
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
- 2023 · Killers of the Flower Moon as Undertaker Turton
- 2022 · The Bay House as Cowden Brooks
- 2022 · Tulsa King as Babe
- 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 · Ben 10 Alien Swarm as Grandpa Max Tennyson
- 2010 · NoNAMES as Ed
- 2010 · Parenthood as Ernie
- 2010 · Bloodworth as Itchy
- 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 · In the Valley of Elah as Arnold Bickman
- 2007 · No Country for Old Men as Ellis
- 2007 · The Grand as Jimminy 'Lucky' Faro
- 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 · 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
- 2001 · Drive-In Movie Memories as
- 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 as
- 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 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 · 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 as
- 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 · Firefighter as Capt. Johnson
- 1986 · Nothing in Common as Andrew Woolridge
- 1986 · C.A.T. Squad as The Director
- 1986 · Matlock as
- 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 · 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 · 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
- 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 · 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 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
- 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 · El Tonto Por Cristo as Terry Don
- Future · The Dilemma as Gerald
- Future · Blind Logic: The Ralph R. Teetor Story as Henry Spangler (voice)
- Future · The Pipeline as Lester Galloway