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
- 2019 · Trading Paint as Sheriff Buck Taylor
- 2016 · New Life as Oscar
- 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 · Redemption: For Robbing the Dead as Judge Smith
- 2011 · Sedona as Les
- 2011 · Valley of the Sun as Gene Taggart
- 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
- 2007 · The Grand as Jimminy 'Lucky' Faro
- 2006 · Waitin' to Live as Buford Pike
- 2005 · Alien Express as Senator Frank Rawlings
- 2005 · Yesterday's Dreams as Pastor
- 2005 · Unscripted as Self
- 2002 · Clover Bend as Cotton Clayton
- 2001 · Drive-In Movie Memories as
- 2001 · No One Can Hear You as Sheriff Joe Webster
- 2000 · Mysterious Ways as
- 1999 · Sealed with a Kiss as Wink 'Pop' Blake
- 1999 · A Face to Kill for as Frank Hadley
- 1997 · The Fumbleheads as Robert Blister
- 1991 · The Chase as Wallis
- 1990 · Short Time as Captain
- 1989 · The Famous Teddy Z as
- 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 · 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
- 1986 · Nothing in Common as Andrew Woolridge
- 1986 · Under Siege as
- 1985 · What Comes Around as Leon Redden
- 1984 · Call to Glory as Mr. Hunter
- 1983 · Boone as Merit Sawyer
- 1983 · Travis McGee as Sheriff Hack Ames
- 1982 · Tucker's Witch as
- 1982 · Bus Stop as Virgil Blessing
- 1982 · Prime Suspect as Bob Austin
- 1980 · Any Which Way You Can as Fat Zack
- Future · Be Glad He Did It as Buddy Kasper
- 1954 · The Wonderful World of Disney as Elmore
- Future · The Pipeline as Lester Galloway
- 2025 · El Tonto Por Cristo as Terry Don
- 2022 · Tulsa King as Babe
- 2022 · Tulsa King as Babe Keller
- 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
- 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 · 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
- 2012 · Born Wild as Ray Jennings
- 2012 · Anger Management as Ed
- 2012 · The Man Who Shook the Hand of Vicente Fernandez as Walker
- 2011 · Feed the Fish as Axel Andersen
- 2011 · The Next Door Neighbor as Judge Rodgers
- 2010 · Rising Stars as Farmer
- 2010 · NoNAMES as Ed
- 2010 · Parenthood as Ernie
- 2010 · Bloodworth as Itchy
- 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 · Army Wives as Veteran Patient
- 2006 · Psych as Billy Joe
- 2006 · Beautiful Dreamer as Grandpa
- 2006 · Hidden Places as Sheriff
- 2005 · The Closer as Clay Johnson
- 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
- 2001 · Reba as JV
- 2001 · The Journeyman as Charlie Ledbetter
- 2001 · Crossfire Trail as Sheriff Walter Moncrief
- 1999 · Held Up as Pembry
- 1999 · Judgment Day: The Ellie Nesler Story as Tony
- 1998 · The Magnificent Seven as Wickes
- 1997 · The Hired Heart as Mike Hadley
- 1997 · King of the Hill as Fire Chief (voice)
- 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
- 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
- 1989 · Red King, White Knight as Bentick
- 1989 · I Know My First Name Is Steven as Officer Warner
- 1989 · Lonesome Dove as Roscoe Brown
- 1988 · Critters 2 as Harv
- 1988 · Permanent Record as Jim Sinclair
- 1988 · Stranger on My Land as Gil
- 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 · C.A.T. Squad as The Director
- 1986 · Matlock 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 · 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 · 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
- 1982 · Honkytonk Man as Arnspriger
- 1982 · The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas as C.J.
- 1982 · Six Pack as Sheriff
- 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 · 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
- 1974 · The Super Cops as Onlooker on Ladder (uncredited)
- 1972 · M*A*S*H as
- 1971 · Columbo as Clifford Calvert
- Future · Blind Logic: The Ralph R. Teetor Story as Henry Spangler (voice)
- 1975 · NBC Special Treat as Stokey Andrews
- Future · Capture the Flag as Miami
- Future · The Dilemma as Gerald