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Barry Corbin
Barry Corbin

Barry Corbin

ActingBorn October 16, 1940 (age 85)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.

Filmography

2025Movie
2023
Killers of the Flower Moon

as Undertaker Turton

Movie
2022
The Bay House

as Cowden Brooks

Movie
2022
Tulsa King

as Babe Keller

TV
2021Movie
2021
Magic Max

as Grismer

Movie
2020Movie
2020
9-1-1: Lone Star

as Stuart Ryder

TV
2019Movie
2019
The Margarita Man

as Chief Doyle

Movie
2019
Trading Paint

as Sheriff Buck Taylor

Movie
2018TV
2018
The Valley

as Gary

Movie
2018Movie
2018Movie
2017
An American in Texas

as Larry Korchinsky

Movie
2017
Young Sheldon

as Mr. Gilford

TV
2017
Ay Lav Yu Tuu

as Danny Brown

Movie
2017
All Saints

as Forrest

Movie
2017
Mountain Top

as Sam Miller

Movie
2016
New Life

as Oscar

Movie
2016
Windsor

as Gil Denton

Movie
2016
Last Man Club

as Pete Williams

Movie
2016
The Ranch

as Dale

TV
2015Movie
2015
Blood & Oil

as Clifton Lundegren

TV
2015Movie
2015
Better Call Saul

as Everett Acker

TV
2014Movie
2014
Planes: Fire & Rescue

as Ol' Jammer (voice)

Movie
2014
The Homesman

as Buster Shaver

Movie
2014
The Hitchhiker

as Leonard

Movie
2014Movie
2013
This Is Where We Live

as Bode Warden

Movie
2013Movie
2013
Shadow on the Mesa

as Jake Rawlins

Movie
2012
Born Wild

as Ray Jennings

Movie
2012TV
2012
Ghoul

as Grandfather

Movie
2011Movie
2011Movie
2011
Sedona

as Les

Movie
2011
Feed the Fish

as Axel Andersen

Movie
2011
Valley of the Sun

as Gene Taggart

Movie
2011
The Next Door Neighbor

as Judge Rodgers

Movie
2010
Rising Stars

as Farmer

Movie
2010
NoNAMES

as Ed

Movie
2010
Parenthood

as Ernie

TV
2010
Bloodworth

as Itchy

Movie
2009
Ben 10: Alien Swarm

as Grandpa Max Tennyson

Movie
2009
That Evening Sun

as Thurl Chessor

Movie
2009
Not Since You

as Uncle Dennis

Movie
2009
Modern Family

as Merle Tucker

TV
2009
Wyvern

as Haas

Movie
2008
Beer for My Horses

as Buck Baker

Movie
2008
Lake City

as George

Movie
2007Movie
2007
In the Valley of Elah

as Arnold Bickman

Movie
2007
The Grand

as Jimminy 'Lucky' Faro

Movie
2007
Army Wives

as Veteran Patient

TV
2006
Waitin' to Live

as Buford Pike

Movie
2006
Psych

as Billy Joe

TV
2006
The Unit

as Carson

TV
2006Movie
2006
Hidden Places

as Sheriff

Movie
2005
Alien Express

as Senator Frank Rawlings

Movie
2005
The Closer

as Clay Johnson

TV
2005Movie
2005
Unscripted

as Barry Corbin

TV
2005
River's End

as Sheriff 'Buster' Watkins

Movie
2004
The Gristle

as Senator Dorm

Movie
2003
One Tree Hill

as Whitey Durham

TV
2003
Dunsmore

as Sheriff Breen

Movie
2003
Timequest

as Lyndon Johnson

Movie
2003
Monte Walsh

as Bob the Storekeeper

Movie
2002
Hope Ranch

as Shorty

Movie
2002
Clover Bend

as Cotton Clayton

Movie
2001
Reba

as JV

TV
2001
No One Can Hear You

as Sheriff Joe Webster

Movie
2001
The Journeyman

as Charlie Ledbetter

Movie
2001
Crossfire Trail

as Sheriff Walter Moncrief

Movie
1999
Held Up

as Pembry

Movie
1999
Sealed with a Kiss

as Wink 'Pop' Blake

Movie
1999
A Face to Kill For

as Frank Hadley

Movie
1998TV
1997
The Hired Heart

as Mike Hadley

Movie
1997
King of the Hill

as Fire Chief (voice)

TV
1997
The Fumbleheads

as Robert Blister

Movie
1996
Spin City

as Peter Noland

TV
1996
Spin City

as Peter Noland (archive footage)

TV
1996
Curdled

as Lodger

Movie
1996
Solo

as General Clyde Haynes

Movie
1996
The Big Easy

as C.D. LeBlanc

TV
1996
My Son Is Innocent

as Dan Pendleton

Movie
1996
Kiss and Tell

as George Reed

Movie
1995Movie
1995
JAG

as Percival Bertram

TV
1995
The Drew Carey Show

as Chuck Fifer

TV
1995
Siringo

as Marshall John Llewellyn

Movie
1995
Virus

as Dr. Clayman

Movie
1995
The Outer Limits

as Carlton Powers

TV
1994
Life with Louie

as Uncle Sammy (voice)

TV
1994
Moon Shot

as Narrator / Deke Slayton (voice)

TV
1994
Moon Shot

as Narrator / Deke Slayton (voice)

Movie
1994
Ellen

as Jack Penney

TV
1993
Walker, Texas Ranger

as Ben Crowder

TV
1992
The Keys

as Buckaloo

Movie
1991
Conagher

as Charlie McCloud, Stage Driver

Movie
1991
Career Opportunities

as Officer Don

Movie
1991
The Chase

as Wallis

Movie
1990
The Hot Spot

as Sheriff

Movie
1990
Northern Exposure

as Maurice Minnifield

TV
1990
Ghost Dad

as Mr. Emery Collins

Movie
1990
Last Flight Out

as Capt. Bob Berg

Movie
1990
Short Time

as Captain

Movie
1989Movie
1989TV
1989
Lonesome Dove

as Roscoe Brown

TV
1989
Who's Harry Crumb?

as P.J. Downing

Movie
1988Movie
1988
Secret Witness

as Sheriff

Movie
1988
It Takes Two

as George Lawrence

Movie
1988
Critters 2

as Harv

Movie
1988
Permanent Record

as Jim Sinclair

Movie
1988Movie
1988
Man Against the Mob

as Big Mac McCleary

Movie
1987
Under Cover

as Sergeant Irwin Lee

Movie
1987
Off the Mark

as Walt Warner / Jenell's Pa

Movie
1987Movie
1987TV
1987
LBJ: The Early Years

as Judge Alvin J. Wirtz

Movie
1987Movie
1986
John Henry

as Mr. Jenkins

Movie
1986
Firefighter

as Capt. Johnson

Movie
1986
Nothing in Common

as Andrew Woolridge

Movie
1986
C.A.T. Squad

as The Director

Movie
1986
Maggie

as Jimmy Scott Farnsworth

Movie
1986
Matlock

as Steven McRea

TV
1986Movie
1986
Hard Traveling

as Frank Burton

Movie
1986
The Defiant Ones

as Floyd Carpenter

Movie
1985
The Twilight Zone

as (segment "Dead Run")

TV
1985
Tall Tales & Legends

as Mr. Jenkins

TV
1985
My Science Project

as Lew Harlan

Movie
1985
Washingtoon

as Bunky Munster

TV
1985
What Comes Around

as Leon Redden

Movie
1985
A Death in California

as Jim Heusdens

TV
1984Movie
1984
Fatal Vision

as Franz Grebner

TV
1984
Murder, She Wrote

as Lt. Lou Flannigan

TV
1984
Call to Glory

as Mr. Hunter

TV
1984Movie
1984TV
1984Movie
1983Movie
1983
Boone

as Merit Sawyer

TV
1983Movie
1983
WarGames

as General Beringer

Movie
1983
Travis McGee

as Sheriff Hack Ames

Movie
1983TV
1983
The A-Team

as J.J. Kincaid

TV
1982
Honkytonk Man

as Arnspriger

Movie
1982
Bus Stop

as Virgil Blessing

Movie
1982
Six Pack

as Sheriff

Movie
1982
Prime Suspect

as Bob Austin

Movie
1982
Fantasies

as Naylor

Movie
1981Movie
1981Movie
1981
Bitter Harvest

as Dr. Agajanian

Movie
1981
Murder in Texas

as Dist. Atty. McMasters

TV
1981Movie
1981
This House Possessed

as Lt. Fletcher

Movie
1980Movie
1980
Stir Crazy

as Warden Walter Beatty

Movie
1980
Rage!

as Resident #5

Movie
1980
Urban Cowboy

as Uncle Bob

Movie
1978
Dallas

as Sheriff Fenton Washburn

TV
1975
NBC Special Treat

as Stokey Andrews

TV
1974
The Super Cops

as Onlooker on Ladder (uncredited)

Movie
1972TV
1971
Columbo

as Clifford Calvert

TV
The Dilemma

as Gerald

Movie
Movie
The Pipeline

as Lester Galloway

Movie
Be Glad He Did It

as Buddy Kasper

Movie
Movie
Movie
solo

as estrella

Movie
A Trace of Murder

as Clifford Calvert

Movie

Personal Info

DepartmentActing
BirthdayOctober 16, 1940
Place of BirthLamesa, Texas. USA
Popularity2.2
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