Marvin March Marvin March is an Academy Award - nominated set decorator who worked on during the show ' s first season . He was active in both film and television during the 1960s before focusing entirely on feature film projects until retiring in 1998 . In 2005 , he was honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Set Decorators Society of America . Career . 1964 - 1980 . Before being assigned to " Star Trek " , March decorated the sets on the short - lived CBS series " The Reporter " . His earliest credited film project was Francis Ford Coppola ' s comic drama " You ' re a Big Boy Now " , which starred Michael Dunn . ' s Director of Photography , Andrew Laszlo , was the cinematographer on this film . After " Star Trek " , March worked on such television shows as NBC ' s " Adam - 12 " and ABC ' s " It Takes a Thief " . March then worked on the science fiction film " The Illustrated Man " , which featured Jason Evers . His subsequent film credits included the 1969 comedy " The Love God ? " ( which had James Gregory in a supporting role ) , John Frankenheimer ' s 1970 drama " I Walk the Line " , the 1971 drama " Doctors ' Wives " ( which featured John Colicos ) , the 1971 comic thriller " Fools ' Parade " ( with David Huddleston and William Windom ) , the 1972 romantic comedy " Butterflies Are Free " ( which starred Edward Laurence Albert ) , and Woody Allen ' s " Take the Money and Run " and " Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex * But Were Afraid to Ask " . March was an assistant art director under production designer Harold Michelson on the 1972 French - American action film " The Outside Man " . March again collaborated with Michelson as set decorator on the 1974 musical " Mame " ( starring Lucille Ball and Bruce Davison ) and the 1980 musical comedy " Can ' t Stop the Music " ( featuring Leigh Taylor - Young ) . After decorating the sets for such films as the science fiction thriller " The Terminal Man " ( featuring James B . Sikking , with cinematography by Richard H . Kline ) and the adventure " Doc Savage : The Man of Bronze " ( starring William Lucking ) , March received his first Academy Award nomination for his work on the acclaimed 1975 comedy " The Sunshine Boys " ( featuring F . Murray Abraham ) , directed by Herbert Ross . March was also nominated for Academy Awards for his work on Ross ' " The Turning Point " ( 1977 ; featuring Anthony Zerbe ) and " California Suite " ( 1978 ) . All three of these nominations were shared with production designer Albert Brenner . March ' s other film credits during this period include : Arthur Penn ' s western " The Missouri Breaks " , co - starring Sam Gilman and John McLiam ; the comic mystery " Murder by Death " , featuring James Cromwell ; the action comedy " Silver Streak " ( which featured Ned Vaughn and Ray Walston ) ; the musical " Sgt . Pepper ' s Lonely Hearts Club Band " ( featuring Carel Struycken ) ; and the comic western " The Frisco Kid " ( featuring Clyde Kusatsu , Vincent Schiavelli , and Ian Wolfe ) . He also did one other science fiction project , the 1976 film " Futureworld " . 1981 - 1999 . March received his fourth Academy Award nomination in 1982 for his work on the musical " Annie " . He then applied his trade to such hit films as " Flashdance " ( starring Michael Nouri , with cinematography by Don Peterman ) , " Fletch " ( featuring Richard Libertini and Kenneth Mars ) , and the 1984 mega - hit " Ghostbusters " . He also worked on " Crossroads " , the 1986 film which featured a performance by s Tim Russ . Some of March ' s subsequent credits included " Peggy Sue Got Married " ( featuring Don Stark ) , " Sunset " ( starring Malcolm McDowell ) , " The Prisidio " ( featuring Jenette Goldstein and Patrick Kilpatrick ) , and the first two " Lethal Weapon " films . He also made another venture into the realm of science fiction horror with John Carpenter ' s " They Live " ( starring Meg Foster ) before closing out the 1980s with " Tango & Cash " , whose cast included Marc Alaimo , Roy Brocksmith , Richard Fancy , Teri Hatcher , Clint Howard , Glenn Morshower , and Michael J . Pollard . During the 1990s , March worked on several films for Paramount Pictures , including " Beverly Hills Cop III " ( featuring Timothy Carhart and Stephen McHattie ) and Stuart Baird ' s " Executive Decision " ( featuring Len Cariou , Ken Jenkins , Andreas Katsulas , Tim Kelleher , Warren Munson , Richard Riehle , Eugene Roche , and Dey Young ) . He received his fifth and last Academy Award nomination for his contribution to " Addams Family Values " , a Paramount production which starred Christopher Lloyd and Carel Struycken . March shared this nomination with production designer Ken Adam , whom he also worked with on the 1999 Paramount film " The Out - of - Towners " . March ' s non - Paramount projects during this period include " Home Alone 2 : Lost in New York " , " How to Make an American Quilt " ( starring Winona Ryder , Jean Simmons , and Alfre Woodard ) , and " Dante ' s Peak " ( featuring Bill Bolender and Tzi Ma ) . He retired from set decorating in 1998 after completing work on the Paramount film " The General ' s Daughter " , which starred James Cromwell and Clarence Williams III .