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name: "Herschel McCoy"
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roles: ["Costume designer"]
born: "6 August 1912"
died: "3 February 1956"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 70
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-20T02:25:38.162282+00:00"
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# Herschel McCoy

Costume designer. Born 6 August 1912 in Mississippi, USA. Died 3 February 1956.

## Details

- **Work:** Costume designer
- **Born:** 6 August 1912, Mississippi, USA
- **Died:** 3 February 1956
- **Active:** 1951–1953
- **Also known as:** Herschel
- **Academy Awards:** 2 Oscar nominations
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herschel_McCoy, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2793443, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0380855/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/960711

## Streaming the US now

- **Tubi:** [*Julius Caesar*](https://film.one/film/julius-caesar.md) (76)
- **HBO Max:** [*Quo Vadis*](https://film.one/film/quo-vadis.md) (65)

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## Biography

Herschel McCoy (1912–1956) was an American costume designer who worked on more than 150 feature films between 1936 and 1955. He began his career at 20th Century Fox, where he designed costumes primarily for B-movies, including several entries in the Charlie Chan and Mr Moto series.

From 1951 he worked at MGM on larger productions. His credits include *Quo Vadis* (1951), for which he received an Academy Award nomination for Best Costume Design, *Julius Caesar* (1953) and *Dream Wife* (1953), the latter earning him a second Oscar nomination (shared with Helen Rose). He also contributed to *Joan of Arc* (1948). McCoy died suddenly in Los Angeles at the age of 43.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Julius Caesar* (1953), Fi1m 76, Costume design, Costume Design — [page](https://film.one/film/julius-caesar.md)
- *Quo Vadis* (1951), Fi1m 65, Costume Design, Costume design — [page](https://film.one/film/quo-vadis.md)

## Complete filmography (58)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Talkback* (1987), as Will
- *The Prodigal* (1955), Costume Design
- *Give a Girl a Break* (1953), Costume Designer
- *Julius Caesar* (1953), Costume Design — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/julius-caesar.md)
- *Quo Vadis* (1951), Costume Design — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/film/quo-vadis.md)
- *Tulsa* (1949), Costume Design
- *Joan of Arc* (1948), Costume Supervisor
- *Quiet Please, Murder* (1943), Costume Design
- *Careful, Soft Shoulders* (1942), Costume Design
- *Just Off Broadway* (1942), Costume Design
- *Thru Different Eyes* (1942), Costume Design
- *The Man Who Wouldn't Die* (1942), Costume Design
- *The Night Before the Divorce* (1942), Costume Design
- *On the Sunny Side* (1942), Costume Design
- *Young America* (1942), Costume Design
- *Castle in the Desert* (1942), Costume Design
- *Over My Dead Body* (1942), Costume Design
- *Blue, White and Perfect* (1942), Costume Design
- *The Perfect Snob* (1941), Costume Design
- *Man at Large* (1941), Costume Design
- *Last of the Duanes* (1941), Costume Design
- *A Very Young Lady* (1941), Costume Design
- *Ride on Vaquero* (1941), Costume Design
- *Sleepers West* (1941), Costume Design
- *Ride, Kelly, Ride* (1941), Costume Design
- *Michael Shayne: Private Detective* (1940), Costume Design
- *Charter Pilot* (1940), Costume Design
- *Pier 13* (1940), Costume Design
- *Sailor's Lady* (1940), Costume Design
- *Girl in 313* (1940), Costume Design
- *Viva Cisco Kid* (1940), Costume Design
- *The Cisco Kid and the Lady* (1939), Costume Design
- *City in Darkness* (1939), Costume Design
- *Hollywood Cavalcade* (1939), Costume Design
- *Frontier Marshal* (1939), Costume Design
- *Inside Story* (1939), Costume Design
- *The Arizona Wildcat* (1939), Costume Design
- *Mysterious Mr. Moto* (1938), Costume Design
- *Keep Smiling* (1938), Costume Design
- *Passport Husband* (1938), Costume Design
- *Mr. Moto Takes a Chance* (1938), Costume Design
- *Walking Down Broadway* (1938), Costume Design
- *International Settlement* (1938), Costume Design
- *Change of Heart* (1938), Costume Design
- *Thank You, Mr. Moto* (1937), Costume Design
- *Charlie Chan at Monte Carlo* (1937), Costume Design
- *Borrowing Trouble* (1937), Costume Design
- *Lancer Spy* (1937), Costume Design
- *Hot Water* (1937), Costume Design
- *Dangerously Yours* (1937), Costume Design
- *One Mile from Heaven* (1937), Costume Design
- *Wild and Woolly* (1937), Costume Design
- *Angel's Holiday* (1937), Costume Design
- *Charlie Chan at the Olympics* (1937), Costume Design
- *The Great Hospital Mystery* (1937), Costume Design
- *Laughing at Trouble* (1936), Costume Design
- *Charlie Chan at the Opera* (1936), Costume Design
- *Back to Nature* (1936), Costume Design

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 2 nominated

- 1954: Best Costume Design, Black-and-White (nominated), for *Dream Wife*
- 1952: Best Costume Design, Color (nominated), for *Quo Vadis*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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