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James L. McCoy (8 May 19419 May 2022; age 81) was a makeup artist who worked on Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, Star Trek III: The Search for Spock, and Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home. He received two Saturn Award nominations in the category Best Make-Up in 1983 for his work on Star Trek II, shared with Werner Keppler, and in 1987 for his work on Star Trek IV, shared with Jeff Dawn and Wes Dawn.

McCoy previously received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination in 1974 in the category Outstanding Achievement in Makeup for his work on the television drama Portrait: A Man Whose Name Was John. Other early credits, mostly as Jim McCoy, include Change of Habit (1969), MacArthur (1977, directed by Joseph Sargent), The Island of Dr. Moreau (1977, working with Thomas R. Burman, Edouard F. Henriques, John Chambers, and Dione Taylor), Convoy (1978, co-starring Madge Sinclair and Seymour Cassel), the television comedy You Can't Take It with You (1979, with Mark Bussan and Hazel Catmull), Can't Stop the Music (1980), Word of Honor (1981), and Stripes (1981, working with hair stylist Carol A. O'Connell).

Between 1982 and 1986, McCoy worked as makeup artist on T. J. Hooker starring William Shatner, James Darren, and Richard Herd. He worked again with Carol A. O'Connell and Dione Taylor as well as with Norma Lee and Janice Alexander. Following his work on T. J. Hooker and Star Trek, McCoy provided makeup work on The Running Man (1987, working with Jeff Dawn, Steve LaPorte, and Richard Snell), Colors (1988), An Innocent Man (1989), Always (1989, working with Dione Taylor and Carolyn L. Elias), Arachnophobia (1990), One Good Cop (1991), In the Line of Fire (1993), A Perfect World (1993), Waterworld (1995), The Birdcage (1996), Tin Cup (1996), and True Crime (1999).

Between 1996 and 2001, McCoy worked as key makeup artist on the six seasons of Nash Bridges which featured Trek performers Caroline Lagerfelt, Mary Mara, Daniel Roebuck, Cress Williams, Tracey Walter, and Cary-Hiroyuki in recurring roles. His last known work was the short video documentary Dirty Harry: The Original in 2001.

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