Barry Corbin
Acting
Born: October 16, 1940 (age 86) · Lamesa, Texas. USA
Highest Rated
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
No Country for Old Men
2007
Better Call Saul
2015
Killers of the Flower Moon
2023
Modern Family
2009
Yellowstone
2018
Young Sheldon
2017
Tulsa King
2022
WarGames
1983
9-1-1: Lone Star
2020
In the Valley of Elah
2007
The A-Team
1983
Psych
2006
Photos (6)
Movies (135)
Killers of the Flower Moon
Undertaker Turton
No Country for Old Men
Ellis
WarGames
General Beringer
The Hot Spot
Sheriff
Planes: Fire & Rescue
Ol' Jammer (voice)
The Homesman
Buster Shaver
Ben 10: Alien Swarm
Grandpa Max Tennyson
In the Valley of Elah
Arnold Bickman
The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
C.J.
Nothing in Common
Andrew Woolridge
Ghost Dad
Mr. Emery Collins
Career Opportunities
Officer Don
Stir Crazy
Warden Walter Beatty
Trading Paint
Sheriff Buck Taylor
Any Which Way You Can
Fat Zack
Critters 2
Harv
Who's Harry Crumb?
P.J. Downing
New Life
Oscar
Urban Cowboy
Uncle Bob
All Saints
Forrest
Dead & Buried
Phil
Honkytonk Man
Arnspriger
Conagher
Charlie McCloud, Stage Driver
Crossfire Trail
Sheriff Walter Moncrief
Eminence Hill
Noah
The Defiant Ones
Floyd Carpenter
Mountain Top
Sam Miller
Solo
General Clyde Haynes
That Evening Sun
Thurl Chessor
The Journeyman
Charlie Ledbetter
Curdled
Lodger
My Science Project
Lew Harlan
The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia
Wimbish
Bloodworth
Itchy
The Grand
Jimminy 'Lucky' Faro
Short Time
Captain
Wyvern
Haas
The Ratings Game
Colonel
Beer for My Horses
Buck Baker
Monte Walsh
Bob the Storekeeper
It Takes Two
George Lawrence
Valley of the Sun
Gene Taggart
The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez
B. R. Abernathy
The Man Who Loved Women
Roy Carr
Born Wild
Ray Jennings
Christmas in the Smokies
Wade Haygood
Sealed with a Kiss
Wink 'Pop' Blake
Drive-In Movie Memories
2001
My Son Is Innocent
Dan Pendleton
Fantasies
Naylor
Shadow on the Mesa
Jake Rawlins
Permanent Record
Jim Sinclair
Lake City
George
Dunsmore
Sheriff Breen
Bus Stop
Virgil Blessing
Under Siege
1986
C.A.T. Squad
The Director
Firefighter
Capt. Johnson
Not Since You
Uncle Dennis
Six Pack
Sheriff
Deadly Family Secrets
Mr. Potter
Brimming with Love
Walter
Travis McGee
Sheriff Hack Ames
Universal Squadrons
Deakin
Secret Witness
Sheriff
El Tonto Por Cristo
Terry Don
An American in Texas
Larry Korchinsky
Siringo
Marshall John Llewellyn
LBJ: The Early Years
Judge Alvin J. Wirtz
Virus
Dr. Clayman
Flight 90: Disaster on the Potomac
Burt Hamilton
Young Harry Houdini
Elmore
River's End
Sheriff 'Buster' Watkins
Judgment Day: The Ellie Nesler Story
Tony
Beyond the Farthest Star
Chief Burns
Warm Hearts, Cold Feet
Max
The People Across the Lake
Malcolm Bryce
The Keys
Buckaloo
Bitter Harvest
Dr. Agajanian
The Man Who Shook the Hand of Vicente Fernandez
Walker
Stranger on My Land
Gil
Last Man Club
Pete Williams
Held Up
Pembry
Funny Thing About Love
Grandpa Joe
The Gristle
Senator Dorm
Hard Traveling
Frank Burton
Sod and Stubble
2025
The Margarita Man
Chief Doyle
Under Cover
Sergeant Irwin Lee
This House Possessed
Lt. Fletcher
Last Flight Out
Capt. Bob Berg
The Hired Heart
Mike Hadley
Dawn of the Crescent Moon
Cyrus
The Super Cops
Onlooker on Ladder (uncredited)
Red King, White Knight
Bentick
A Face to Kill For
Frank Hadley
The Jesse Owens Story
Judge
Clover Bend
Cotton Clayton
The Chase
Wallis
Redemption: For Robbing the Dead
Judge Smith
Magic Max
Grismer
Waitin' to Live
Buford Pike
Beautiful Dreamer
Grandpa
The Hitchhiker
Leonard
Rising Stars
Farmer
Ghoul
Grandfather
Ay Lav Yu Tuu
Danny Brown
No One Can Hear You
Sheriff Joe Webster
A Few Days at Weasel Creek
Gus Lobell
The Valley
Gary
Alien Express
Senator Frank Rawlings
Off the Mark
Walt Warner / Jenell's Pa
Man Against the Mob
Big Mac McCleary
Maggie
Jimmy Scott Farnsworth
Rage!
Resident #5
Windsor
Gil Denton
Timequest
Lyndon Johnson
The Killing of Randy Webster
Nick Hanson
This Is Where We Live
Bode Warden
Kiss and Tell
George Reed
Diving With The Dinosaur Fish
Narrator
NoNAMES
Ed
Sedona
Les
Yesterday's Dreams
Pastor
The Bay House
Cowden Brooks
Farmer of the Year
Hap
John Henry
Mr. Jenkins
The Fumbleheads
Robert Blister
What Comes Around
Leon Redden
Hidden Places
Sheriff
Hope Ranch
Shorty
Prime Suspect
Bob Austin
Feed the Fish
Axel Andersen
Moon Shot
Narrator / Deke Slayton (voice)
Finding Harmony
Grady Pickett
TV Shows (55)
Modern Family
Merle Tucker · 3 eps
JAG
Percival Bertram · 1 eps
Young Sheldon
Mr. Gilford · 1 eps
Columbo
Clifford Calvert · 1 eps
Better Call Saul
Everett Acker · 3 eps
One Tree Hill
Whitey Durham · 89 eps
Yellowstone
Ross · 1 eps
Tulsa King
Babe Keller · 7 eps
King of the Hill
Fire Chief (voice) · 1 eps
Psych
Billy Joe · 1 eps
Dallas
Sheriff Fenton Washburn · 7 eps
Murder, She Wrote
Lt. Lou Flannigan · 1 eps
The Closer
Clay Johnson · 13 eps
M*A*S*H
1 eps
The A-Team
J.J. Kincaid · 1 eps
Hill Street Blues
1 eps
The Drew Carey Show
Chuck Fifer · 2 eps
9-1-1: Lone Star
Stuart Ryder · 3 eps
Army Wives
Veteran Patient · 1 eps
Parenthood
Ernie · 1 eps
Matlock
Steven McRea · 2 eps
Hart to Hart
1 eps
Northern Exposure
Maurice Minnifield · 110 eps
American Playhouse
Abernathy · 1 eps
The Unit
Carson · 2 eps
The Outer Limits
Carlton Powers · 1 eps
Spin City
Peter Noland · 1 eps
Anger Management
Ed · 100 eps
The Twilight Zone
(segment "Dead Run") · 1 eps
Walker, Texas Ranger
Ben Crowder · 1 eps
Ellen
Jack Penney · 1 eps
Reba
JV · 1 eps
Brothers
Carl Travis · 2 eps
The Ranch
Dale · 4 eps
Designing Women
1 eps
Life with Louie
Uncle Sammy (voice) · 1 eps
The Magnificent Seven
Wickes · 1 eps
The Thorn Birds
Pete · 4 eps
The Wonderful World of Disney
Elmore · 1 eps
The Big Easy
C.D. LeBlanc · 35 eps
Lonesome Dove
Roscoe Brown · 4 eps
Unscripted
Barry Corbin · 1 eps
Mysterious Ways
1 eps
Tall Tales & Legends
Mr. Jenkins · 1 eps
Tucker's Witch
1 eps
Call to Glory
Mr. Hunter · 3 eps
Blood & Oil
Clifton Lundegren · 4 eps
The Duck Factory
Hubbell · 1 eps
The Famous Teddy Z
2 eps
I Know My First Name Is Steven
Officer Warner · 2 eps
Boone
Merit Sawyer · 13 eps
A Death in California
Jim Heusdens · 2 eps
Fatal Vision
Franz Grebner · 2 eps
Murder in Texas
Dist. Atty. McMasters · 2 eps
Spies
6 eps
