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