Barry Corbin
Acting
Born: October 16, 1940 (age 85) · 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 (133)
Killers of the Flower Moon
Undertaker Turton
No Country for Old Men
Ellis
The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
C.J.
The Hot Spot
Sheriff
Planes: Fire & Rescue
Ol' Jammer (voice)
WarGames
General Beringer
Career Opportunities
Officer Don
The Homesman
Buster Shaver
In the Valley of Elah
Arnold Bickman
Stir Crazy
Warden Walter Beatty
Ben 10: Alien Swarm
Grandpa Max Tennyson
Dead & Buried
Phil
Critters 2
Harv
Ghost Dad
Mr. Emery Collins
Any Which Way You Can
Fat Zack
Held Up
Pembry
Honkytonk Man
Arnspriger
Nothing in Common
Andrew Woolridge
Brimming with Love
Walter
Urban Cowboy
Uncle Bob
Who's Harry Crumb?
P.J. Downing
Mountain Top
Sam Miller
Monte Walsh
Bob the Storekeeper
Lake City
George
Trading Paint
Sheriff Buck Taylor
All Saints
Forrest
Bloodworth
Itchy
The Grand
Jimminy 'Lucky' Faro
Crossfire Trail
Sheriff Walter Moncrief
The Man Who Loved Women
Roy Carr
My Science Project
Lew Harlan
Solo
General Clyde Haynes
Six Pack
Sheriff
Short Time
Captain
Permanent Record
Jim Sinclair
Eminence Hill
Noah
New Life
Oscar
It Takes Two
George Lawrence
Sedona
Les
Curdled
Lodger
That Evening Sun
Thurl Chessor
Conagher
Charlie McCloud, Stage Driver
The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez
B. R. Abernathy
Hard Traveling
Frank Burton
The Ratings Game
Colonel
This House Possessed
Lt. Fletcher
Beyond the Farthest Star
Chief Burns
Secret Witness
Sheriff
Wyvern
Haas
Drive-In Movie Memories
2001
The Man Who Shook the Hand of Vicente Fernandez
Walker
Beer for My Horses
Buck Baker
The Defiant Ones
Floyd Carpenter
The Journeyman
Charlie Ledbetter
The Jesse Owens Story
Judge
Maggie
Jimmy Scott Farnsworth
Flight 90: Disaster on the Potomac
Burt Hamilton
NoNAMES
Ed
Under Siege
1986
Shadow on the Mesa
Jake Rawlins
Kiss and Tell
George Reed
My Son Is Innocent
Dan Pendleton
Magic Max
Grismer
The Super Cops
Onlooker on Ladder (uncredited)
The Killing of Randy Webster
Nick Hanson
The People Across the Lake
Malcolm Bryce
Christmas in the Smokies
Wade Haygood
Sealed with a Kiss
Wink 'Pop' Blake
C.A.T. Squad
The Director
The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia
Wimbish
Clover Bend
Cotton Clayton
Under Cover
Sergeant Irwin Lee
Travis McGee
Sheriff Hack Ames
The Hired Heart
Mike Hadley
Red King, White Knight
Bentick
Last Man Club
Pete Williams
Hidden Places
Sheriff
Prime Suspect
Bob Austin
Beautiful Dreamer
Grandpa
Stranger on My Land
Gil
The Gristle
Senator Dorm
LBJ: The Early Years
Judge Alvin J. Wirtz
Ay Lav Yu Tuu
Danny Brown
Bus Stop
Virgil Blessing
Bitter Harvest
Dr. Agajanian
Fantasies
Naylor
Redemption: For Robbing the Dead
Judge Smith
Alien Express
Senator Frank Rawlings
Siringo
Marshall John Llewellyn
Deadly Family Secrets
Mr. Potter
Funny Thing About Love
Grandpa Joe
Ghoul
Grandfather
Warm Hearts, Cold Feet
Max
Virus
Dr. Clayman
Not Since You
Uncle Dennis
The Keys
Buckaloo
Valley of the Sun
Gene Taggart
Feed the Fish
Axel Andersen
The Margarita Man
Chief Doyle
Judgment Day: The Ellie Nesler Story
Tony
Waitin' to Live
Buford Pike
No One Can Hear You
Sheriff Joe Webster
Off the Mark
Walt Warner / Jenell's Pa
River's End
Sheriff 'Buster' Watkins
El Tonto Por Cristo
Terry Don
The Chase
Wallis
Yesterday's Dreams
Pastor
Rising Stars
Farmer
Young Harry Houdini
Elmore
Timequest
Lyndon Johnson
A Face to Kill For
Frank Hadley
Firefighter
Capt. Johnson
Hope Ranch
Shorty
Born Wild
Ray Jennings
Sod and Stubble
2025
The Hitchhiker
Leonard
Universal Squadrons
Deakin
This Is Where We Live
Bode Warden
A Few Days at Weasel Creek
Gus Lobell
Man Against the Mob
Big Mac McCleary
The Fumbleheads
Robert Blister
An American in Texas
Larry Korchinsky
The Valley
Gary
Dawn of the Crescent Moon
Cyrus
Dunsmore
Sheriff Breen
John Henry
Mr. Jenkins
What Comes Around
Leon Redden
Moon Shot
Narrator / Deke Slayton (voice)
Windsor
Gil Denton
Rage!
Resident #5
The Bay House
Cowden Brooks
Diving With The Dinosaur Fish
Narrator
Farmer of the Year
Hap
TV Shows (54)
Modern Family
Merle Tucker · 3 eps
King of the Hill
Fire Chief (voice) · 1 eps
Yellowstone
Ross · 1 eps
Young Sheldon
Mr. Gilford · 1 eps
One Tree Hill
Whitey Durham · 89 eps
Columbo
Clifford Calvert · 1 eps
JAG
Percival Bertram · 1 eps
Dallas
Sheriff Fenton Washburn · 7 eps
The Closer
Clay Johnson · 13 eps
Psych
Billy Joe · 1 eps
Better Call Saul
Everett Acker · 3 eps
Tulsa King
Babe Keller · 7 eps
The A-Team
J.J. Kincaid · 1 eps
Murder, She Wrote
Lt. Lou Flannigan · 1 eps
M*A*S*H
1 eps
American Playhouse
Abernathy · 1 eps
The Drew Carey Show
Chuck Fifer · 2 eps
Hart to Hart
1 eps
Hill Street Blues
1 eps
Northern Exposure
Maurice Minnifield · 110 eps
9-1-1: Lone Star
Stuart Ryder · 3 eps
Matlock
Steven McRea · 2 eps
Ellen
Jack Penney · 1 eps
Spin City
Peter Noland · 1 eps
The Outer Limits
Carlton Powers · 1 eps
Parenthood
Ernie · 1 eps
The Unit
Carson · 2 eps
Walker, Texas Ranger
Ben Crowder · 1 eps
The Twilight Zone
(segment "Dead Run") · 1 eps
Army Wives
Veteran Patient · 1 eps
Anger Management
Ed · 100 eps
Designing Women
1 eps
Reba
JV · 1 eps
The Ranch
Dale · 4 eps
The Magnificent Seven
Wickes · 1 eps
Lonesome Dove
Roscoe Brown · 4 eps
Life with Louie
Uncle Sammy (voice) · 1 eps
The Thorn Birds
Pete · 4 eps
Call to Glory
Mr. Hunter · 3 eps
Fatal Vision
Franz Grebner · 2 eps
Blood & Oil
Clifton Lundegren · 4 eps
The Big Easy
C.D. LeBlanc · 35 eps
Unscripted
Barry Corbin · 1 eps
Tall Tales & Legends
Mr. Jenkins · 1 eps
Mysterious Ways
1 eps
The Wonderful World of Disney
Elmore · 1 eps
I Know My First Name Is Steven
Officer Warner · 2 eps
Tucker's Witch
1 eps
The Duck Factory
Hubbell · 1 eps
The Famous Teddy Z
2 eps
Boone
Merit Sawyer · 13 eps
Murder in Texas
Dist. Atty. McMasters · 2 eps
Spies
6 eps
A Death in California
Jim Heusdens · 2 eps
