Barry Corbin

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.

Known For

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Filmography

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The Dilemma poster

The Dilemma

Movie · as Gerald

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Blind Logic: The Ralph R. Teetor Story poster

Blind Logic: The Ralph R. Teetor Story

Movie · as Henry Spangler (voice)

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The Pipeline poster

The Pipeline

Movie · as Lester Galloway

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Be Glad He Did It

Be Glad He Did It

Movie · as Buddy Kasper

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Capture the Flag

Capture the Flag

Movie · as Miami

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Worst Enemy poster

Worst Enemy

Movie · as Jim

2026
Brothers poster

Brothers

TV · as Carl Travis · 3 eps

2025
El Tonto Por Cristo poster

El Tonto Por Cristo

Movie · as Terry Don

2025
Sod and Stubble poster

Sod and Stubble

Movie

2023
Killers of the Flower Moon poster

Killers of the Flower Moon

Movie · as Undertaker Turton

2022
The Bay House poster

The Bay House

Movie · as Cowden Brooks

2022
Tulsa King poster

Tulsa King

TV · as Babe Keller · 7 eps

2021
Funny Thing About Love poster

Funny Thing About Love

Movie · as Grandpa Joe

2021
Magic Max poster

Magic Max

Movie · as Grismer

2020
Finding Harmony poster

Finding Harmony

Movie · as Grady Pickett

2020
9-1-1: Lone Star poster

9-1-1: Lone Star

TV · as Stuart Ryder · 3 eps

2019
The Margarita Man poster

The Margarita Man

Movie · as Chief Doyle

2019
Trading Paint poster

Trading Paint

Movie · as Sheriff Buck Taylor

2019
Eminence Hill poster

Eminence Hill

Movie · as Noah

2018
Farmer of the Year poster

Farmer of the Year

Movie · as Hap

2018
The Valley poster

The Valley

Movie · as Gary

2018
Brimming with Love poster

Brimming with Love

Movie · as Walter

2018
Yellowstone poster

Yellowstone

TV · as Ross · 1 ep

2017
Ay Lav Yu Tuu poster

Ay Lav Yu Tuu

Movie · as Danny Brown

2017
All Saints poster

All Saints

Movie · as Forrest

2017
An American in Texas poster

An American in Texas

Movie · as Larry Korchinsky

2017
Mountain Top poster

Mountain Top

Movie · as Sam Miller

2017
Young Sheldon poster

Young Sheldon

TV · as Mr. Gilford · 1 ep

2016
Last Man Club poster

Last Man Club

Movie · as Pete Williams

2016
Windsor poster

Windsor

Movie · as Gil Denton

2016
New Life poster

New Life

Movie · as Oscar

2016
The Ranch poster

The Ranch

TV · as Dale · 4 eps

2015
Beyond the Farthest Star poster

Beyond the Farthest Star

Movie · as Chief Burns

2015
Christmas in the Smokies poster

Christmas in the Smokies

Movie · as Wade Haygood

2015
Urban Cowboy: The Rise and Fall of Gilley's poster

Urban Cowboy: The Rise and Fall of Gilley's

Movie · as Self

2015
Blood & Oil poster

Blood & Oil

TV · as Clifton Lundegren · 4 eps

2015
Better Call Saul poster

Better Call Saul

TV · as Everett Acker · 3 eps

2014
Planes: Fire & Rescue poster

Planes: Fire & Rescue

Movie · as Ol' Jammer (voice)

2014
Dawn of the Crescent Moon poster

Dawn of the Crescent Moon

Movie · as Cyrus

2014
Diving With The Dinosaur Fish poster

Diving With The Dinosaur Fish

Movie · as Narrator

2014
The Homesman poster

The Homesman

Movie · as Buster Shaver

2014
The Hitchhiker poster

The Hitchhiker

Movie · as Leonard

2013
Shadow on the Mesa poster

Shadow on the Mesa

Movie · as Jake Rawlins

2013
This Is Where We Live poster

This Is Where We Live

Movie · as Bode Warden

2013
Return to Cicely poster

Return to Cicely

Movie · as Self

2012
The Man Who Shook the Hand of Vicente Fernandez poster

The Man Who Shook the Hand of Vicente Fernandez

Movie · as Walker

2012
Born Wild poster

Born Wild

Movie · as Ray Jennings

2012
Ghoul poster

Ghoul

Movie · as Grandfather

2012
Anger Management poster

Anger Management

TV · as Ed · 100 eps

2011
Universal Squadrons poster

Universal Squadrons

Movie · as Deakin

2011
Feed the Fish poster

Feed the Fish

Movie · as Axel Andersen

2011
Valley of the Sun poster

Valley of the Sun

Movie · as Gene Taggart

2011
Sedona poster

Sedona

Movie · as Les

2011
The Next Door Neighbor

The Next Door Neighbor

Movie · as Judge Rodgers

2011
Redemption: For Robbing the Dead poster

Redemption: For Robbing the Dead

Movie · as Judge Smith

2010
NoNAMES poster

NoNAMES

Movie · as Ed

2010
Rising Stars poster

Rising Stars

Movie · as Farmer

2010
Bloodworth poster

Bloodworth

Movie · as Itchy

2010
Parenthood poster

Parenthood

TV · as Ernie · 1 ep

2009
Wyvern poster

Wyvern

Movie · as Haas

2009
Ben 10: Alien Swarm poster

Ben 10: Alien Swarm

Movie · as Grandpa Max Tennyson

2009
Not Since You poster

Not Since You

Movie · as Uncle Dennis

2009
That Evening Sun poster

That Evening Sun

Movie · as Thurl Chessor

2009
Modern Family poster

Modern Family

TV · as Merle Tucker · 3 eps

2008
Lake City poster

Lake City

Movie · as George

2008
Beer for My Horses poster

Beer for My Horses

Movie · as Buck Baker

2007
In the Valley of Elah poster

In the Valley of Elah

Movie · as Arnold Bickman

2007
No Country for Old Men poster

No Country for Old Men

Movie · as Ellis

2007
The Grand poster

The Grand

Movie · as Jimminy 'Lucky' Faro

2007
Army Wives poster

Army Wives

TV · as Veteran Patient · 1 ep

2006
Beautiful Dreamer poster

Beautiful Dreamer

Movie · as Grandpa

2006
Waitin' to Live poster

Waitin' to Live

Movie · as Buford Pike

2006
Hidden Places poster

Hidden Places

Movie · as Sheriff

2006
Psych poster

Psych

TV · as Billy Joe · 1 ep

2006
The Unit poster

The Unit

TV · as Carson · 2 eps

2005
River's End poster

River's End

Movie · as Sheriff 'Buster' Watkins

2005
Alien Express poster

Alien Express

Movie · as Senator Frank Rawlings

2005
Yesterday's Dreams poster

Yesterday's Dreams

Movie · as Pastor

2005
Unscripted poster

Unscripted

TV · as Barry Corbin · 1 ep

2005
The Closer poster

The Closer

TV · as Clay Johnson · 13 eps

2004
The Gristle poster

The Gristle

Movie · as Senator Dorm

2003
Monte Walsh poster

Monte Walsh

Movie · as Bob the Storekeeper

2003
Dunsmore poster

Dunsmore

Movie · as Sheriff Breen

2003
One Tree Hill poster

One Tree Hill

TV · as Whitey Durham · 89 eps

2002
Clover Bend poster

Clover Bend

Movie · as Cotton Clayton

2002
Hope Ranch poster

Hope Ranch

Movie · as Shorty

2001
Crossfire Trail poster

Crossfire Trail

Movie · as Sheriff Walter Moncrief

2001
No One Can Hear You poster

No One Can Hear You

Movie · as Sheriff Joe Webster

2001
Drive-In Movie Memories poster

Drive-In Movie Memories

Movie

2001
The Journeyman poster

The Journeyman

Movie · as Charlie Ledbetter

2001
Reba poster

Reba

TV · as JV · 1 ep

2000
Timequest poster

Timequest

Movie · as Lyndon Johnson

2000
Mysterious Ways poster

Mysterious Ways

TV · 1 ep

1999
Held Up poster

Held Up

Movie · as Pembry

1999
A Face to Kill For poster

A Face to Kill For

Movie · as Frank Hadley

1999
Sealed with a Kiss poster

Sealed with a Kiss

Movie · as Wink 'Pop' Blake

1999
Judgment Day: The Ellie Nesler Story poster

Judgment Day: The Ellie Nesler Story

Movie · as Tony

1998
The Magnificent Seven poster

The Magnificent Seven

TV · as Wickes · 1 ep

1997
The Hired Heart poster

The Hired Heart

Movie · as Mike Hadley

1997
The Fumbleheads poster

The Fumbleheads

Movie · as Robert Blister

1997
King of the Hill poster

King of the Hill

TV · as Fire Chief (voice) · 1 ep

1996
Curdled poster

Curdled

Movie · as Lodger

1996
My Son Is Innocent poster

My Son Is Innocent

Movie · as Dan Pendleton

1996
Solo poster

Solo

Movie · as General Clyde Haynes

1996
Kiss and Tell poster

Kiss and Tell

Movie · as George Reed

1996
Spin City poster

Spin City

TV · as Peter Noland · 1 ep

1996
The Big Easy poster

The Big Easy

TV · as C.D. LeBlanc · 35 eps

1995
Siringo poster

Siringo

Movie · as Marshall John Llewellyn

1995
Deadly Family Secrets poster

Deadly Family Secrets

Movie · as Mr. Potter

1995
Virus poster

Virus

Movie · as Dr. Clayman

1995
The Drew Carey Show poster

The Drew Carey Show

TV · as Chuck Fifer · 2 eps

1995
The Outer Limits poster

The Outer Limits

TV · as Carlton Powers · 1 ep

1995
Life with Louie poster

Life with Louie

TV · as Uncle Sammy (voice) · 1 ep

1995
JAG poster

JAG

TV · as Percival Bertram · 1 ep

1994
Moon Shot poster

Moon Shot

Movie · as Narrator / Deke Slayton (voice)

1994
Ellen poster

Ellen

TV · as Jack Penney · 1 ep

1994
Moon Shot

Moon Shot

TV · as Narrator / Deke Slayton (voice) · 2 eps

1993
Walker, Texas Ranger poster

Walker, Texas Ranger

TV · as Ben Crowder · 1 ep

1992
The Keys poster

The Keys

Movie · as Buckaloo

1991
Conagher poster

Conagher

Movie · as Charlie McCloud, Stage Driver

1991
Career Opportunities poster

Career Opportunities

Movie · as Officer Don

1991
The Chase poster

The Chase

Movie · as Wallis

1990
Ghost Dad poster

Ghost Dad

Movie · as Mr. Emery Collins

1990
Short Time poster

Short Time

Movie · as Captain

1990
The Hot Spot poster

The Hot Spot

Movie · as Sheriff

1990
Last Flight Out poster

Last Flight Out

Movie · as Capt. Bob Berg

1990
Northern Exposure poster

Northern Exposure

TV · as Maurice Minnifield · 110 eps

1989
Who's Harry Crumb? poster

Who's Harry Crumb?

Movie · as P.J. Downing

1989
Red King, White Knight poster

Red King, White Knight

Movie · as Bentick

1989
The Famous Teddy Z poster

The Famous Teddy Z

TV · 2 eps

1989
I Know My First Name Is Steven poster

I Know My First Name Is Steven

TV · as Officer Warner · 2 eps

1989
Lonesome Dove poster

Lonesome Dove

TV · as Roscoe Brown · 4 eps

1988
Critters 2 poster

Critters 2

Movie · as Harv

1988
The People Across the Lake poster

The People Across the Lake

Movie · as Malcolm Bryce

1988
It Takes Two poster

It Takes Two

Movie · as George Lawrence

1988
Stranger on My Land poster

Stranger on My Land

Movie · as Gil

1988
Man Against the Mob poster

Man Against the Mob

Movie · as Big Mac McCleary

1988
Permanent Record poster

Permanent Record

Movie · as Jim Sinclair

1988
Secret Witness poster

Secret Witness

Movie · as Sheriff

1987
Under Cover poster

Under Cover

Movie · as Sergeant Irwin Lee

1987
Warm Hearts, Cold Feet poster

Warm Hearts, Cold Feet

Movie · as Max

1987
LBJ: The Early Years poster

LBJ: The Early Years

Movie · as Judge Alvin J. Wirtz

1987
Young Harry Houdini poster

Young Harry Houdini

Movie · as Elmore

1987
Off the Mark poster

Off the Mark

Movie · as Walt Warner / Jenell's Pa

1987
Spies poster

Spies

TV · 6 eps

1986
Nothing in Common poster

Nothing in Common

Movie · as Andrew Woolridge

1986
John Henry poster

John Henry

Movie · as Mr. Jenkins

1986
C.A.T. Squad poster

C.A.T. Squad

Movie · as The Director

1986
The Defiant Ones poster

The Defiant Ones

Movie · as Floyd Carpenter

1986
Under Siege poster

Under Siege

Movie

1986
Firefighter poster

Firefighter

Movie · as Capt. Johnson

1986
Hard Traveling poster

Hard Traveling

Movie · as Frank Burton

1986
Maggie poster

Maggie

Movie · as Jimmy Scott Farnsworth

1986
Designing Women poster

Designing Women

TV · 1 ep

1986
Matlock poster

Matlock

TV · as Steven McRea · 2 eps

1985
My Science Project poster

My Science Project

Movie · as Lew Harlan

1985
What Comes Around poster

What Comes Around

Movie · as Leon Redden

1985
The Twilight Zone poster

The Twilight Zone

TV · as (segment "Dead Run") · 1 ep

1985
Washingtoon

Washingtoon

TV · as Bunky Munster · 12 eps

1985
A Death in California poster

A Death in California

TV · as Jim Heusdens · 2 eps

1985
Tall Tales & Legends poster

Tall Tales & Legends

TV · as Mr. Jenkins · 1 ep

1984
Flight 90: Disaster on the Potomac poster

Flight 90: Disaster on the Potomac

Movie · as Burt Hamilton

1984
The Jesse Owens Story poster

The Jesse Owens Story

Movie · as Judge

1984
The Ratings Game poster

The Ratings Game

Movie · as Colonel

1984
Murder, She Wrote poster

Murder, She Wrote

TV · as Lt. Lou Flannigan · 1 ep

1984
Fatal Vision poster

Fatal Vision

TV · as Franz Grebner · 2 eps

1984
Call to Glory poster

Call to Glory

TV · as Mr. Hunter · 3 eps

1984
The Duck Factory poster

The Duck Factory

TV · as Hubbell · 1 ep

1983
WarGames poster

WarGames

Movie · as General Beringer

1983
The Man Who Loved Women poster

The Man Who Loved Women

Movie · as Roy Carr

1983
The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez poster

The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez

Movie · as B. R. Abernathy

1983
Travis McGee poster

Travis McGee

Movie · as Sheriff Hack Ames

1983
The A-Team poster

The A-Team

TV · as J.J. Kincaid · 1 ep

1983
Boone poster

Boone

TV · as Merit Sawyer · 13 eps

1983
The Thorn Birds poster

The Thorn Birds

TV · as Pete · 4 eps

1982
Honkytonk Man poster

Honkytonk Man

Movie · as Arnspriger

1982
Six Pack poster

Six Pack

Movie · as Sheriff

1982
Fantasies poster

Fantasies

Movie · as Naylor

1982
Prime Suspect poster

Prime Suspect

Movie · as Bob Austin

1982
The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas poster

The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas

Movie · as C.J.

1982
Bus Stop poster

Bus Stop

Movie · as Virgil Blessing

1982
Tucker's Witch poster

Tucker's Witch

TV · 1 ep

1982
American Playhouse poster

American Playhouse

TV · as Abernathy · 1 ep

1981
The Killing of Randy Webster poster

The Killing of Randy Webster

Movie · as Nick Hanson

1981
Dead & Buried poster

Dead & Buried

Movie · as Phil

1981
This House Possessed poster

This House Possessed

Movie · as Lt. Fletcher

1981
A Few Days at Weasel Creek poster

A Few Days at Weasel Creek

Movie · as Gus Lobell

1981
The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia poster

The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia

Movie · as Wimbish

1981
Bitter Harvest poster

Bitter Harvest

Movie · as Dr. Agajanian

1981
Hill Street Blues poster

Hill Street Blues

TV · 1 ep

1981
Murder in Texas poster

Murder in Texas

TV · as Dist. Atty. McMasters · 2 eps

1980
Stir Crazy poster

Stir Crazy

Movie · as Warden Walter Beatty

1980
Urban Cowboy poster

Urban Cowboy

Movie · as Uncle Bob

1980
Any Which Way You Can poster

Any Which Way You Can

Movie · as Fat Zack

1980
Rage! poster

Rage!

Movie · as Resident #5

1979
Hart to Hart poster

Hart to Hart

TV · 1 ep

1978
Dallas poster

Dallas

TV · as Sheriff Fenton Washburn · 7 eps

1975
NBC Special Treat

NBC Special Treat

TV · as Stokey Andrews · 1 ep

1974
The Super Cops poster

The Super Cops

Movie · as Onlooker on Ladder (uncredited)

1972
M*A*S*H poster

M*A*S*H

TV · 1 ep

1971
Columbo poster

Columbo

TV · as Clifford Calvert · 1 ep

1954
The Wonderful World of Disney poster

The Wonderful World of Disney

TV · as Elmore · 1 ep