
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
- 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 · All Saints as Forrest
- 2017 · Mountain Top as Sam Miller
- 2016 · New Life as Oscar
- 2016 · Windsor as Gil Denton
- 2016 · The Ranch as Dale
- 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 · Shadow on the Mesa as Jake Rawlins
- 2012 · Anger Management as Ed
- 2011 · Redemption: For Robbing the Dead as Judge Smith
- 2011 · Feed the Fish as Axel Andersen
- 2010 · Parenthood as Ernie
- 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
- 2007 · No Country for Old Men as Ellis
- 2007 · The Grand as Jimminy 'Lucky' Faro
- 2006 · Psych as Billy Joe
- 2005 · Alien Express as Senator Frank Rawlings
- 2005 · The Closer as Clay Johnson
- 2005 · Unscripted as Self
- 2004 · The Gristle as Senator Dorm
- 2003 · One Tree Hill as Whitey Durham
- 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
- 2001 · No One Can Hear You as Sheriff Joe Webster
- 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 · The Big Easy as C.D. LeBlanc
- 1995 · Deadly Family Secrets as Mr. Potter
- 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 · Lonesome Dove as Roscoe Brown
- 1988 · Critters 2 as Harv
- 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
- 1985 · The Twilight Zone as (segment "Dead Run")
- 1985 · Tall Tales & Legends as Mr. Jenkins
- 1985 · My Science Project as Lew Harlan
- 1984 · Murder, She Wrote as Lt. Lou Flannigan
- 1984 · Flight 90: Disaster on the Potomac as Burt Hamilton
- 1983 · The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez as B. R. Abernathy
- 1983 · WarGames as General Beringer
- 1983 · The Thorn Birds as Pete
- 1983 · The A-Team as J.J. Kincaid
- 1981 · Dead & Buried as Phil
- 1981 · Hill Street Blues as
- 1979 · Hart to Hart as
- 1978 · Dallas as Sheriff Fenton Washburn
- 1972 · M*A*S*H as
- 1971 · Columbo as Clifford Calvert
- Future · The Pipeline as Lester Galloway
- 2025 · Sod and Stubble as
- 2022 · The Bay House as Cowden Brooks
- 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 · Farmer of the Year as Hap
- 2017 · An American in Texas as Larry Korchinsky
- 2017 · Ay Lav Yu Tuu as Danny Brown
- 2016 · Last Man Club as Pete Williams
- 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
- 2014 · Diving With The Dinosaur Fish as Narrator
- 2014 · The Hitchhiker as Leonard
- 2013 · Beyond the Farthest Star as Chief Burns
- 2013 · This Is Where We Live as Bode Warden
- 2012 · Born Wild as Ray Jennings
- 2012 · The Man Who Shook the Hand of Vicente Fernandez as Walker
- 2012 · Ghoul as Grandfather
- 2011 · Universal Squadrons as Deakin
- 2011 · Sedona as Les
- 2011 · Valley of the Sun as Gene Taggart
- 2011 · The Next Door Neighbor as Judge Rodgers
- 2010 · Rising Stars as Farmer
- 2010 · NoNAMES as Ed
- 2010 · Bloodworth as Itchy
- 2008 · Beer for My Horses as Buck Baker
- 2008 · Lake City as George
- 2007 · In the Valley of Elah as Arnold Bickman
- 2006 · Waitin' to Live as Buford Pike
- 2006 · Beautiful Dreamer as Grandpa
- 2006 · Hidden Places as Sheriff
- 2005 · Yesterday's Dreams as Pastor
- 2005 · River's End as Sheriff 'Buster' Watkins
- 2003 · Dunsmore as Sheriff Breen
- 2003 · Timequest as Lyndon Johnson
- 2001 · Drive-In Movie Memories as
- 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
- 1997 · The Fumbleheads as Robert Blister
- 1996 · Curdled as Lodger
- 1996 · Solo as General Clyde Haynes
- 1996 · My Son Is Innocent as Dan Pendleton
- 1996 · Kiss and Tell as George Reed
- 1995 · Siringo as Marshall John Llewellyn
- 1994 · Moon Shot as Narrator / Deke Slayton (voice)
- 1994 · Moon Shot as Narrator / Deke Slayton (voice)
- 1991 · Conagher as Charlie McCloud, Stage Driver
- 1991 · The Chase as Wallis
- 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
- 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 · 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 · 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 · 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 · The Jesse Owens Story as Judge
- 1983 · The Man Who Loved Women as Roy Carr
- 1983 · Boone as Merit Sawyer
- 1983 · Travis McGee as Sheriff Hack Ames
- 1982 · Honkytonk Man as Arnspriger
- 1982 · Tucker's Witch as
- 1981 · Bitter Harvest as Dr. Agajanian
- 1981 · Murder in Texas as Dist. Atty. McMasters
- Future · Be Glad He Did It as Buddy Kasper
- 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 · 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
- 1980 · Urban Cowboy as Uncle Bob
- 1975 · NBC Special Treat as Stokey Andrews
- 1974 · The Super Cops as Onlooker on Ladder (uncredited)
- 1954 · The Wonderful World of Disney as Elmore
- Future · El Tonto Por Cristo as Terry Don
- Future · Blind Logic: The Ralph R. Teetor Story as Henry Spangler (voice)
- Future · Capture the Flag as Miami
- Future · The Dilemma as Gerald