Portrait of Barry Corbin

Barry Corbin

Acting

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.

Born: October 16, 1940

Place of Birth: Lamesa, Texas. USA

Filmography

2025
2023
Killers of the Flower Moon

as Undertaker Turton

2022
The Bay House

as Cowden Brooks

2022
Tulsa King

as Babe Keller

2021
2021
Magic Max

as Grismer

2020
2020
9-1-1: Lone Star

as Stuart Ryder

2019
2019
The Margarita Man

as Chief Doyle

2019
Trading Paint

as Sheriff Buck Taylor

2018
2018
The Valley

as Gary

2018
2017
An American in Texas

as Larry Korchinsky

2017
Young Sheldon

as Mr. Gilford

2017
Ay Lav Yu Tuu

as Danny Brown

2017
All Saints

as Forrest

2017
Mountain Top

as Sam Miller

2016
New Life

as Oscar

2016
Windsor

as Gil Denton

2016
Last Man Club

as Pete Williams

2016
The Ranch

as Dale

2015
2015
Blood & Oil

as Clifton Lundegren

2015
Better Call Saul

as Everett Acker

2014
Planes: Fire & Rescue

as Ol' Jammer (voice)

2014
The Homesman

as Buster Shaver

2014
The Hitchhiker

as Leonard

2013
2013
This Is Where We Live

as Bode Warden

2013
Shadow on the Mesa

as Jake Rawlins

2012
Born Wild

as Ray Jennings

2012
Ghoul

as Grandfather

2011
2011
Sedona

as Les

2011
Feed the Fish

as Axel Andersen

2011
Valley of the Sun

as Gene Taggart

2010
Rising Stars

as Farmer

2010
NoNAMES

as Ed

2010
Parenthood

as Ernie

2010
Bloodworth

as Itchy

2009
Ben 10: Alien Swarm

as Grandpa Max Tennyson

2009
That Evening Sun

as Thurl Chessor

2009
Not Since You

as Uncle Dennis

2009
Modern Family

as Merle Tucker

2009
Wyvern

as Haas

2008
Beer for My Horses

as Buck Baker

2008
Lake City

as George

2007
In the Valley of Elah

as Arnold Bickman

2007
The Grand

as Jimminy 'Lucky' Faro

2007
Army Wives

as Veteran Patient

2006
Waitin' to Live

as Buford Pike

2006
Psych

as Billy Joe

2006
Hidden Places

as Sheriff

2006
2005
Alien Express

as Senator Frank Rawlings

2005
The Closer

as Clay Johnson

2005
2005
Unscripted

as Self

2005
River's End

as Sheriff 'Buster' Watkins

2004
The Gristle

as Senator Dorm

2003
One Tree Hill

as Whitey Durham

2003
Dunsmore

as Sheriff Breen

2003
Timequest

as Lyndon Johnson

2003
Monte Walsh

as Bob the Storekeeper

2002
Hope Ranch

as Shorty

2002
Clover Bend

as Cotton Clayton

2001
Reba

as JV

2001
The Journeyman

as Charlie Ledbetter

2001
Crossfire Trail

as Sheriff Walter Moncrief

2001
No One Can Hear You

as Sheriff Joe Webster

1999
Held Up

as Pembry

1999
Sealed with a Kiss

as Wink 'Pop' Blake

1999
A Face to Kill for

as Frank Hadley

1997
The Hired Heart

as Mike Hadley

1997
King of the Hill

as Fire Chief (voice)

1997
The Fumbleheads

as Robert Blister

1996
Spin City

as Peter Noland

1996
Spin City

as Peter Noland (archive footage)

1996
Curdled

as Lodger

1996
Solo

as General Clyde Haynes

1996
The Big Easy

as C.D. LeBlanc

1996
My Son Is Innocent

as Dan Pendleton

1996
Kiss and Tell

as George Reed

1995
1995
JAG

as Percival Bertram

1995
The Drew Carey Show

as Chuck Fifer

1995
Siringo

as Marshall John Llewellyn

1995
Virus

as Dr. Clayman

1995
The Outer Limits

as Carlton Powers

1994
Life with Louie

as Uncle Sammy (voice)

1994
Moon Shot

as Narrator / Deke Slayton (voice)

1994
Ellen

as Jack Penney

1993
Walker, Texas Ranger

as Ben Crowder

1992
The Keys

as Buckaloo

1991
Conagher

as Charlie McCloud, Stage Driver

1991
Career Opportunities

as Officer Don

1991
The Chase

as Wallis

1990
The Hot Spot

as Sheriff

1990
Northern Exposure

as Maurice Minnifield

1990
Ghost Dad

as Mr. Emery Collins

1990
Last Flight Out

as Capt. Bob Berg

1990
Short Time

as Captain

1989
1989
Lonesome Dove

as Roscoe Brown

1989
Who's Harry Crumb?

as P.J. Downing

1988
1988
It Takes Two

as George Lawrence

1988
Critters 2

as Harv

1988
Permanent Record

as Jim Sinclair

1988
Man Against the Mob

as Big Mac McCleary

1987
Under Cover

as Sergeant Irwin Lee

1987
Off the Mark

as Walt Warner / Jenell's Pa

1987
1987
1987
LBJ: The Early Years

as Judge Alvin J. Wirtz

1986
John Henry

as Mr. Jenkins

1986
Firefighter

as Capt. Johnson

1986
Nothing in Common

as Andrew Woolridge

1986
C.A.T. Squad

as The Director

1986
Matlock

as Army Col. Steven McRea

1986
Hard Traveling

as Frank Burton

1986
The Defiant Ones

as Floyd Carpenter

1985
The Twilight Zone

as (segment "Dead Run")

1985
Tall Tales & Legends

as Mr. Jenkins

1985
My Science Project

as Lew Harlan

1985
What Comes Around

as Leon Redden

1985
A Death in California

as Jim Heusdens

1984
1984
Fatal Vision

as Franz Grebner

1984
Murder, She Wrote

as Lt. Lou Flannigan

1984
Call to Glory

as Mr. Hunter

1984
1983
Boone

as Merit Sawyer

1983
1983
WarGames

as General Beringer

1983
Travis McGee

as Sheriff Hack Ames

1983
1983
The A-Team

as J.J. Kincaid

1982
Honkytonk Man

as Arnspriger

1982
Bus Stop

as Virgil Blessing

1982
Six Pack

as Sheriff

1982
Prime Suspect

as Bob Austin

1982
Fantasies

as Naylor

1981
1981
Bitter Harvest

as Dr. Agajanian

1981
Murder in Texas

as Dist. Atty. McMasters

1981
This House Possessed

as Lt. Fletcher

1980
1980
Stir Crazy

as Warden Walter Beatty

1980
Rage!

as Resident #5

1980
Urban Cowboy

as Uncle Bob

1978
Dallas

as Sheriff Fenton Washburn

1974
The Super Cops

as Onlooker on Ladder (uncredited)

1971
Columbo

as Clifford Calvert

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The Dilemma

as Gerald

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The Pipeline

as Lester Galloway

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