OS X (10.3)
Accounts will not appear in the account list unless UID values are above 500.
OS X (10.4)
To hide an account:
sudo defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.loginwindow HiddenUsersList -array-add account1
This will hide the user names, but has the side effect of adding a login called Other.
To prevent the Other login from appearing use:
sudo defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.loginwindow SHOWOTHERUSERS_MANAGED -bool false
Unhide Accounts
To unhide all the names you may have previously hidden, you could execute the following from the command line.
sudo defaults delete /Library/Preferences/com.apple.loginwindow HiddenUsersList