11 | Ingrid Libera | Young Sara | 2004 | |
| Day of the Dead (2008) | AnnaLynne McCord | Nina | with nickel finish - 9mm P.A.K. blanks | 2008 |
| No Way Out (Elq Chka) | Narek Petrosyan | Havo | 2014 | |
| Arshavir Panosyan | Saro |
Television
| Title | Character | Actor | Note | Air Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Justified - Season 2 | Kaitlyn Dever | Loretta McCready | "Bloody Harlan" (S2E13) | 2010 |
| Justified - Season 4 | Ethan Jamieson | Milo Truth | "Where's Waldo?" (S4E02) | 2013 |
| Joelle Carter | Ava Crowder | "Peace of Mind" (S4E12) | 2013 | |
| Justified - Season 5 | Walton Goggins | Boyd Crowder | "Shot All to Hell" (S5E05) | 2014 |
| Kriminálka Staré mesto II. | Peter Varga | Jaroslav Hála | Nickel plated, S2E1 | 2013 |
| Labyrint II. | Jan Hájek | Kpt. Richard Franěk | Nickel plated, S2E1 | 2017 |
See Also
- Smith & Wesson - A list of all firearms manufactured by Smith & Wesson.
- Smith & Wesson Model 649 - The Stainless Steel version of the Model 49.