Michael F . Blake Michael Francis Blake is a former actor and current make - up artist who worked as make - up artist on several episodes of and . In he earned an Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Makeup for a Series for the " Deep Space Nine " episode and shared this nomination with Michael Westmore , Camille Calvet , Dean Jones , Mark Bussan , Mary Kay Morse , Ellis Burman , Jr . , Belinda Bryant , Karen Iverson , Karen Westerfield , Brad Look , David Quashnick , Earl Ellis , Joe Podnar , R . Stephen Weber , Jeff Lewis , Sandra Rowden , Toby Lamm , June Westmore , Judith Silverman , Craig Smith , Kevin Haney , Suzanne Diaz , Scott Wheeler , James Rohland , Tina Hoffman , and Natalie Wood . Blake previously won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Makeup for a Series for the " Buffy the Vampire Slayer " episodes " Surprise " and " Innocence " in 1998 and shared this award with " Trek " alumni Todd McIntosh , John Maldonado , Gerald Quist , Margie Latinopoulos , Dayne Johnson , Craig Reardon , and Mark Shostrom . Born in Hollywood , California as son of actor Larry J . Blake he started his career as an actor in the early ' 60s with appearances in the television series " The Lloyd Bridges Show " ( 1963 , with Gary Lockwood and Willard Sage ) , " The Joey Bishop Show " ( 1964 ) , " Bewitched " ( 1965 ) , " The Munsters " ( 1965 , with Joan Swift ) , " The Lucy Show " ( 1965 ) , " Adam - 12 " ( 1968 and 1969 , with James B . Sikking , William Boyett , and David Huddleston ) , " Marcus Welby , M . D . " ( 1971 , with Glenn Corbett ) , " Bonanza " ( 1972 ) , " Kung Fu " ( 1974 ) , and " Project U . F . O . " ( 1978 , with Skip Homeier , Stephen R . Hudis , and Vic Perrin ) . Among his film roles are the television musical " Carousel " ( 1967 ) , the western " One More Train to Rob " ( 1971 , with Diana Muldaur , France Nuyen , Steve Sandor , Hal Needham , Charles Seel , Walker Edmiston , and Joan Swift ) , the television science fiction film " Future Cop " ( 1976 , with Ronnie Claire Edwards ) , and the television drama " Ziegfeld : The Man and His Women " ( 1978 , with Samantha Eggar , Nehemiah Persoff , and Lilyan Chauvin ) after which he quit his acting career . Since 1979 Blake is working as make - up artist and worked on projects such as the television drama " High Midnight " ( 1979 ) , the television series " Magnum , P . I . " , the television comedy " The Munsters ' Revenge " ( 1981 ) , the comedy sequel " Police Academy 2 : Their First Assignment " ( 1985 ) , the television series " Sidekicks " ( 1985 - 1987 ) , the comedy " Tough Guys " ( 1986 ) , the action comedy " Another 48 Hrs . " ( 1990 ) , the comedy " Soapdish " ( 1991 ) , the comedy " Sister Act " ( 1992 ) and its sequel " Sister Act 2 : Back in the Habit " ( 1993 ) , both starring Whoopi Goldberg , the science fiction thriller " Strange Days " ( 1995 ) , ' s science fiction blockbuster " Independence Day " ( 1996 ) , the sport drama " Ali " ( 2001 ) , the drama " Seabiscuit " ( 2003 ) , the war drama " The Last Samurai " ( 2003 ) , the action film " Mr . & Mrs . Smith " ( 2005 ) , the thriller " Domino " ( 2005 ) , the comic adaptation " Spider - Man 3 " ( 2007 ) , the comedy " Yes Man " ( 2008 ) , and the horror film " Drag Me to Hell " ( 2009 ) . In addition , Blake published four books : " : The Man Behind the Thousand Faces " in 1993 , " A Thousand Faces : Lon Chaney ' s Unique Artistry in Motion Pictures " in 1995 , " The Films of Lon Chaney " in 1998 , and " Code of Honor : The Making of Three Great American Westerns " in 2003 . Blake was also featured in several documentations like the " 100 Years of Horror " series in 1996 and specials about Lon Chaney .