Nock gun weapons gallery at York Castle Museum, the Hollywood Guns exhibit at the National Firearms Museum, the Royal Armouries Museum, and the Charleston Museum (SC). The Nock gun was brought to modern attention in the 1960 film "The Alamo" in which one is used by actor Richard Widmark, playing Jim Bowie. The gun used in the film is now in the National Firearms Museum. Nock guns can be seen in realistic period films including "" 2003, and fantasy films like "Jonah Hex" 2010, and "" 2012. In Bernard Cornwell's series of historical novels featuring fictional British soldier Richard Sharpe and, more
The Adventures of Jim Bowie series' two season run, Bowie encountered many historical figures of the era, such as President Andrew Jackson, Jefferson Davis, John James Audubon, Sam Houston, and Davy Crockett. Among the actors and actresses who guest-starred more than once on the series were William Schallert, Denver Pyle, Michael Landon, Chuck Connors, Walter Coy, June Carter Cash, and Lurene Tuttle. Jimmy Noel made walk-on appearances in six episodes. Those making single guest appearances included Yvonne Lime Fedderson, Douglas Kennedy, and Carole Mathews. Jim Bowie did not appear in the last episode of the series. Instead, he was said to be away on an