
Barry Corbin
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- October 16, 1940 (age 86)
- Birthplace
- 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.
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Filmography

The Dilemma
Movie · as Gerald

Blind Logic: The Ralph R. Teetor Story
Movie · as Henry Spangler (voice)

The Pipeline
Movie · as Lester Galloway
Be Glad He Did It
Movie · as Buddy Kasper
Capture the Flag
Movie · as Miami

Worst Enemy
Movie · as Jim

Brothers
TV · as Carl Travis · 3 eps

El Tonto Por Cristo
Movie · as Terry Don

Sod and Stubble
Movie

Killers of the Flower Moon
Movie · as Undertaker Turton

The Bay House
Movie · as Cowden Brooks

Tulsa King
TV · as Babe Keller · 7 eps

Funny Thing About Love
Movie · as Grandpa Joe

Magic Max
Movie · as Grismer

Finding Harmony
Movie · as Grady Pickett

9-1-1: Lone Star
TV · as Stuart Ryder · 3 eps

The Margarita Man
Movie · as Chief Doyle

Trading Paint
Movie · as Sheriff Buck Taylor

Eminence Hill
Movie · as Noah

Farmer of the Year
Movie · as Hap

The Valley
Movie · as Gary

Brimming with Love
Movie · as Walter

Yellowstone
TV · as Ross · 1 ep

Ay Lav Yu Tuu
Movie · as Danny Brown

All Saints
Movie · as Forrest

An American in Texas
Movie · as Larry Korchinsky

Mountain Top
Movie · as Sam Miller

Young Sheldon
TV · as Mr. Gilford · 1 ep

Last Man Club
Movie · as Pete Williams

Windsor
Movie · as Gil Denton

New Life
Movie · as Oscar

The Ranch
TV · as Dale · 4 eps

Beyond the Farthest Star
Movie · as Chief Burns

Christmas in the Smokies
Movie · as Wade Haygood

Urban Cowboy: The Rise and Fall of Gilley's
Movie · as Self

Blood & Oil
TV · as Clifton Lundegren · 4 eps

Better Call Saul
TV · as Everett Acker · 3 eps

Planes: Fire & Rescue
Movie · as Ol' Jammer (voice)

Dawn of the Crescent Moon
Movie · as Cyrus

Diving With The Dinosaur Fish
Movie · as Narrator

The Homesman
Movie · as Buster Shaver

The Hitchhiker
Movie · as Leonard

Shadow on the Mesa
Movie · as Jake Rawlins

This Is Where We Live
Movie · as Bode Warden

Return to Cicely
Movie · as Self

The Man Who Shook the Hand of Vicente Fernandez
Movie · as Walker

Born Wild
Movie · as Ray Jennings

Ghoul
Movie · as Grandfather

Anger Management
TV · as Ed · 100 eps

Universal Squadrons
Movie · as Deakin

Feed the Fish
Movie · as Axel Andersen

Valley of the Sun
Movie · as Gene Taggart

Sedona
Movie · as Les
The Next Door Neighbor
Movie · as Judge Rodgers

Redemption: For Robbing the Dead
Movie · as Judge Smith

NoNAMES
Movie · as Ed

Rising Stars
Movie · as Farmer

Bloodworth
Movie · as Itchy

Parenthood
TV · as Ernie · 1 ep

Wyvern
Movie · as Haas

Ben 10: Alien Swarm
Movie · as Grandpa Max Tennyson

Not Since You
Movie · as Uncle Dennis

That Evening Sun
Movie · as Thurl Chessor

Modern Family
TV · as Merle Tucker · 3 eps

Lake City
Movie · as George

Beer for My Horses
Movie · as Buck Baker

In the Valley of Elah
Movie · as Arnold Bickman

No Country for Old Men
Movie · as Ellis

The Grand
Movie · as Jimminy 'Lucky' Faro

Army Wives
TV · as Veteran Patient · 1 ep

Beautiful Dreamer
Movie · as Grandpa

Waitin' to Live
Movie · as Buford Pike

Hidden Places
Movie · as Sheriff

Psych
TV · as Billy Joe · 1 ep

The Unit
TV · as Carson · 2 eps

River's End
Movie · as Sheriff 'Buster' Watkins

Alien Express
Movie · as Senator Frank Rawlings

Yesterday's Dreams
Movie · as Pastor

Unscripted
TV · as Barry Corbin · 1 ep

The Closer
TV · as Clay Johnson · 13 eps

The Gristle
Movie · as Senator Dorm

Monte Walsh
Movie · as Bob the Storekeeper

Dunsmore
Movie · as Sheriff Breen

One Tree Hill
TV · as Whitey Durham · 89 eps

Clover Bend
Movie · as Cotton Clayton

Hope Ranch
Movie · as Shorty

Crossfire Trail
Movie · as Sheriff Walter Moncrief

No One Can Hear You
Movie · as Sheriff Joe Webster

Drive-In Movie Memories
Movie

The Journeyman
Movie · as Charlie Ledbetter

Reba
TV · as JV · 1 ep

Timequest
Movie · as Lyndon Johnson

Mysterious Ways
TV · 1 ep

Held Up
Movie · as Pembry

A Face to Kill For
Movie · as Frank Hadley

Sealed with a Kiss
Movie · as Wink 'Pop' Blake

Judgment Day: The Ellie Nesler Story
Movie · as Tony

The Magnificent Seven
TV · as Wickes · 1 ep

The Hired Heart
Movie · as Mike Hadley

The Fumbleheads
Movie · as Robert Blister

King of the Hill
TV · as Fire Chief (voice) · 1 ep

Curdled
Movie · as Lodger

My Son Is Innocent
Movie · as Dan Pendleton

Solo
Movie · as General Clyde Haynes

Kiss and Tell
Movie · as George Reed

Spin City
TV · as Peter Noland · 1 ep

The Big Easy
TV · as C.D. LeBlanc · 35 eps

Siringo
Movie · as Marshall John Llewellyn

Deadly Family Secrets
Movie · as Mr. Potter

Virus
Movie · as Dr. Clayman

The Drew Carey Show
TV · as Chuck Fifer · 2 eps

The Outer Limits
TV · as Carlton Powers · 1 ep

Life with Louie
TV · as Uncle Sammy (voice) · 1 ep

JAG
TV · as Percival Bertram · 1 ep

Moon Shot
Movie · as Narrator / Deke Slayton (voice)

Ellen
TV · as Jack Penney · 1 ep
Moon Shot
TV · as Narrator / Deke Slayton (voice) · 2 eps

Walker, Texas Ranger
TV · as Ben Crowder · 1 ep

The Keys
Movie · as Buckaloo

Conagher
Movie · as Charlie McCloud, Stage Driver

Career Opportunities
Movie · as Officer Don

The Chase
Movie · as Wallis

Ghost Dad
Movie · as Mr. Emery Collins

Short Time
Movie · as Captain

The Hot Spot
Movie · as Sheriff

Last Flight Out
Movie · as Capt. Bob Berg

Northern Exposure
TV · as Maurice Minnifield · 110 eps

Who's Harry Crumb?
Movie · as P.J. Downing

Red King, White Knight
Movie · as Bentick

The Famous Teddy Z
TV · 2 eps

I Know My First Name Is Steven
TV · as Officer Warner · 2 eps

Lonesome Dove
TV · as Roscoe Brown · 4 eps

Critters 2
Movie · as Harv

The People Across the Lake
Movie · as Malcolm Bryce

It Takes Two
Movie · as George Lawrence

Stranger on My Land
Movie · as Gil

Man Against the Mob
Movie · as Big Mac McCleary

Permanent Record
Movie · as Jim Sinclair

Secret Witness
Movie · as Sheriff

Under Cover
Movie · as Sergeant Irwin Lee

Warm Hearts, Cold Feet
Movie · as Max

LBJ: The Early Years
Movie · as Judge Alvin J. Wirtz

Young Harry Houdini
Movie · as Elmore

Off the Mark
Movie · as Walt Warner / Jenell's Pa

Spies
TV · 6 eps

Nothing in Common
Movie · as Andrew Woolridge

John Henry
Movie · as Mr. Jenkins

C.A.T. Squad
Movie · as The Director

The Defiant Ones
Movie · as Floyd Carpenter

Under Siege
Movie

Firefighter
Movie · as Capt. Johnson

Hard Traveling
Movie · as Frank Burton

Maggie
Movie · as Jimmy Scott Farnsworth

Designing Women
TV · 1 ep

Matlock
TV · as Steven McRea · 2 eps

My Science Project
Movie · as Lew Harlan

What Comes Around
Movie · as Leon Redden

The Twilight Zone
TV · as (segment "Dead Run") · 1 ep
Washingtoon
TV · as Bunky Munster · 12 eps

A Death in California
TV · as Jim Heusdens · 2 eps

Tall Tales & Legends
TV · as Mr. Jenkins · 1 ep

Flight 90: Disaster on the Potomac
Movie · as Burt Hamilton

The Jesse Owens Story
Movie · as Judge

The Ratings Game
Movie · as Colonel

Murder, She Wrote
TV · as Lt. Lou Flannigan · 1 ep

Fatal Vision
TV · as Franz Grebner · 2 eps

Call to Glory
TV · as Mr. Hunter · 3 eps

The Duck Factory
TV · as Hubbell · 1 ep

WarGames
Movie · as General Beringer

The Man Who Loved Women
Movie · as Roy Carr

The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez
Movie · as B. R. Abernathy

Travis McGee
Movie · as Sheriff Hack Ames

The A-Team
TV · as J.J. Kincaid · 1 ep

Boone
TV · as Merit Sawyer · 13 eps

The Thorn Birds
TV · as Pete · 4 eps

Honkytonk Man
Movie · as Arnspriger

Six Pack
Movie · as Sheriff

Fantasies
Movie · as Naylor

Prime Suspect
Movie · as Bob Austin

The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
Movie · as C.J.

Bus Stop
Movie · as Virgil Blessing

Tucker's Witch
TV · 1 ep

American Playhouse
TV · as Abernathy · 1 ep

The Killing of Randy Webster
Movie · as Nick Hanson

Dead & Buried
Movie · as Phil

This House Possessed
Movie · as Lt. Fletcher

A Few Days at Weasel Creek
Movie · as Gus Lobell

The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia
Movie · as Wimbish

Bitter Harvest
Movie · as Dr. Agajanian

Hill Street Blues
TV · 1 ep

Murder in Texas
TV · as Dist. Atty. McMasters · 2 eps

Stir Crazy
Movie · as Warden Walter Beatty

Urban Cowboy
Movie · as Uncle Bob

Any Which Way You Can
Movie · as Fat Zack

Rage!
Movie · as Resident #5

Hart to Hart
TV · 1 ep

Dallas
TV · as Sheriff Fenton Washburn · 7 eps
NBC Special Treat
TV · as Stokey Andrews · 1 ep

The Super Cops
Movie · as Onlooker on Ladder (uncredited)

M*A*S*H
TV · 1 ep

Columbo
TV · as Clifford Calvert · 1 ep

The Wonderful World of Disney
TV · as Elmore · 1 ep





