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
- 2021 · Funny Thing About Love as Grandpa Joe
- 2021 · Magic Max as Grismer
- 2020 · Star Trek: First Frontier as John April
- 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
- 2013 · Shadow on the Mesa as Jake Rawlins
- 2012 · The Man Who Shook the Hand of Vicente Fernandez as Walker
- 2012 · Ghoul as Grandfather
- 2011 · Valley of the Sun as Gene Taggart
- 2010 · Rising Stars as Farmer
- 2009 · That Evening Sun as Thurl Chessor
- 2006 · Hidden Places as Sheriff
- 2006 · Beautiful Dreamer as Grandpa
- 2005 · Alien Express as Senator Frank Rawlings
- 2004 · The Gristle as Senator Dorm
- 2003 · Dunsmore as Sheriff Breen
- 2002 · Clover Bend as Cotton Clayton
- 2001 · Drive-In Movie Memories as
- 2001 · The Journeyman as Charlie Ledbetter
- 1999 · Sealed with a Kiss as Wink 'Pop' Blake
- 1997 · The Hired Heart as Mike Hadley
- 1997 · The Fumbleheads as Robert Blister
- 1996 · My Son Is Innocent as Dan Pendleton
- 1996 · Kiss and Tell as George Reed
- 1995 · Virus as Dr. Clayman
- 1991 · The Chase as Wallis
- 1990 · Last Flight Out as Capt. Bob Berg
- 1989 · Red King, White Knight as Bentick
- 1988 · Secret Witness as Sheriff
- 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
- 1986 · Firefighter as Capt. Johnson
- 1986 · Maggie as Jimmy Scott Farnsworth
- 1986 · Under Siege as
- 1984 · The Jesse Owens Story as Judge
- 1983 · The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez as B. R. Abernathy
- 1982 · Bus Stop as Virgil Blessing
- 1982 · Prime Suspect as Bob Austin
- 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 · Rage! as Resident #5
- 1975 · NBC Special Treat as Stokey Andrews
- 1974 · The Super Cops as Onlooker on Ladder (uncredited)
- Future · Worst Enemy as Jim
- 2025 · El Tonto Por Cristo as Terry Don
- 2023 · Killers of the Flower Moon as Undertaker Turton
- 2022 · The Bay House as Cowden Brooks
- 2022 · Tulsa King as Babe Keller
- 2020 · 9-1-1: Lone Star as Stuart Ryder
- 2019 · Eminence Hill as Noah
- 2019 · The Margarita Man as Chief Doyle
- 2019 · Trading Paint as Sheriff Buck Taylor
- 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 · New Life as Oscar
- 2016 · Windsor as Gil Denton
- 2016 · The Ranch as Dale
- 2015 · Blood & Oil as Clifton Lundegren
- 2015 · Beyond the Farthest Star as Chief Burns
- 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 · This Is Where We Live as Bode Warden
- 2013 · Return to Cicely as Self
- 2012 · Born Wild as Ray Jennings
- 2012 · Anger Management as Ed
- 2011 · Universal Squadrons as Deakin
- 2011 · Redemption: For Robbing the Dead as Judge Smith
- 2011 · Sedona as Les
- 2011 · Feed the Fish as Axel Andersen
- 2011 · The Next Door Neighbor as Judge Rodgers
- 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
- 2008 · Beer for My Horses as Buck Baker
- 2008 · Lake City as George
- 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 · Waitin' to Live as Buford Pike
- 2006 · Psych as Billy Joe
- 2006 · The Unit as Carson
- 2005 · The Closer as Clay Johnson
- 2005 · Yesterday's Dreams as Pastor
- 2005 · Unscripted as Barry Corbin
- 2005 · River's End as Sheriff 'Buster' Watkins
- 2003 · One Tree Hill as Whitey Durham
- 2003 · Timequest as Lyndon Johnson
- 2003 · Monte Walsh as Bob the Storekeeper
- 2002 · Hope Ranch as Shorty
- 2001 · Reba as JV
- 2001 · No One Can Hear You as Sheriff Joe Webster
- 2001 · Crossfire Trail as Sheriff Walter Moncrief
- 2000 · Mysterious Ways as
- 1999 · Held Up as Pembry
- 1999 · Judgment Day: The Ellie Nesler Story as Tony
- 1999 · A Face to Kill For as Frank Hadley
- 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 · Curdled as Lodger
- 1996 · Solo as General Clyde Haynes
- 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 · Siringo as Marshall John Llewellyn
- 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 · Short Time as Captain
- 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 · It Takes Two as George Lawrence
- 1988 · Critters 2 as Harv
- 1988 · Permanent Record as Jim Sinclair
- 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 · Nothing in Common as Andrew Woolridge
- 1986 · C.A.T. Squad as The Director
- 1986 · Matlock as Steven McRea
- 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 · 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 · Murder, She Wrote as Lt. Lou Flannigan
- 1984 · Call to Glory as Mr. Hunter
- 1984 · The Duck Factory as Hubbell
- 1984 · Flight 90: Disaster on the Potomac as Burt Hamilton
- 1983 · The Man Who Loved Women as Roy Carr
- 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.
- 1982 · Six Pack as Sheriff
- Future · The Pipeline as Lester Galloway
- Future · The Dilemma as Gerald
- Future · Capture the Flag as Miami
- Future · solo as estrella
- Future · Be Glad He Did It as Buddy Kasper
- Future · Blind Logic: The Ralph R. Teetor Story as Henry Spangler (voice)
- 1982 · Fantasies as Naylor
- 1981 · Dead & Buried as Phil
- 1981 · Bitter Harvest as Dr. Agajanian
- 1981 · Murder in Texas as Dist. Atty. McMasters
- 1981 · Hill Street Blues as
- 1980 · Any Which Way You Can as Fat Zack
- 1980 · Stir Crazy as Warden Walter Beatty
- 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 · A Trace of Murder as Clifford Calvert