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 · Tulsa King as Babe Keller
- 2021 · Magic Max as Grismer
- 2020 · 9-1-1: Lone Star as Stuart Ryder
- 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 · Blood & Oil as Clifton Lundegren
- 2015 · Better Call Saul as Everett Acker
- 2014 · Planes: Fire & Rescue as Ol' Jammer (voice)
- 2014 · The Homesman as Buster Shaver
- 2013 · Shadow on the Mesa as Jake Rawlins
- 2012 · Anger Management as Ed
- 2012 · The Man Who Shook the Hand of Vicente Fernandez as Walker
- 2011 · Universal Squadrons as Deakin
- 2011 · Sedona as Les
- 2011 · Feed the Fish as Axel Andersen
- 2011 · Valley of the Sun as Gene Taggart
- 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 · 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 · Unscripted as Self
- 2005 · River's End as Sheriff 'Buster' Watkins
- 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
- 2000 · Mysterious Ways as
- 1999 · Held Up as Pembry
- 1999 · Sealed with a Kiss as Wink 'Pop' Blake
- 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
- 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 · Short Time as Captain
- 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 · Secret Witness as Sheriff
- 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
- 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 as
- 1987 · Warm Hearts, Cold Feet as Max
- 1986 · John Henry as Mr. Jenkins
- 1986 · Designing Women as
- 1986 · Firefighter as Capt. Johnson
- 1986 · Nothing in Common as Andrew Woolridge
- 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 · My Science Project as Lew Harlan
- 1985 · Washingtoon as Bunky Munster
- 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 as
- 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 · 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 · Hill Street Blues as
- 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 as
- 1978 · Dallas as Sheriff Fenton Washburn
- 1975 · NBC Special Treat as Stokey Andrews
- 1972 · M*A*S*H as
- 1971 · Columbo as Clifford Calvert
- Future · The Pipeline as Lester Galloway
- 2025 · El Tonto Por Cristo as Terry Don
- 2025 · Sod and Stubble as
- 2022 · The Bay House as Cowden Brooks
- 2021 · Funny Thing About Love as Grandpa Joe
- 2020 · Star Trek: First Frontier as John April
- 2019 · Eminence Hill as Noah
- 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 · Christmas in the Smokies as Wade Haygood
- 2015 · Urban Cowboy: The Rise and Fall of Gilley's as Self
- 2014 · Diving With The Dinosaur Fish as Narrator
- 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 · Return to Cicely as Self
- 2012 · Born Wild as Ray Jennings
- 2012 · Ghoul as Grandfather
- 2011 · Redemption: For Robbing the Dead as Judge Smith
- 2011 · The Next Door Neighbor as Judge Rodgers
- 2010 · Rising Stars as Farmer
- 2006 · Waitin' to Live as Buford Pike
- 2005 · Yesterday's Dreams as Pastor
- 2004 · The Gristle as Senator Dorm
- 2003 · Dunsmore as Sheriff Breen
- 2001 · Drive-In Movie Memories as
- 2001 · No One Can Hear You as Sheriff Joe Webster
- 1999 · Judgment Day: The Ellie Nesler Story as Tony
- 1996 · Kiss and Tell as George Reed
- 1990 · Last Flight Out as Capt. Bob Berg
- 1989 · Red King, White Knight as Bentick
- 1988 · The People Across the Lake as Malcolm Bryce
- 1988 · Man Against the Mob as Big Mac McCleary
- 1987 · LBJ: The Early Years as Judge Alvin J. Wirtz
- 1985 · What Comes Around as Leon Redden
- 1981 · A Few Days at Weasel Creek as Gus Lobell
- 1981 · This House Possessed as Lt. Fletcher
- 1974 · The Super Cops as Onlooker on Ladder (uncredited)
- 1954 · The Wonderful World of Disney as Elmore
- Future · Blind Logic: The Ralph R. Teetor Story as Henry Spangler (voice)
- Future · Capture the Flag as Miami
- Future · The Dilemma as Gerald
- Future · Be Glad He Did It as Buddy Kasper