American set decorator (1935–2018) who dressed the sets of the original Star Trek from its second season and returned for The Next Generation and several of the feature films.
John M. Dwyer joined the original Star Trek as set decorator in its second season and stayed to the end, furnishing alien worlds on a very small budget with found objects, repainted furniture and whatever could be adapted cheaply.
He returned to the franchise two decades later as set decorator for the first season of The Next Generation, and worked on a run of the feature films, including Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home, Star Trek V: The Final Frontier, Star Trek Generations, Star Trek: First Contact, Star Trek: Insurrection and Star Trek Nemesis.
Outside Star Trek his credits included Jaws and Coal Miner's Daughter, the latter bringing him an Academy Award nomination.