
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 · 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
- 2012 · Ghoul as Grandfather
- 2011 · Redemption: For Robbing the Dead as Judge Smith
- 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
- 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 · 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 · 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
- 1991 · Career Opportunities as Officer Don
- 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 · I Know My First Name Is Steven as Officer Warner
- 1989 · Lonesome Dove as Roscoe Brown
- 1988 · The People Across the Lake as Malcolm Bryce
- 1988 · Critters 2 as Harv
- 1988 · Permanent Record as Jim Sinclair
- 1987 · Under Cover as Sergeant Irwin Lee
- 1987 · Off the Mark as Walt Warner / Jenell's Pa
- 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
- 1985 · My Science Project as Lew Harlan
- 1984 · The Ratings Game as Colonel
- 1984 · Murder, She Wrote as Lt. Lou Flannigan
- 1984 · Flight 90: Disaster on the Potomac as Burt Hamilton
- 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 · Tucker's Witch as
- 1982 · The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas as C.J.
- 1982 · Six Pack as Sheriff
- 1982 · Prime Suspect as Bob Austin
- 1981 · Dead & Buried as Phil
- 1981 · This House Possessed as Lt. Fletcher
- 1981 · Hill Street Blues as
- 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
- 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
- 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 · New Life as Oscar
- 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
- 2011 · Universal Squadrons as Deakin
- 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 · NoNAMES as Ed
- 2010 · Bloodworth as Itchy
- 2009 · That Evening Sun as Thurl Chessor
- 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 · Alien Express as Senator Frank Rawlings
- 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 · Deadly Family Secrets as Mr. Potter
- 1995 · Siringo as Marshall John Llewellyn
- 1994 · Moon Shot as Narrator / Deke Slayton (voice)
- 1994 · Moon Shot as Narrator / Deke Slayton (voice)
- 1992 · The Keys as Buckaloo
- 1991 · Conagher as Charlie McCloud, Stage Driver
- 1991 · The Chase as Wallis
- 1990 · Last Flight Out as Capt. Bob Berg
- 1989 · Red King, White Knight as Bentick
- 1989 · The Famous Teddy Z as
- 1989 · Who's Harry Crumb? as P.J. Downing
- 1988 · It Takes Two as George Lawrence
- 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 · 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
- 1985 · Washingtoon as Bunky Munster
- 1985 · What Comes Around as Leon Redden
- 1985 · A Death in California as Jim Heusdens
- 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 · The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez as B. R. Abernathy
- 1982 · Honkytonk Man as Arnspriger
- 1982 · Bus Stop as Virgil Blessing
- 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 · Bitter Harvest as Dr. Agajanian
- 1981 · Murder in Texas as Dist. Atty. McMasters
- 1981 · The Killing of Randy Webster as Nick Hanson
- 1980 · Any Which Way You Can as Fat Zack
- 1975 · NBC Special Treat as Stokey Andrews
- 1974 · The Super Cops as Onlooker on Ladder (uncredited)
- Future · Be Glad He Did It as Buddy Kasper
- Future · El Tonto Por Cristo as Terry Don
- Future · Blind Logic: The Ralph R. Teetor Story as Henry Spangler (voice)
- Future · The Dilemma as Gerald