James L. McCoy
James L. McCoy
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McCoy previously received a PrimetimeEmmy Award nomination in 1974 in the category Outstanding Achievement in Makeup for his work on the television dramaPortrait: A Man Whose Name Was John. Other early credits, mostly asJim McCoy, includeChange of Habit (1969),MacArthur (1977, directed byJoseph Sargent),The Island of Dr. Moreau (1977, working withThomas R. Burman,Edouard F. Henriques,John Chambers, andDione Taylor),Convoy (1978, co-starringMadge Sinclair andSeymour Cassel), the television comedyYou Can't Take It with You (1979, withMark Bussan andHazel Catmull),Can't Stop the Music (1980),Word of Honor (1981), andStripes (1981, working with hair stylistCarol A. O'Connell).
Between 1982 and 1986, McCoy worked as makeup artist onT. J. Hooker starringWilliam Shatner,James Darren, andRichard Herd. He worked again with Carol A. O'Connell and Dione Taylor as well as withNorma Lee andJanice Alexander. Following his work onT. J. Hooker andStar Trek, McCoy provided makeup work onThe Running Man (1987, working with Jeff Dawn,Steve LaPorte, andRichard Snell),Colors (1988),An Innocent Man (1989),Always (1989, working with Dione Taylor andCarolyn 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), andTrue Crime (1999).
Between 1996 and 2001, McCoy worked as key makeup artist on the six seasons ofNash Bridges which featuredTrek performersCaroline Lagerfelt,Mary Mara,Daniel Roebuck,Cress Williams,Tracey Walter, andCary-Hiroyuki in recurring roles. His last known work was the short video documentaryDirty Harry: The Original in 2001.