
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 · 9-1-1: Lone Star as Stuart Ryder
- 2018 · Yellowstone as Ross
- 2017 · Young Sheldon as Mr. Gilford
- 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
- 2012 · Anger Management as Ed
- 2010 · Parenthood as Ernie
- 2009 · Modern Family as Merle Tucker
- 2007 · No Country for Old Men as Ellis
- 2007 · The Grand as Jimminy 'Lucky' Faro
- 2006 · Psych as Billy Joe
- 2005 · The Closer as Clay Johnson
- 2003 · One Tree Hill as Whitey Durham
- 2001 · Reba as JV
- 2001 · Crossfire Trail as Sheriff Walter Moncrief
- 1999 · Judgment Day: The Ellie Nesler Story as Tony
- 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)
- 1995 · JAG as Percival Bertram
- 1995 · The Drew Carey Show as Chuck Fifer
- 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
- 1990 · The Hot Spot as Sheriff
- 1990 · Northern Exposure as Maurice Minnifield
- 1989 · Lonesome Dove as Roscoe Brown
- 1986 · Designing Women as
- 1986 · Firefighter as Capt. Johnson
- 1986 · Matlock as
- 1985 · The Twilight Zone as (segment "Dead Run")
- 1984 · Murder, She Wrote as Lt. Lou Flannigan
- 1984 · Flight 90: Disaster on the Potomac as Burt Hamilton
- 1983 · WarGames as General Beringer
- 1983 · The Thorn Birds as Pete
- 1983 · The A-Team as J.J. Kincaid
- 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 Dilemma as Gerald
- 2018 · Brimming with Love as Walter
- 2017 · Mountain Top as Sam Miller
- 2016 · New Life as Oscar
- 2015 · Blood & Oil as Clifton Lundegren
- 2013 · Shadow on the Mesa as Jake Rawlins
- 2012 · Born Wild as Ray Jennings
- 2011 · Redemption: For Robbing the Dead as Judge Smith
- 2011 · Feed the Fish as Axel Andersen
- 2010 · Rising Stars as Farmer
- 2010 · Ben 10 Alien Swarm as Grandpa Max Tennyson
- 2010 · NoNAMES as Ed
- 2007 · In the Valley of Elah as Arnold Bickman
- 2006 · Beautiful Dreamer as Grandpa
- 2005 · Unscripted as Self
- 2003 · Dunsmore as Sheriff Breen
- 2003 · Monte Walsh as Bob the Storekeeper
- 2002 · Clover Bend as Cotton Clayton
- 2000 · Mysterious Ways as
- 1996 · The Big Easy as C.D. LeBlanc
- 1991 · Conagher as Charlie McCloud, Stage Driver
- 1991 · Career Opportunities as Officer Don
- 1990 · Ghost Dad as Mr. Emery Collins
- 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 · 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 · Warm Hearts, Cold Feet as Max
- 1986 · Nothing in Common as Andrew Woolridge
- 1986 · Hard Traveling as Frank Burton
- 1985 · Tall Tales & Legends as Mr. Jenkins
- 1984 · Fatal Vision as Franz Grebner
- 1983 · The Man Who Loved Women as Roy Carr
- 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 · Bitter Harvest as Dr. Agajanian
- 1980 · Any Which Way You Can as Fat Zack
- 1980 · Stir Crazy as Warden Walter Beatty
- 1980 · Urban Cowboy as Uncle Bob
- 1974 · The Super Cops as Onlooker on Ladder (uncredited)
- 1954 · The Wonderful World of Disney as Elmore
- 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
- 2020 · Star Trek: First Frontier as John April
- 2019 · Eminence Hill as Noah
- 2019 · The Margarita Man as Chief Doyle
- 2019 · Trading Paint as Sheriff Buck Taylor
- 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
- 2017 · All Saints as Forrest
- 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
- 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 · Bloodworth as Itchy
- 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
- 2008 · Lake City as George
- 2006 · Waitin' to Live as Buford Pike
- 2006 · Hidden Places as Sheriff
- 2005 · Alien Express as Senator Frank Rawlings
- 2005 · Yesterday's Dreams as Pastor
- 2005 · River's End as Sheriff 'Buster' Watkins
- 2004 · The Gristle as Senator Dorm
- 2003 · Timequest as Lyndon Johnson
- 2002 · Hope Ranch as Shorty
- 2001 · Drive-In Movie Memories as
- 2001 · The Journeyman as Charlie Ledbetter
- 2001 · No One Can Hear You as Sheriff Joe Webster
- 1999 · Held Up as Pembry
- 1999 · Sealed with a Kiss as Wink 'Pop' Blake
- 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 · Deadly Family Secrets as Mr. Potter
- 1995 · Siringo as Marshall John Llewellyn
- 1995 · Virus as Dr. Clayman
- 1994 · Moon Shot as Narrator / Deke Slayton (voice)
- 1994 · Moon Shot as Narrator / Deke Slayton (voice)
- 1992 · The Keys as Buckaloo
- 1990 · Last Flight Out as Capt. Bob Berg
- 1989 · The Famous Teddy Z as
- 1987 · Spies as
- 1987 · LBJ: The Early Years as Judge Alvin J. Wirtz
- 1986 · John Henry as Mr. Jenkins
- 1986 · C.A.T. Squad as The Director
- 1986 · Under Siege as
- Future · El Tonto Por Cristo as Terry Don
- 1991 · The Chase as Wallis
- 1990 · Short Time as Captain
- 1989 · Red King, White Knight as Bentick
- 1988 · It Takes Two as George Lawrence
- 1983 · Travis McGee as Sheriff Hack Ames
- 1982 · Six Pack as Sheriff
- Future · Blind Logic: The Ralph R. Teetor Story as Henry Spangler (voice)
- 1987 · Young Harry Houdini as Elmore
- 1986 · The Defiant Ones as Floyd Carpenter
- 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 · The Jesse Owens Story as Judge
- 1983 · Boone as Merit Sawyer
- 1983 · The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez as B. R. Abernathy
- 1982 · Honkytonk Man as Arnspriger
- 1982 · Bus Stop as Virgil Blessing
- 1982 · Prime Suspect as Bob Austin
- 1982 · Fantasies as Naylor
- 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
- 1981 · This House Possessed as Lt. Fletcher
- 1980 · Rage! as Resident #5
- 1975 · NBC Special Treat as Stokey Andrews