Barry Corbin
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.
Known For
Credits
- 2023 · Killers of the Flower Moon as Undertaker Turton
- 2022 · The Bay House as Cowden Brooks
- 2022 · Tulsa King as Babe Keller
- 2020 · Star Trek: First Frontier as John April
- 2020 · 9-1-1: Lone Star as Stuart Ryder
- 2019 · Eminence Hill as Noah
- 2019 · Trading Paint as Sheriff Buck Taylor
- 2018 · Yellowstone as Ross
- 2017 · Young Sheldon as Mr. Gilford
- 2017 · All Saints as Forrest
- 2017 · Mountain Top as Sam Miller
- 2016 · New Life as Oscar
- 2016 · The Ranch as Dale
- 2015 · Christmas in the Smokies as Wade Haygood
- 2015 · Better Call Saul as Everett Acker
- 2014 · Planes: Fire & Rescue as Ol' Jammer (voice)
- 2014 · The Homesman as Buster Shaver
- 2014 · The Hitchhiker as Leonard
- 2012 · Anger Management as Ed
- 2012 · Ghoul as Grandfather
- 2011 · Sedona as Les
- 2010 · Rising Stars as Farmer
- 2010 · Parenthood as Ernie
- 2009 · Ben 10 : Alien Swarm as Grandpa Max Tennyson
- 2009 · That Evening Sun as Thurl Chessor
- 2009 · Modern Family as Merle Tucker
- 2009 · Wyvern as Haas
- 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 · Psych as Billy Joe
- 2006 · Beautiful Dreamer as Grandpa
- 2005 · Alien Express as Senator Frank Rawlings
- 2005 · The Closer as Clay Johnson
- 2004 · The Gristle as Senator Dorm
- 2003 · One Tree Hill as Whitey Durham
- 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 · The Journeyman as Charlie Ledbetter
- 2001 · Crossfire Trail as Sheriff Walter Moncrief
- 1999 · Held Up as Pembry
- 1998 · The Magnificent Seven as Wickes
- 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
- 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 · 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 · Short Time as Captain
- 1989 · Lonesome Dove as Roscoe Brown
- 1989 · Who's Harry Crumb? as P.J. Downing
- 1988 · It Takes Two as George Lawrence
- 1988 · Permanent Record as Jim Sinclair
- 1987 · Under Cover as Sergeant Irwin Lee
- 1986 · John Henry as Mr. Jenkins
- 1986 · Designing Women as
- 1986 · Firefighter as Capt. Johnson
- 1986 · Matlock as
- 1985 · The Twilight Zone as (segment "Dead Run")
- 1984 · The Ratings Game as Colonel
- 1984 · Murder, She Wrote as Lt. Lou Flannigan
- 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 · The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas as C.J.
- 1982 · Six Pack as Sheriff
- 1982 · Prime Suspect as Bob Austin
- 1981 · Dead & Buried as Phil
- 1981 · Hill Street Blues as
- 1980 · Urban Cowboy as Uncle Bob
- 1979 · Hart to Hart as
- 1978 · Dallas as Sheriff Fenton Washburn
- 1972 · M*A*S*H as
- Future · The Pipeline as Lester Galloway
- 2025 · El Tonto Por Cristo as Terry Don
- 2025 · Sod and Stubble as
- 2021 · Funny Thing About Love as Grandpa Joe
- 2021 · Magic Max as Grismer
- 2019 · The Margarita Man as Chief Doyle
- 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 · Ay Lav Yu Tuu as Danny Brown
- 2016 · Windsor as Gil Denton
- 2016 · Last Man Club as Pete Williams
- 2015 · Blood & Oil as Clifton Lundegren
- 2015 · Urban Cowboy: The Rise and Fall of Gilley's as Self
- 2014 · Diving With The Dinosaur Fish as Narrator
- 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 · The Man Who Shook the Hand of Vicente Fernandez as Walker
- 2011 · Universal Squadrons as Deakin
- 2011 · Redemption: For Robbing the Dead as Judge Smith
- 2011 · Feed the Fish as Axel Andersen
- 2011 · Valley of the Sun as Gene Taggart
- 2011 · The Next Door Neighbor as Judge Rodgers
- 2010 · NoNAMES as Ed
- 2010 · Bloodworth as Itchy
- 2009 · Not Since You as Uncle Dennis
- 2008 · Beer for My Horses as Buck Baker
- 2006 · Waitin' to Live as Buford Pike
- 2006 · Hidden Places as Sheriff
- 2005 · Yesterday's Dreams as Pastor
- 2005 · Unscripted as Self
- 2005 · River's End as Sheriff 'Buster' Watkins
- 2003 · Dunsmore as Sheriff Breen
- 2001 · Drive-In Movie Memories as
- 2001 · No One Can Hear You as Sheriff Joe Webster
- 2000 · Mysterious Ways as
- 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
- 1997 · The Hired Heart as Mike Hadley
- 1996 · My Son Is Innocent as Dan Pendleton
- 1996 · Kiss and Tell as George Reed
- 1995 · Deadly Family Secrets as Mr. Potter
- 1994 · Moon Shot as Narrator / Deke Slayton (voice)
- 1994 · Moon Shot as Narrator / Deke Slayton (voice)
- 1990 · Ghost Dad as Mr. Emery Collins
- 1990 · Last Flight Out as Capt. Bob Berg
- 1989 · Red King, White Knight as Bentick
- 1989 · The Famous Teddy Z as
- 1989 · I Know My First Name Is Steven as Officer Warner
- 1988 · The People Across the Lake as Malcolm Bryce
- 1988 · Critters 2 as Harv
- 1988 · Stranger on My Land as Gil
- 1988 · Man Against the Mob as Big Mac McCleary
- 1987 · Off the Mark as Walt Warner / Jenell's Pa
- 1987 · Young Harry Houdini as Elmore
- 1987 · Spies as
- 1987 · LBJ: The Early Years as Judge Alvin J. Wirtz
- 1987 · Warm Hearts, Cold Feet as Max
- 1986 · Nothing in Common as Andrew Woolridge
- 1986 · C.A.T. Squad as The Director
- 1986 · Under Siege as
- 1986 · Hard Traveling as Frank Burton
- 1986 · The Defiant Ones as Floyd Carpenter
- 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 · Fatal Vision as Franz Grebner
- 1984 · Call to Glory as Mr. Hunter
- 1984 · The Jesse Owens Story as Judge
- 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
- 1982 · Tucker's Witch as
- 1982 · Bus Stop as Virgil Blessing
- 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 · 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
- 1980 · Any Which Way You Can as Fat Zack
- 1980 · Stir Crazy as Warden Walter Beatty
- 1980 · Rage! as Resident #5
- 1975 · NBC Special Treat as Stokey Andrews
- 1974 · The Super Cops as Onlooker on Ladder (uncredited)
- 1971 · Columbo as Clifford Calvert
- 1954 · The Wonderful World of Disney as Elmore
- Future · Be Glad He Did It as Buddy Kasper
- Future · The Dilemma as Gerald
- Future · Capture the Flag as Miami
- Future · Blind Logic: The Ralph R. Teetor Story as Henry Spangler (voice)