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star trek - Do we ever see a 23rd Century Starfleet Officer with facial hair?



I recall that in the beginning of Star Trek: The Motion Picture, McCoy beams aboard the ship with a fabulous beard. The next time we see him though, he's shaved it off. That got me to thinking that I couldn't remember any instance of a Starfleet Officer from the 23rd Century with facial hair. The 24th century, yes (Riker is the first that springs to mind), but not the 23rd century (TOS era). So, my question is: do we ever see a 23rd Century Starfleet Officer with facial hair?. Note, I'm interested in intentional facial hair i.e. I won't accept the occasional 5 O'Clock shadow which has grown simply because they didn't get the chance to shave - I'm looking for facial hair which was clearly intended.



Answer



TV Canon


We have Captain Chandra from TOS: Court Martial


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And in the same vein as @N_Soong's answer, we do see two Starfleet Officers in the 23rd Century (courtesy of the episode DS9: Trials and Tribble-ations) sporting facial hair; Captain Sisko and Lt Cmdr Worf.


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Obviously Worf is a bit of a push (he's in disguise) but Sisko meets Kirk and doesn't get shouted at for being out of uniform for having a beard, suggesting that regulations merely require a beard to be tidy, rather than entirely absent


We also see Lieutenant Kyle (who seems to get more hair as he rises in rank - see below) as well as Captain O'Shea wearing a full beard in ST: The Animated Series.


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Film Canon


Lieutenant Scott sports some fine facial fuzz in ST:TMP


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Captain Terrell and Commander Kyle in ST:II


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Captain Styles and an unnamed Engineering Crewman in ST:III


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An unnamed Efrosian helmsman and two unnamed Caitan Admirals in ST:IV


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Yeoman Burke, Colonel West, Lt Cmrd Valtane, Lt Cmdr Lojur, an unnamed Galley Officer and two unnamed Starfleet Admirals in ST:VI



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And here we can see various unnamed Starfleet Officer cadets in ST:TMP


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