
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
- 2019 · Eminence Hill as Noah
- 2019 · The Margarita Man as Chief Doyle
- 2018 · Brimming with Love as Walter
- 2017 · An American in Texas as Larry Korchinsky
- 2016 · New Life as Oscar
- 2016 · Windsor as Gil Denton
- 2015 · Urban Cowboy: The Rise and Fall of Gilley's as Self
- 2013 · Beyond the Farthest Star as Chief Burns
- 2013 · This Is Where We Live as Bode Warden
- 2013 · Shadow on the Mesa as Jake Rawlins
- 2012 · The Man Who Shook the Hand of Vicente Fernandez as Walker
- 2011 · Universal Squadrons as Deakin
- 2011 · Redemption: For Robbing the Dead as Judge Smith
- 2011 · Sedona as Les
- 2009 · That Evening Sun as Thurl Chessor
- 2009 · Wyvern as Haas
- 2008 · Beer for My Horses as Buck Baker
- 2006 · Waitin' to Live as Buford Pike
- 2006 · Beautiful Dreamer as Grandpa
- 2004 · The Gristle as Senator Dorm
- 2003 · Dunsmore as Sheriff Breen
- 2003 · Timequest as Lyndon Johnson
- 2002 · Clover Bend as Cotton Clayton
- 2001 · The Journeyman as Charlie Ledbetter
- 1999 · Sealed with a Kiss as Wink 'Pop' Blake
- 1999 · Judgment Day: The Ellie Nesler Story as Tony
- 1997 · The Fumbleheads as Robert Blister
- 1996 · Curdled as Lodger
- 1991 · The Chase as Wallis
- 1988 · It Takes Two as George Lawrence
- 1988 · Stranger on My Land as Gil
- 1988 · Man Against the Mob as Big Mac McCleary
- 1987 · Under Cover as Sergeant Irwin Lee
- 1987 · Spies as
- 1986 · C.A.T. Squad as The Director
- 1986 · Under Siege as
- 1985 · Washingtoon as Bunky Munster
- 1984 · The Ratings Game as Colonel
- 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
- 1982 · Six Pack as Sheriff
- 1981 · The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia as Wimbish
- 1981 · The Killing of Randy Webster as Nick Hanson
- 1975 · NBC Special Treat as Stokey Andrews
- 1974 · The Super Cops as Onlooker on Ladder (uncredited)
- Future · The Dilemma as Gerald
- 2022 · The Bay House as Cowden Brooks
- 2022 · Tulsa King as Babe
- 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 · Trading Paint as Sheriff Buck Taylor
- 2018 · Yellowstone as Ross
- 2018 · The Valley as Gary
- 2018 · Farmer of the Year as Hap
- 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 · 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 · 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
- 2012 · Born Wild as Ray Jennings
- 2012 · Anger Management as Ed
- 2012 · Ghoul as Grandfather
- 2011 · Feed the Fish as Axel Andersen
- 2011 · Valley of the Sun as Gene Taggart
- 2011 · The Next Door Neighbor as Judge Rodgers
- 2010 · Rising Stars as Farmer
- 2010 · Ben 10 Alien Swarm as Grandpa Max Tennyson
- 2010 · NoNAMES as Ed
- 2010 · Parenthood as Ernie
- 2010 · Bloodworth as Itchy
- 2009 · Not Since You as Uncle Dennis
- 2009 · Modern Family as Merle Tucker
- 2008 · Lake City as George
- 2007 · In the Valley of Elah as Arnold Bickman
- 2007 · No Country for Old Men as Ellis
- 2007 · The Grand as Jimminy 'Lucky' Faro
- 2006 · Psych as Billy Joe
- 2006 · Hidden Places as Sheriff
- 2005 · Alien Express as Senator Frank Rawlings
- 2005 · The Closer as Clay Johnson
- 2005 · Yesterday's Dreams as Pastor
- 2005 · Unscripted as Self
- 2005 · River's End as Sheriff 'Buster' Watkins
- 2003 · One Tree Hill as Whitey Durham
- 2003 · Monte Walsh as Bob the Storekeeper
- 2002 · Hope Ranch as Shorty
- 2001 · Reba as JV
- 2001 · Drive-In Movie Memories as
- 2001 · Crossfire Trail as Sheriff Walter Moncrief
- 2001 · No One Can Hear You as Sheriff Joe Webster
- 2000 · Mysterious Ways as
- 1999 · Held Up as Pembry
- 1999 · A Face to Kill for as Frank Hadley
- 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 · 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
- 1990 · Short Time as Captain
- 1989 · Red King, White Knight as Bentick
- 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 · Critters 2 as Harv
- 1988 · Permanent Record as Jim Sinclair
- 1987 · Off the Mark as Walt Warner / Jenell's Pa
- 1987 · Young Harry Houdini as Elmore
- 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 · Nothing in Common as Andrew Woolridge
- 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 · What Comes Around as Leon Redden
- 1985 · A Death in California as Jim Heusdens
- 1984 · Fatal Vision as Franz Grebner
- 1984 · Murder, She Wrote as Lt. Lou Flannigan
- 1984 · The Jesse Owens Story as Judge
- 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 · Bus Stop as Virgil Blessing
- 1982 · The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas as C.J.
- 1982 · Prime Suspect as Bob Austin
- 1982 · Fantasies as Naylor
- 1981 · A Few Days at Weasel Creek as Gus Lobell
- 1981 · Dead & Buried as Phil
- 1981 · Bitter Harvest as Dr. Agajanian
- 1981 · Murder in Texas as Dist. Atty. McMasters
- 1981 · This House Possessed as Lt. Fletcher
- 1981 · Hill Street Blues as
- 1980 · Any Which Way You Can as Fat Zack
- 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
- 1972 · M*A*S*H as
- 1971 · Columbo as Clifford Calvert
- 1954 · The Wonderful World of Disney as Elmore
- Future · El Tonto Por Cristo as Terry Don
- Future · The Pipeline as Lester Galloway
- Future · Blind Logic: The Ralph R. Teetor Story as Henry Spangler (voice)