Barry Corbin
Known for Acting · 203 credits
- Born
- 1940-10-16 (age 85)
- Place of birth
- Lamesa, Texas. USA
- Also known as
- Leonard Barrie Corbin · 베리 코빈 · بری کوربین
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
TV Shows (57)
Yellowstone
2018
as Ross
Modern Family
2009
as Merle Tucker
One Tree Hill
2003
as Whitey Durham
King of the Hill
1997
as Fire Chief (voice)
Young Sheldon
2017
as Mr. Gilford
Better Call Saul
2015
as Everett Acker
Tulsa King
2022
as Babe Keller
Columbo
1971
as Clifford Calvert
Dallas
1978
as Sheriff Fenton Washburn
The Closer
2005
as Clay Johnson
JAG
1995
as Percival Bertram
Murder, She Wrote
1984
as Lt. Lou Flannigan
Psych
2006
as Billy Joe
The A-Team
1983
as J.J. Kincaid
The Drew Carey Show
1995
as Chuck Fifer
Army Wives
2007
as Veteran Patient
Matlock
1986
as Steven McRea
M*A*S*H
1972
Hill Street Blues
1981
Parenthood
2010
as Ernie
9-1-1: Lone Star
2020
as Stuart Ryder
Anger Management
2012
as Ed
Hart to Hart
1979
The Unit
2006
as Carson
American Playhouse
1982
as Abernathy
Walker, Texas Ranger
1993
as Ben Crowder
Northern Exposure
1990
as Maurice Minnifield
Spin City
1996
as Peter Noland / Peter Noland (archive footage)
The Outer Limits
1995
as Carlton Powers
The Twilight Zone
1985
as (segment "Dead Run")
Ellen
1994
as Jack Penney
Reba
2001
as JV
Designing Women
1986
The Ranch
2016
as Dale
The Magnificent Seven
1998
as Wickes
The Thorn Birds
1983
as Pete
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954
as Elmore
Life with Louie
1994
as Uncle Sammy (voice)
Mysterious Ways
2000
Tall Tales & Legends
1985
as Mr. Jenkins
The Big Easy
1996
as C.D. LeBlanc
Unscripted
2005
as Barry Corbin
Tucker's Witch
1982
Lonesome Dove
1989
as Roscoe Brown
The Famous Teddy Z
1989
Blood & Oil
2015
as Clifton Lundegren
Call to Glory
1984
as Mr. Hunter
I Know My First Name Is Steven
1989
as Officer Warner
The Duck Factory
1984
as Hubbell
Boone
1983
as Merit Sawyer
A Death in California
1985
as Jim Heusdens
Fatal Vision
1984
as Franz Grebner
Murder in Texas
1981
as Dist. Atty. McMasters
NBC Special Treat
1975
as Stokey Andrews
Moon Shot
1994
as Narrator / Deke Slayton (voice)
Spies
1987
Washingtoon
1985
as Bunky Munster
Movies (146)
No Country for Old Men
2007
as Ellis
Killers of the Flower Moon
2023
as Undertaker Turton
The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
1982
as C.J.
The Hot Spot
1990
as Sheriff
Planes: Fire & Rescue
2014
as Ol' Jammer (voice)
WarGames
1983
as General Beringer
Worst Enemy
as Jim
Career Opportunities
1991
as Officer Don
Brimming with Love
2018
as Walter
Ben 10: Alien Swarm
2009
as Grandpa Max Tennyson
The Jesse Owens Story
1984
as Judge
The Homesman
2014
as Buster Shaver
In the Valley of Elah
2007
as Arnold Bickman
Any Which Way You Can
1980
as Fat Zack
Critters 2
1988
as Harv
The Defiant Ones
1986
as Floyd Carpenter
Stir Crazy
1980
as Warden Walter Beatty
Trading Paint
2019
as Sheriff Buck Taylor
Bloodworth
2010
as Itchy
Crossfire Trail
2001
as Sheriff Walter Moncrief
Hard Traveling
1986
as Frank Burton
Lake City
2008
as George
Secret Witness
1988
as Sheriff
Honkytonk Man
1982
as Arnspriger
Who's Harry Crumb?
1989
as P.J. Downing
All Saints
2017
as Forrest
Maggie
1986
as Jimmy Scott Farnsworth
Monte Walsh
2003
as Bob the Storekeeper
The Ratings Game
1984
as Colonel
Urban Cowboy
1980
as Uncle Bob
Sedona
2011
as Les
My Science Project
1985
as Lew Harlan
NoNAMES
2010
as Ed
The Man Who Loved Women
1983
as Roy Carr
solo
as estrella
The Grand
2007
as Jimminy 'Lucky' Faro
The Margarita Man
2019
as Chief Doyle
It Takes Two
1988
as George Lawrence
Kiss and Tell
1996
as George Reed
Dead & Buried
1981
as Phil
Magic Max
2021
as Grismer
This House Possessed
1981
as Lt. Fletcher
Nothing in Common
1986
as Andrew Woolridge
Yesterday's Dreams
2005
as Pastor
The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez
1983
as B. R. Abernathy
That Evening Sun
2009
as Thurl Chessor
Permanent Record
1988
as Jim Sinclair
Eminence Hill
2019
as Noah
Solo
1996
as General Clyde Haynes
Shadow on the Mesa
2013
as Jake Rawlins
Fantasies
1982
as Naylor
Stranger on My Land
1988
as Gil
Hidden Places
2006
as Sheriff
Red King, White Knight
1989
as Bentick
Ghost Dad
1990
as Mr. Emery Collins
Mountain Top
2017
as Sam Miller
New Life
2016
as Oscar
Virus
1995
as Dr. Clayman
Young Harry Houdini
1987
as Elmore
Conagher
1991
as Charlie McCloud, Stage Driver
Valley of the Sun
2011
as Gene Taggart
The Hired Heart
1997
as Mike Hadley
Six Pack
1982
as Sheriff
Wyvern
2009
as Haas
No One Can Hear You
2001
as Sheriff Joe Webster
Travis McGee
1983
as Sheriff Hack Ames
Clover Bend
2002
as Cotton Clayton
LBJ: The Early Years
1987
as Judge Alvin J. Wirtz
Held Up
1999
as Pembry
The People Across the Lake
1988
as Malcolm Bryce
Curdled
1996
as Lodger
Ghoul
2012
as Grandfather
Man Against the Mob
1988
as Big Mac McCleary
The Killing of Randy Webster
1981
as Nick Hanson
El Tonto Por Cristo
2025
as Terry Don
A Face to Kill For
1999
as Frank Hadley
The Journeyman
2001
as Charlie Ledbetter
Universal Squadrons
2011
as Deakin
The Man Who Shook the Hand of Vicente Fernandez
2012
as Walker
Bitter Harvest
1981
as Dr. Agajanian
Under Cover
1987
as Sergeant Irwin Lee
The Next Door Neighbor
2011
as Judge Rodgers
Prime Suspect
1982
as Bob Austin
Short Time
1990
as Captain
Not Since You
2009
as Uncle Dennis
The Gristle
2004
as Senator Dorm
Beyond the Farthest Star
2015
as Chief Burns
Warm Hearts, Cold Feet
1987
as Max
Beautiful Dreamer
2006
as Grandpa
Christmas in the Smokies
2015
as Wade Haygood
Bus Stop
1982
as Virgil Blessing
My Son Is Innocent
1996
as Dan Pendleton
Last Man Club
2016
as Pete Williams
The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia
1981
as Wimbish
This Is Where We Live
2013
as Bode Warden
Star Trek: First Frontier
2020
as John April
Ay Lav Yu Tuu
2017
as Danny Brown
Drive-In Movie Memories
2001
Sealed with a Kiss
1999
as Wink 'Pop' Blake
Flight 90: Disaster on the Potomac
1984
as Burt Hamilton
Redemption: For Robbing the Dead
2011
as Judge Smith
C.A.T. Squad
1986
as The Director
Last Flight Out
1990
as Capt. Bob Berg
The Super Cops
1974
as Onlooker on Ladder (uncredited)
Waitin' to Live
2006
as Buford Pike
Beer for My Horses
2008
as Buck Baker
Sod and Stubble
2025
Alien Express
2005
as Senator Frank Rawlings
Under Siege
1986
Siringo
1995
as Marshall John Llewellyn
The Valley
2018
as Gary
The Fumbleheads
1997
as Robert Blister
The Bay House
2022
as Cowden Brooks
Return to Cicely
2013
as Self
A Few Days at Weasel Creek
1981
as Gus Lobell
River's End
2005
as Sheriff 'Buster' Watkins
Deadly Family Secrets
1995
as Mr. Potter
The Chase
1991
as Wallis
What Comes Around
1985
as Leon Redden
Feed the Fish
2011
as Axel Andersen
About 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… With 203 credits spanning from 1954 to 2025, Barry Corbin has appeared in 146 films and 57 TV shows.
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Most Popular Barry Corbin Movies
- No Country for Old Men (2007) — as Ellis
- Killers of the Flower Moon (2023) — as Undertaker Turton
- The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (1982) — as C.J.
- The Hot Spot (1990) — as Sheriff
- Planes: Fire & Rescue (2014) — as Ol' Jammer (voice)
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