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
- 2025 · Sod and Stubble as
- 2019 · Trading Paint as Sheriff Buck Taylor
- 2018 · Brimming with Love as Walter
- 2017 · All Saints as Forrest
- 2016 · New Life as Oscar
- 2016 · Windsor as Gil Denton
- 2013 · This Is Where We Live as Bode Warden
- 2012 · Ghoul as Grandfather
- 2011 · Universal Squadrons as Deakin
- 2011 · Redemption: For Robbing the Dead as Judge Smith
- 2011 · The Next Door Neighbor as Judge Rodgers
- 2009 · That Evening Sun as Thurl Chessor
- 2009 · Not Since You as Uncle Dennis
- 2009 · Wyvern as Haas
- 2008 · Beer for My Horses as Buck Baker
- 2007 · The Grand as Jimminy 'Lucky' Faro
- 2005 · Yesterday's Dreams as Pastor
- 2005 · River's End as Sheriff 'Buster' Watkins
- 2004 · The Gristle as Senator Dorm
- 2003 · Monte Walsh as Bob the Storekeeper
- 2001 · The Journeyman as Charlie Ledbetter
- 1999 · Sealed with a Kiss as Wink 'Pop' Blake
- 1996 · My Son Is Innocent as Dan Pendleton
- 1995 · Deadly Family Secrets as Mr. Potter
- 1995 · Virus as Dr. Clayman
- 1992 · The Keys as Buckaloo
- 1990 · Ghost Dad as Mr. Emery Collins
- 1988 · It Takes Two as George Lawrence
- 1988 · Permanent Record as Jim Sinclair
- 1988 · Stranger on My Land as Gil
- 1987 · Young Harry Houdini as Elmore
- 1987 · Spies as
- 1986 · Firefighter as Capt. Johnson
- 1986 · Nothing in Common as Andrew Woolridge
- 1985 · My Science Project as Lew Harlan
- 1985 · Washingtoon as Bunky Munster
- 1985 · A Death in California as Jim Heusdens
- 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
- 1982 · Honkytonk Man as Arnspriger
- 1982 · Six Pack as Sheriff
- 1982 · Prime Suspect as Bob Austin
- 1981 · The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia as Wimbish
- 1981 · Murder in Texas as Dist. Atty. McMasters
- 1981 · The Killing of Randy Webster as Nick Hanson
- 1980 · Rage! as Resident #5
- 1975 · NBC Special Treat as Stokey Andrews
- Future · The Pipeline as Lester Galloway
- 2025 · El Tonto Por Cristo as Terry Don
- 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
- 2018 · Yellowstone as Ross
- 2018 · The Valley as Gary
- 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 · Mountain Top as Sam Miller
- 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 · Return to Cicely as Self
- 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
- 2011 · Sedona as Les
- 2011 · Feed the Fish as Axel Andersen
- 2011 · Valley of the Sun as Gene Taggart
- 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 · Modern Family as Merle Tucker
- 2008 · Lake City as George
- 2007 · No Country for Old Men as Ellis
- 2007 · In the Valley of Elah as Arnold Bickman
- 2007 · Army Wives as Veteran Patient
- 2006 · Waitin' to Live as Buford Pike
- 2006 · Psych as Billy Joe
- 2006 · Beautiful Dreamer as Grandpa
- 2006 · Hidden Places as Sheriff
- 2005 · Alien Express as Senator Frank Rawlings
- 2005 · The Closer as Clay Johnson
- 2005 · Unscripted as Self
- 2003 · One Tree Hill as Whitey Durham
- 2003 · Dunsmore as Sheriff Breen
- 2003 · Timequest as Lyndon Johnson
- 2002 · Hope Ranch as Shorty
- 2002 · Clover Bend as Cotton Clayton
- 2001 · Reba as JV
- 2001 · Drive-In Movie Memories as
- 2001 · No One Can Hear You as Sheriff Joe Webster
- 2001 · Crossfire Trail as Sheriff Walter Moncrief
- 2000 · Mysterious Ways as
- 1999 · Held Up as Pembry
- 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 · Kiss and Tell as George Reed
- 1995 · JAG as Percival Bertram
- 1995 · The Drew Carey Show as Chuck Fifer
- 1995 · Siringo as Marshall John Llewellyn
- 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
- 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 · Last Flight Out as Capt. Bob Berg
- 1990 · Short Time as Captain
- 1989 · Red King, White Knight as Bentick
- 1989 · The Famous Teddy Z as
- 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 · Secret Witness as Sheriff
- 1988 · Critters 2 as Harv
- 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 · 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 as
- 1986 · C.A.T. Squad as The Director
- 1986 · Matlock as Steven McRea
- 1986 · Under Siege as
- 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 · What Comes Around as Leon Redden
- 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 Duck Factory as Hubbell
- 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 · Tucker's Witch as
- 1982 · Bus Stop as Virgil Blessing
- 1982 · The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas as C.J.
- 1982 · Fantasies as Naylor
- 1981 · A Few Days at Weasel Creek as Gus Lobell
- 1981 · Dead & Buried as Phil
- 1981 · Bitter Harvest as Dr. Agajanian
- 1981 · This House Possessed as Lt. Fletcher
- 1981 · Hill Street Blues as
- 1980 · Any Which Way You Can as Fat Zack
- 1980 · Stir Crazy as Warden Walter Beatty
- 1980 · Urban Cowboy as Uncle Bob
- 1979 · Hart to Hart as
- 1978 · Dallas as Sheriff Fenton Washburn
- 1974 · The Super Cops as Onlooker on Ladder (uncredited)
- 1972 · M*A*S*H as
- 1971 · Columbo as Clifford Calvert
- 1954 · The Wonderful World of Disney as Elmore
- Future · Capture the Flag as Miami
- Future · Blind Logic: The Ralph R. Teetor Story as Henry Spangler (voice)
- Future · The Dilemma as Gerald
- Future · Be Glad He Did It as Buddy Kasper