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
- 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
- 2018 · Brimming with Love as Walter
- 2017 · Young Sheldon as Mr. Gilford
- 2017 · Mountain Top as Sam Miller
- 2016 · New Life as Oscar
- 2016 · Windsor as Gil Denton
- 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
- 2014 · Dawn of the Crescent Moon as Cyrus
- 2013 · Beyond the Farthest Star as Chief Burns
- 2012 · Anger Management as Ed
- 2010 · Rising Stars as Farmer
- 2010 · Parenthood as Ernie
- 2009 · Ben 10 : Alien Swarm as Grandpa Max Tennyson
- 2009 · Not Since You as Uncle Dennis
- 2009 · Modern Family as Merle Tucker
- 2008 · Beer for My Horses as Buck Baker
- 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 · 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 · Monte Walsh as Bob the Storekeeper
- 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
- 1998 · The Magnificent Seven as Wickes
- 1997 · King of the Hill as Fire Chief (voice)
- 1996 · Spin City as Peter Noland
- 1996 · Spin City as Peter Noland (archive footage)
- 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 · 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 · Career Opportunities as Officer Don
- 1990 · The Hot Spot as Sheriff
- 1990 · Northern Exposure as Maurice Minnifield
- 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 · Permanent Record as Jim Sinclair
- 1986 · Designing Women as
- 1986 · Firefighter as Capt. Johnson
- 1986 · Nothing in Common as Andrew Woolridge
- 1986 · Matlock as
- 1986 · The Defiant Ones as Floyd Carpenter
- 1985 · The Twilight Zone as (segment "Dead Run")
- 1985 · Tall Tales & Legends as Mr. Jenkins
- 1984 · Murder, She Wrote as Lt. Lou Flannigan
- 1984 · Call to Glory as Mr. Hunter
- 1984 · Flight 90: Disaster on the Potomac as Burt Hamilton
- 1983 · Boone as Merit Sawyer
- 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 · The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas as C.J.
- 1981 · A Few Days at Weasel Creek as Gus Lobell
- 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
- 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 · The Pipeline as Lester Galloway
- 2022 · The Bay House as Cowden Brooks
- 2018 · The Valley as Gary
- 2017 · An American in Texas as Larry Korchinsky
- 2017 · All Saints as Forrest
- 2016 · Last Man Club as Pete Williams
- 2014 · The Hitchhiker as Leonard
- 2013 · This Is Where We Live as Bode Warden
- 2013 · Shadow on the Mesa as Jake Rawlins
- 2012 · Ghoul as Grandfather
- 2011 · Universal Squadrons as Deakin
- 2011 · Feed the Fish as Axel Andersen
- 2011 · Valley of the Sun as Gene Taggart
- 2010 · Bloodworth as Itchy
- 2009 · That Evening Sun as Thurl Chessor
- 2008 · Lake City as George
- 2006 · Waitin' to Live as Buford Pike
- 2005 · Alien Express as Senator Frank Rawlings
- 2004 · The Gristle as Senator Dorm
- 2003 · Timequest as Lyndon Johnson
- 2002 · Hope Ranch as Shorty
- 2001 · No One Can Hear You as Sheriff Joe Webster
- 1999 · Sealed with a Kiss as Wink 'Pop' Blake
- 1997 · The Hired Heart as Mike Hadley
- 1996 · Curdled as Lodger
- 1996 · Kiss and Tell as George Reed
- 1995 · Deadly Family Secrets as Mr. Potter
- 1995 · Siringo as Marshall John Llewellyn
- 1991 · Conagher as Charlie McCloud, Stage Driver
- 1990 · Ghost Dad as Mr. Emery Collins
- 1988 · It Takes Two as George Lawrence
- 1988 · Critters 2 as Harv
- 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
- 1986 · John Henry as Mr. Jenkins
- 1985 · My Science Project as Lew Harlan
- 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
- 1982 · Six Pack as Sheriff
- 1982 · Prime Suspect as Bob Austin
- 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
- Future · Capture the Flag as Miami
- 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 · Farmer of the Year as Hap
- 2017 · Ay Lav Yu Tuu as Danny Brown
- 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
- 2012 · Born Wild as Ray Jennings
- 2012 · The Man Who Shook the Hand of Vicente Fernandez as Walker
- 2011 · Redemption: For Robbing the Dead as Judge Smith
- 2011 · Sedona as Les
- 2011 · The Next Door Neighbor as Judge Rodgers
- 2010 · NoNAMES as Ed
- 2009 · Wyvern as Haas
- 2006 · Hidden Places as Sheriff
- 2005 · Yesterday's Dreams as Pastor
- 2003 · Dunsmore as Sheriff Breen
- 2001 · Drive-In Movie Memories as
- 1999 · Judgment Day: The Ellie Nesler Story as Tony
- 1999 · A Face to Kill for as Frank Hadley
- 1997 · The Fumbleheads as Robert Blister
- 1996 · My Son Is Innocent as Dan Pendleton
- 1994 · Moon Shot as Narrator / Deke Slayton (voice)
- 1994 · Moon Shot as Narrator / Deke Slayton (voice)
- 1991 · The Chase as Wallis
- 1990 · Last Flight Out as Capt. Bob Berg
- 1988 · Stranger on My Land as Gil
- 1988 · Man Against the Mob as Big Mac McCleary
- 1987 · Young Harry Houdini as Elmore
- 1987 · Spies as
- 1987 · Warm Hearts, Cold Feet as Max
- 1986 · C.A.T. Squad as The Director
- 1986 · Under Siege as
- 1986 · Hard Traveling as Frank Burton
- 1985 · Washingtoon as Bunky Munster
- 1984 · The Jesse Owens Story as Judge
- 1983 · The Man Who Loved Women as Roy Carr
- 1983 · The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez as B. R. Abernathy
- 1982 · Bus Stop as Virgil Blessing
- 1982 · Fantasies as Naylor
- 1981 · The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia as Wimbish
- 1981 · Bitter Harvest as Dr. Agajanian
- 1975 · NBC Special Treat as Stokey Andrews
- Future · Be Glad He Did It as Buddy Kasper
- Future · Blind Logic: The Ralph R. Teetor Story as Henry Spangler (voice)
- Future · The Dilemma as Gerald