Barry Corbin
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
Oct 16, 1940 (85 years old)
Place of Birth
Lamesa, Texas. USA
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
| 2025 | El Tonto Por CristoTerry Don | |
| 2025 | Sod and Stubble | |
| 2023 | Killers of the Flower MoonUndertaker Turton | |
| 2022 | The Bay HouseCowden Brooks | |
| 2022 | Tulsa KingBabe Keller | |
| 2021 | Funny Thing About LoveGrandpa Joe | |
| 2021 | Magic MaxGrismer | |
| 2020 | Star Trek: First FrontierJohn April | |
| 2020 | 9-1-1: Lone StarStuart Ryder | |
| 2019 | The Margarita ManChief Doyle | |
| 2019 | Trading PaintSheriff Buck Taylor | |
| 2019 | Eminence HillNoah | |
| 2018 | Farmer of the YearHap | |
| 2018 | The ValleyGary | |
| 2018 | Brimming with LoveWalter | |
| 2018 | YellowstoneRoss | |
| 2017 | Ay Lav Yu TuuDanny Brown | |
| 2017 | All SaintsForrest | |
| 2017 | An American in TexasLarry Korchinsky | |
| 2017 | Mountain TopSam Miller | |
| 2017 | Young SheldonMr. Gilford | |
| 2016 | Last Man ClubPete Williams | |
| 2016 | WindsorGil Denton | |
| 2016 | New LifeOscar | |
| 2016 | The RanchDale | |
| 2015 | Christmas in the SmokiesWade Haygood | |
| 2015 | Urban Cowboy: The Rise and Fall of Gilley'sSelf | |
| 2015 | Blood & OilClifton Lundegren | |
| 2015 | Better Call SaulEverett Acker | |
| 2014 | Planes: Fire & RescueOl' Jammer (voice) | |
| 2014 | Dawn of the Crescent MoonCyrus | |
| 2014 | Diving With The Dinosaur FishNarrator | |
| 2014 | The HomesmanBuster Shaver | |
| 2014 | The HitchhikerLeonard | |
| 2013 | Shadow on the MesaJake Rawlins | |
| 2013 | This Is Where We LiveBode Warden | |
| 2013 | Beyond the Farthest StarChief Burns | |
| 2013 | Return to CicelySelf | |
| 2012 | The Man Who Shook the Hand of Vicente FernandezWalker | |
| 2012 | Born WildRay Jennings | |
| 2012 | GhoulGrandfather | |
| 2012 | Anger ManagementEd | |
| 2011 | Universal SquadronsDeakin | |
| 2011 | Feed the FishAxel Andersen | |
| 2011 | Valley of the SunGene Taggart | |
| 2011 | SedonaLes | |
| 2011 | The Next Door NeighborJudge Rodgers | |
| 2011 | Redemption: For Robbing the DeadJudge Smith | |
| 2010 | NoNAMESEd | |
| 2010 | Rising StarsFarmer | |
| 2010 | BloodworthItchy | |
| 2010 | ParenthoodErnie | |
| 2009 | WyvernHaas | |
| 2009 | Ben 10: Alien SwarmGrandpa Max Tennyson | |
| 2009 | Not Since YouUncle Dennis | |
| 2009 | That Evening SunThurl Chessor | |
| 2009 | Modern FamilyMerle Tucker | |
| 2008 | Lake CityGeorge | |
| 2008 | Beer for My HorsesBuck Baker | |
| 2007 | In the Valley of ElahArnold Bickman | |
| 2007 | No Country for Old MenEllis | |
| 2007 | The GrandJimminy 'Lucky' Faro | |
| 2007 | Army WivesVeteran Patient | |
| 2006 | Beautiful DreamerGrandpa | |
| 2006 | Waitin' to LiveBuford Pike | |
| 2006 | Hidden PlacesSheriff | |
| 2006 | PsychBilly Joe | |
| 2005 | River's EndSheriff 'Buster' Watkins | |
| 2005 | Alien ExpressSenator Frank Rawlings | |
| 2005 | Yesterday's DreamsPastor | |
| 2005 | UnscriptedBarry Corbin | |
| 2005 | The CloserClay Johnson | |
| 2004 | The GristleSenator Dorm | |
| 2003 | Monte WalshBob the Storekeeper | |
| 2003 | TimequestLyndon Johnson | |
| 2003 | DunsmoreSheriff Breen | |
| 2003 | One Tree HillWhitey Durham | |
| 2002 | Clover BendCotton Clayton | |
| 2002 | Hope RanchShorty | |
| 2001 | Crossfire TrailSheriff Walter Moncrief | |
| 2001 | No One Can Hear YouSheriff Joe Webster | |
| 2001 | Drive-In Movie Memories | |
| 2001 | The JourneymanCharlie Ledbetter | |
| 2001 | RebaJV | |
| 2000 | Mysterious Ways | |
| 1999 | Held UpPembry | |
| 1999 | A Face to Kill forFrank Hadley | |
| 1999 | Sealed with a KissWink 'Pop' Blake | |
| 1999 | Judgment Day: The Ellie Nesler StoryTony | |
| 1998 | The Magnificent SevenWickes | |
| 1997 | The Hired HeartMike Hadley | |
| 1997 | The FumbleheadsRobert Blister | |
| 1997 | King of the HillFire Chief (voice) | |
| 1996 | CurdledLodger | |
| 1996 | My Son Is InnocentDan Pendleton | |
| 1996 | SoloGeneral Clyde Haynes | |
| 1996 | Kiss and TellGeorge Reed | |
| 1996 | Spin CityPeter Noland | |
| 1996 | The Big EasyC.D. LeBlanc | |
| 1996 | Spin CityPeter Noland (archive footage) | |
| 1995 | SiringoMarshall John Llewellyn | |
| 1995 | Deadly Family SecretsMr. Potter | |
| 1995 | VirusDr. Clayman | |
| 1995 | The Drew Carey ShowChuck Fifer | |
| 1995 | The Outer LimitsCarlton Powers | |
| 1995 | JAGPercival Bertram | |
| 1994 | Moon ShotNarrator / Deke Slayton (voice) | |
| 1994 | EllenJack Penney | |
| 1994 | Life with LouieUncle Sammy (voice) | |
| 1994 | Moon ShotNarrator / Deke Slayton (voice) | |
| 1993 | Walker, Texas RangerBen Crowder | |
| 1992 | The KeysBuckaloo | |
| 1991 | ConagherCharlie McCloud, Stage Driver | |
| 1991 | Career OpportunitiesOfficer Don | |
| 1991 | The ChaseWallis | |
| 1990 | Ghost DadMr. Emery Collins | |
| 1990 | Short TimeCaptain | |
| 1990 | The Hot SpotSheriff | |
| 1990 | Last Flight OutCapt. Bob Berg | |
| 1990 | Northern ExposureMaurice Minnifield | |
| 1989 | Who's Harry Crumb?P.J. Downing | |
| 1989 | Red King, White KnightBentick | |
| 1989 | The Famous Teddy Z | |
| 1989 | I Know My First Name Is StevenOfficer Warner | |
| 1989 | Lonesome DoveRoscoe Brown | |
| 1988 | Critters 2Harv | |
| 1988 | The People Across the LakeMalcolm Bryce | |
| 1988 | It Takes TwoGeorge Lawrence | |
| 1988 | Stranger on My LandGil | |
| 1988 | Man Against the MobBig Mac McCleary | |
| 1988 | Permanent RecordJim Sinclair | |
| 1988 | Secret WitnessSheriff | |
| 1987 | Under CoverSergeant Irwin Lee | |
| 1987 | Warm Hearts, Cold FeetMax | |
| 1987 | LBJ: The Early YearsJudge Alvin J. Wirtz | |
| 1987 | Young Harry HoudiniElmore | |
| 1987 | Off the MarkWalt Warner / Jenell's Pa | |
| 1987 | Spies | |
| 1986 | Nothing in CommonAndrew Woolridge | |
| 1986 | John HenryMr. Jenkins | |
| 1986 | C.A.T. SquadThe Director | |
| 1986 | The Defiant OnesFloyd Carpenter | |
| 1986 | Under Siege | |
| 1986 | FirefighterCapt. Johnson | |
| 1986 | Hard TravelingFrank Burton | |
| 1986 | Designing Women | |
| 1986 | MatlockSteven McRea | |
| 1985 | My Science ProjectLew Harlan | |
| 1985 | What Comes AroundLeon Redden | |
| 1985 | The Twilight Zone(segment "Dead Run") | |
| 1985 | WashingtoonBunky Munster | |
| 1985 | A Death in CaliforniaJim Heusdens | |
| 1985 | Tall Tales & LegendsMr. Jenkins | |
| 1984 | Flight 90: Disaster on the PotomacBurt Hamilton | |
| 1984 | The Jesse Owens StoryJudge | |
| 1984 | The Ratings GameColonel | |
| 1984 | Murder, She WroteLt. Lou Flannigan | |
| 1984 | Fatal VisionFranz Grebner | |
| 1984 | Call to GloryMr. Hunter | |
| 1984 | The Duck FactoryHubbell | |
| 1983 | WarGamesGeneral Beringer | |
| 1983 | The Man Who Loved WomenRoy Carr | |
| 1983 | The Ballad of Gregorio CortezB. R. Abernathy | |
| 1983 | Travis McGeeSheriff Hack Ames | |
| 1983 | The A-TeamJ.J. Kincaid | |
| 1983 | BooneMerit Sawyer | |
| 1983 | The Thorn BirdsPete | |
| 1982 | Honkytonk ManArnspriger | |
| 1982 | Six PackSheriff | |
| 1982 | FantasiesNaylor | |
| 1982 | Prime SuspectBob Austin | |
| 1982 | The Best Little Whorehouse in TexasC.J. | |
| 1982 | Bus StopVirgil Blessing | |
| 1982 | Tucker's Witch | |
| 1981 | The Killing of Randy WebsterNick Hanson | |
| 1981 | Dead & BuriedPhil | |
| 1981 | This House PossessedLt. Fletcher | |
| 1981 | A Few Days at Weasel CreekGus Lobell | |
| 1981 | The Night the Lights Went Out in GeorgiaWimbish | |
| 1981 | Bitter HarvestDr. Agajanian | |
| 1981 | Hill Street Blues | |
| 1981 | Murder in TexasDist. Atty. McMasters | |
| 1980 | Stir CrazyWarden Walter Beatty | |
| 1980 | Urban CowboyUncle Bob | |
| 1980 | Any Which Way You CanFat Zack | |
| 1980 | Rage!Resident #5 | |
| 1979 | Hart to Hart | |
| 1978 | DallasSheriff Fenton Washburn | |
| 1975 | NBC Special TreatStokey Andrews | |
| 1974 | The Super CopsOnlooker on Ladder (uncredited) | |
| 1972 | M*A*S*H | |
| 1971 | ColumboClifford Calvert | |
| 1954 | The Wonderful World of DisneyElmore | |
| - | The DilemmaGerald | |
| - | Blind Logic: The Ralph R. Teetor StoryHenry Spangler (voice) | |
| - | The PipelineLester Galloway | |
| - | Be Glad He Did ItBuddy Kasper | |
| - | Capture the FlagMiami | |
| - | Worst EnemyJim |