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