Barry Corbin

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Born

1940-10-16

Place of Birth

Lamesa, Texas. USA
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Barry Corbin

Biography

Leonard Barrie Corbin (born October 16, 1940) is an American film and television actor. His is best known for his role as the pompous former astronaut Maurice Minnifield on Northern Exposure (1990–1995), which earned him two Primetime Emmy Award nominations. Corbin also had prominent recurring or starring roles in the series Lonesome Dove, One Tree Hill, The Closer, Anger Management, The Ranch, and Better Call Saul. In film, he has acted in many genres including thrillers (WarGames, The Hot Spot, In the Valley of Elah), comedies (Any Which Way You Can, The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, Stir Crazy) and Westerns (Urban Cowboy, No Country for Old Men, Killers of the Flower Moon), often as a sheriff, military leader, or other authority figure.

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Acting History

2025
El Tonto Por Cristo as Terry Don
2025
Sod and Stubble
2023
Killers of the Flower Moon as Undertaker Turton
2022
The Bay House as Cowden Brooks
2022
Tulsa King as Babe Keller
2021
Funny Thing About Love as Grandpa Joe
2021
Magic Max as Grismer
2020
Star Trek: First Frontier as John April
2020
9-1-1: Lone Star as Stuart Ryder
2019
Eminence Hill as Noah
2019
The Margarita Man as Chief Doyle
2019
Trading Paint as Sheriff Buck Taylor
2018
Yellowstone as Ross
2018
The Valley as Gary
2018
Brimming with Love as Walter
2018
Farmer of the Year as Hap
2017
An American in Texas as Larry Korchinsky
2017
Young Sheldon as Mr. Gilford
2017
Ay Lav Yu Tuu as Danny Brown
2017
All Saints as Forrest
2017
Mountain Top as Sam Miller
2016
New Life as Oscar
2016
Windsor as Gil Denton
2016
Last Man Club as Pete Williams
2016
The Ranch as Dale
2015
Christmas in the Smokies as Wade Haygood
2015
Blood & Oil as Clifton Lundegren
2015
Urban Cowboy: The Rise and Fall of Gilley's as Self
2015
Better Call Saul as Everett Acker
2014
Diving With The Dinosaur Fish as Narrator
2014
Planes: Fire & Rescue as Ol' Jammer (voice)
2014
The Homesman as Buster Shaver
2014
The Hitchhiker as Leonard
2014
Dawn of the Crescent Moon as Cyrus
2013
Beyond the Farthest Star as Chief Burns
2013
This Is Where We Live as Bode Warden
2013
Shadow on the Mesa as Jake Rawlins
2012
Born Wild as Ray Jennings
2012
Anger Management as Ed
2012
The Man Who Shook the Hand of Vicente Fernandez as Walker
2012
Ghoul as Grandfather
2011
Universal Squadrons as Deakin
2011
Redemption: For Robbing the Dead as Judge Smith
2011
Sedona as Les
2011
Feed the Fish as Axel Andersen
2011
Valley of the Sun as Gene Taggart
2011
The Next Door Neighbor as Judge Rodgers
2010
Rising Stars as Farmer
2010
NoNAMES as Ed
2010
Parenthood as Ernie
2010
Bloodworth as Itchy
2009
Ben 10: Alien Swarm as Grandpa Max Tennyson
2009
That Evening Sun as Thurl Chessor
2009
Not Since You as Uncle Dennis
2009
Modern Family as Merle Tucker
2009
Wyvern as Haas
2008
Beer for My Horses as Buck Baker
2008
Lake City as George
2007
No Country for Old Men as Ellis
2007
In the Valley of Elah as Arnold Bickman
2007
The Grand as Jimminy 'Lucky' Faro
2007
Army Wives as Veteran Patient
2006
Waitin' to Live as Buford Pike
2006
Psych as Billy Joe
2006
Hidden Places as Sheriff
2006
Beautiful Dreamer as Grandpa
2005
Alien Express as Senator Frank Rawlings
2005
The Closer as Clay Johnson
2005
Yesterday's Dreams as Pastor
2005
Unscripted as Self
2005
River's End as Sheriff 'Buster' Watkins
2004
The Gristle as Senator Dorm
2003
One Tree Hill as Whitey Durham
2003
Dunsmore as Sheriff Breen
2003
Timequest as Lyndon Johnson
2003
Monte Walsh as Bob the Storekeeper
2002
Hope Ranch as Shorty
2002
Clover Bend as Cotton Clayton
2001
Reba as JV
2001
Drive-In Movie Memories
2001
The Journeyman as Charlie Ledbetter
2001
Crossfire Trail as Sheriff Walter Moncrief
2001
No One Can Hear You as Sheriff Joe Webster
2000
Mysterious Ways
1999
Held Up as Pembry
1999
Sealed with a Kiss as Wink 'Pop' Blake
1999
Judgment Day: The Ellie Nesler Story as Tony
1999
A Face to Kill for as Frank Hadley
1998
The Magnificent Seven as Wickes
1997
The Hired Heart as Mike Hadley
1997
King of the Hill as Fire Chief (voice)
1997
The Fumbleheads as Robert Blister
1996
Spin City as Peter Noland
1996
Spin City as Peter Noland (archive footage)
1996
Curdled as Lodger
1996
Solo as General Clyde Haynes
1996
The Big Easy as C.D. LeBlanc
1996
My Son Is Innocent as Dan Pendleton
1996
Kiss and Tell as George Reed
1995
Deadly Family Secrets as Mr. Potter
1995
JAG as Percival Bertram
1995
The Drew Carey Show as Chuck Fifer
1995
Siringo as Marshall John Llewellyn
1995
Virus as Dr. Clayman
1995
The Outer Limits as Carlton Powers
1994
Life with Louie as Uncle Sammy (voice)
1994
Moon Shot as Narrator / Deke Slayton (voice)
1994
Moon Shot as Narrator / Deke Slayton (voice)
1994
Ellen as Jack Penney
1993
Walker, Texas Ranger as Ben Crowder
1992
The Keys as Buckaloo
1991
Conagher as Charlie McCloud, Stage Driver
1991
Career Opportunities as Officer Don
1991
The Chase as Wallis
1990
The Hot Spot as Sheriff
1990
Northern Exposure as Maurice Minnifield
1990
Ghost Dad as Mr. Emery Collins
1990
Last Flight Out as Capt. Bob Berg
1990
Short Time as Captain
1989
Red King, White Knight as Bentick
1989
The Famous Teddy Z
1989
I Know My First Name Is Steven as Officer Warner
1989
Lonesome Dove as Roscoe Brown
1989
Who's Harry Crumb? as P.J. Downing
1988
The People Across the Lake as Malcolm Bryce
1988
It Takes Two as George Lawrence
1988
Critters 2 as Harv
1988
Permanent Record as Jim Sinclair
1988
Stranger on My Land as Gil
1988
Man Against the Mob as Big Mac McCleary
1987
Under Cover as Sergeant Irwin Lee
1987
Off the Mark as Walt Warner / Jenell's Pa
1987
Young Harry Houdini as Elmore
1987
Spies
1987
LBJ: The Early Years as Judge Alvin J. Wirtz
1987
Warm Hearts, Cold Feet as Max
1986
John Henry as Mr. Jenkins
1986
Designing Women
1986
Firefighter as Capt. Johnson
1986
Nothing in Common as Andrew Woolridge
1986
C.A.T. Squad as The Director
1986
Matlock as Army Col. Steven McRea
1986
Under Siege
1986
Hard Traveling as Frank Burton
1986
The Defiant Ones as Floyd Carpenter
1985
The Twilight Zone as (segment "Dead Run")
1985
Tall Tales & Legends as Mr. Jenkins
1985
My Science Project as Lew Harlan
1985
Washingtoon as Bunky Munster
1985
What Comes Around as Leon Redden
1985
A Death in California as Jim Heusdens
1984
The Ratings Game as Colonel
1984
Fatal Vision as Franz Grebner
1984
Murder, She Wrote as Lt. Lou Flannigan
1984
Call to Glory as Mr. Hunter
1984
The Jesse Owens Story as Judge
1984
The Duck Factory as Hubbell
1984
Flight 90: Disaster on the Potomac as Burt Hamilton
1983
The Man Who Loved Women as Roy Carr
1983
Boone as Merit Sawyer
1983
The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez as B. R. Abernathy
1983
WarGames as General Beringer
1983
Travis McGee as Sheriff Hack Ames
1983
The Thorn Birds as Pete
1983
The A-Team as J.J. Kincaid
1982
Honkytonk Man as Arnspriger
1982
Tucker's Witch
1982
Bus Stop as Virgil Blessing
1982
The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas as C.J.
1982
Six Pack as Sheriff
1982
Prime Suspect as Bob Austin
1982
Fantasies as Naylor
1981
A Few Days at Weasel Creek as Gus Lobell
1981
The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia as Wimbish
1981
Dead & Buried as Phil
1981
Bitter Harvest as Dr. Agajanian
1981
Murder in Texas as Dist. Atty. McMasters
1981
The Killing of Randy Webster as Nick Hanson
1981
This House Possessed as Lt. Fletcher
1981
Hill Street Blues
1980
Any Which Way You Can as Fat Zack
1980
Stir Crazy as Warden Walter Beatty
1980
Rage! as Resident #5
1980
Urban Cowboy as Uncle Bob
1979
Hart to Hart
1978
Dallas as Sheriff Fenton Washburn
1975
NBC Special Treat as Stokey Andrews
1974
The Super Cops as Onlooker on Ladder (uncredited)
1972
M*A*S*H
1971
Columbo as Clifford Calvert
1954
The Wonderful World of Disney as Elmore
—
Blind Logic: The Ralph R. Teetor Story as Henry Spangler (voice)
—
Be Glad He Did It as Buddy Kasper
—
The Pipeline as Lester Galloway
—
Capture the Flag as Miami
—
The Dilemma as Gerald