Barry Corbin
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Oct 16, 1940 (age 85)
- Place of birth
- Lamesa, Texas. USA
- Credits
- 202
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
Filmography
Brothers
2026TV
Carl Travis
El Tonto Por Cristo
2025Movie
Terry Don
Sod and Stubble
2025Movie
Killers of the Flower Moon
2023Movie
Undertaker Turton
The Bay House
2022Movie
Cowden Brooks
Tulsa King
2022TV
Babe Keller
Funny Thing About Love
2021Movie
Grandpa Joe
Magic Max
2021Movie
Grismer
9-1-1: Lone Star
2020TV
Stuart Ryder
Eminence Hill
2019Movie
Noah
The Margarita Man
2019Movie
Chief Doyle
Trading Paint
2019Movie
Sheriff Buck Taylor
Yellowstone
2018TV
Ross
The Valley
2018Movie
Gary
Brimming with Love
2018Movie
Walter
Farmer of the Year
2018Movie
Hap
An American in Texas
2017Movie
Larry Korchinsky
Young Sheldon
2017TV
Mr. Gilford
Ay Lav Yu Tuu
2017Movie
Danny Brown
All Saints
2017Movie
Forrest
Mountain Top
2017Movie
Sam Miller
New Life
2016Movie
Oscar
Windsor
2016Movie
Gil Denton
Last Man Club
2016Movie
Pete Williams
The Ranch
2016TV
Dale
Christmas in the Smokies
2015Movie
Wade Haygood
Blood & Oil
2015TV
Clifton Lundegren
Beyond the Farthest Star
2015Movie
Chief Burns
Urban Cowboy: The Rise and Fall of Gilley's
2015Movie
Self
Better Call Saul
2015TV
Everett Acker
Diving With The Dinosaur Fish
2014Movie
Narrator
Planes: Fire & Rescue
2014Movie
Ol' Jammer (voice)
The Homesman
2014Movie
Buster Shaver
The Hitchhiker
2014Movie
Leonard
Dawn of the Crescent Moon
2014Movie
Cyrus
This Is Where We Live
2013Movie
Bode Warden
Return to Cicely
2013Movie
Self
Shadow on the Mesa
2013Movie
Jake Rawlins
Born Wild
2012Movie
Ray Jennings
Anger Management
2012TV
Ed
The Man Who Shook the Hand of Vicente Fernandez
2012Movie
Walker
Ghoul
2012Movie
Grandfather
Universal Squadrons
2011Movie
Deakin
Redemption: For Robbing the Dead
2011Movie
Judge Smith
Sedona
2011Movie
Les
Feed the Fish
2011Movie
Axel Andersen
Valley of the Sun
2011Movie
Gene Taggart
The Next Door Neighbor
2011Movie
Judge Rodgers
Rising Stars
2010Movie
Farmer
NoNAMES
2010Movie
Ed
Parenthood
2010TV
Ernie
Bloodworth
2010Movie
Itchy
Ben 10: Alien Swarm
2009Movie
Grandpa Max Tennyson
That Evening Sun
2009Movie
Thurl Chessor
Not Since You
2009Movie
Uncle Dennis
Modern Family
2009TV
Merle Tucker
Wyvern
2009Movie
Haas
Beer for My Horses
2008Movie
Buck Baker
Lake City
2008Movie
George
No Country for Old Men
2007Movie
Ellis
In the Valley of Elah
2007Movie
Arnold Bickman
The Grand
2007Movie
Jimminy 'Lucky' Faro
Army Wives
2007TV
Veteran Patient
Waitin' to Live
2006Movie
Buford Pike
Psych
2006TV
Billy Joe
The Unit
2006TV
Carson
Beautiful Dreamer
2006Movie
Grandpa
Hidden Places
2006Movie
Sheriff
Alien Express
2005Movie
Senator Frank Rawlings
The Closer
2005TV
Clay Johnson
Yesterday's Dreams
2005Movie
Pastor
Unscripted
2005TV
Barry Corbin
River's End
2005Movie
Sheriff 'Buster' Watkins
The Gristle
2004Movie
Senator Dorm
One Tree Hill
2003TV
Whitey Durham
Dunsmore
2003Movie
Sheriff Breen
Monte Walsh
2003Movie
Bob the Storekeeper
Hope Ranch
2002Movie
Shorty
Clover Bend
2002Movie
Cotton Clayton
Reba
2001TV
JV
Drive-In Movie Memories
2001Movie
No One Can Hear You
2001Movie
Sheriff Joe Webster
The Journeyman
2001Movie
Charlie Ledbetter
Crossfire Trail
2001Movie
Sheriff Walter Moncrief
Mysterious Ways
2000TV
Timequest
2000Movie
Lyndon Johnson
Held Up
1999Movie
Pembry
Sealed with a Kiss
1999Movie
Wink 'Pop' Blake
Judgment Day: The Ellie Nesler Story
1999Movie
Tony
A Face to Kill For
1999Movie
Frank Hadley
The Magnificent Seven
1998TV
Wickes
The Hired Heart
1997Movie
Mike Hadley
King of the Hill
1997TV
Fire Chief (voice)
The Fumbleheads
1997Movie
Robert Blister
Spin City
1996TV
Peter Noland
Curdled
1996Movie
Lodger
Solo
1996Movie
General Clyde Haynes
The Big Easy
1996TV
C.D. LeBlanc
My Son Is Innocent
1996Movie
Dan Pendleton
Kiss and Tell
1996Movie
George Reed
Deadly Family Secrets
1995Movie
Mr. Potter
JAG
1995TV
Percival Bertram
The Drew Carey Show
1995TV
Chuck Fifer
Life with Louie
1995TV
Uncle Sammy (voice)
Siringo
1995Movie
Marshall John Llewellyn
Virus
1995Movie
Dr. Clayman
The Outer Limits
1995TV
Carlton Powers
Moon Shot
1994TV
Narrator / Deke Slayton (voice)
Moon Shot
1994Movie
Narrator / Deke Slayton (voice)
Ellen
1994TV
Jack Penney
Walker, Texas Ranger
1993TV
Ben Crowder
The Keys
1992Movie
Buckaloo
Conagher
1991Movie
Charlie McCloud, Stage Driver
Career Opportunities
1991Movie
Officer Don
The Chase
1991Movie
Wallis
The Hot Spot
1990Movie
Sheriff
Northern Exposure
1990TV
Maurice Minnifield
Ghost Dad
1990Movie
Mr. Emery Collins
Last Flight Out
1990Movie
Capt. Bob Berg
Short Time
1990Movie
Captain
Red King, White Knight
1989Movie
Bentick
The Famous Teddy Z
1989TV
I Know My First Name Is Steven
1989TV
Officer Warner
Lonesome Dove
1989TV
Roscoe Brown
Who's Harry Crumb?
1989Movie
P.J. Downing
The People Across the Lake
1988Movie
Malcolm Bryce
Secret Witness
1988Movie
Sheriff
It Takes Two
1988Movie
George Lawrence
Critters 2
1988Movie
Harv
Permanent Record
1988Movie
Jim Sinclair
Stranger on My Land
1988Movie
Gil
Man Against the Mob
1988Movie
Big Mac McCleary
Under Cover
1987Movie
Sergeant Irwin Lee
Off the Mark
1987Movie
Walt Warner / Jenell's Pa
Young Harry Houdini
1987Movie
Elmore
Spies
1987TV
LBJ: The Early Years
1987Movie
Judge Alvin J. Wirtz
Warm Hearts, Cold Feet
1987Movie
Max
John Henry
1986Movie
Mr. Jenkins
Designing Women
1986TV
Firefighter
1986Movie
Capt. Johnson
Nothing in Common
1986Movie
Andrew Woolridge
C.A.T. Squad
1986Movie
The Director
Maggie
1986Movie
Jimmy Scott Farnsworth
Matlock
1986TV
Steven McRea
Under Siege
1986Movie
Hard Traveling
1986Movie
Frank Burton
The Defiant Ones
1986Movie
Floyd Carpenter
The Twilight Zone
1985TV
(segment "Dead Run")
Tall Tales & Legends
1985TV
Mr. Jenkins
My Science Project
1985Movie
Lew Harlan
Washingtoon
1985TV
Bunky Munster
What Comes Around
1985Movie
Leon Redden
A Death in California
1985TV
Jim Heusdens
The Ratings Game
1984Movie
Colonel
Fatal Vision
1984TV
Franz Grebner
Murder, She Wrote
1984TV
Lt. Lou Flannigan
Call to Glory
1984TV
Mr. Hunter
The Jesse Owens Story
1984Movie
Judge
The Duck Factory
1984TV
Hubbell
Flight 90: Disaster on the Potomac
1984Movie
Burt Hamilton
The Man Who Loved Women
1983Movie
Roy Carr
Boone
1983TV
Merit Sawyer
The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez
1983Movie
B. R. Abernathy
WarGames
1983Movie
General Beringer
Travis McGee
1983Movie
Sheriff Hack Ames
The Thorn Birds
1983TV
Pete
The A-Team
1983TV
J.J. Kincaid
Honkytonk Man
1982Movie
Arnspriger
Tucker's Witch
1982TV
Bus Stop
1982Movie
Virgil Blessing
The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
1982Movie
C.J.
Six Pack
1982Movie
Sheriff
Prime Suspect
1982Movie
Bob Austin
Fantasies
1982Movie
Naylor
American Playhouse
1982TV
Abernathy
A Few Days at Weasel Creek
1981Movie
Gus Lobell
The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia
1981Movie
Wimbish
Dead & Buried
1981Movie
Phil
Bitter Harvest
1981Movie
Dr. Agajanian
Murder in Texas
1981TV
Dist. Atty. McMasters
The Killing of Randy Webster
1981Movie
Nick Hanson
This House Possessed
1981Movie
Lt. Fletcher
Hill Street Blues
1981TV
Any Which Way You Can
1980Movie
Fat Zack
Stir Crazy
1980Movie
Warden Walter Beatty
Rage!
1980Movie
Resident #5
Urban Cowboy
1980Movie
Uncle Bob
Hart to Hart
1979TV
Dallas
1978TV
Sheriff Fenton Washburn
NBC Special Treat
1975TV
Stokey Andrews
The Super Cops
1974Movie
Onlooker on Ladder (uncredited)
M*A*S*H
1972TV
Columbo
1971TV
Clifford Calvert
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954TV
Elmore
Worst Enemy
Movie
Jim
A Trace of Murder
Movie
Clifford Calvert
The Pipeline
Movie
Lester Galloway
Blind Logic: The Ralph R. Teetor Story
Movie
Henry Spangler (voice)
Be Glad He Did It
Movie
Buddy Kasper
The Dilemma
Movie
Gerald
Capture the Flag
Movie
Miami