ACTOR
Barry Corbin
Known for No Country for Old Men · Better Call Saul · Killers of the Flower Moon
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…
Snapshot 2026-10-15
- Born
- Oct 16, 1940
- Birthplace
- Lamesa, Texas. USA
- Known For
- 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.
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Known For
MOVIE
No Country for Old MenEllis · 2007
★ 8.0
★ 8.0
TV
Better Call SaulEverett Acker · 2015
★ 8.7
★ 8.7
MOVIE
Killers of the Flower MoonUndertaker Turton · 2023
★ 7.4
★ 7.4
TV
Modern FamilyMerle Tucker · 2009
★ 7.9
★ 7.9
TV
YellowstoneRoss · 2018
★ 8.3
★ 8.3
TV
Young SheldonMr. Gilford · 2017
★ 8.0
★ 8.0
TV
Tulsa KingBabe Keller · 2022
★ 8.3
★ 8.3
TV
The A-TeamJ.J. Kincaid · 1983
★ 7.5
★ 7.5
Filmography
Movies
The Super CopsOnlooker on Ladder (uncredited)
1974
Any Which Way You CanFat Zack
1980
Rage!Resident #5
1980
Stir CrazyWarden Walter Beatty
1980
Urban CowboyUncle Bob
1980
A Few Days at Weasel CreekGus Lobell
1981
Bitter HarvestDr. Agajanian
1981
Dead & BuriedPhil
1981
The Killing of Randy WebsterNick Hanson
1981
The Night the Lights Went Out in GeorgiaWimbish
1981
This House PossessedLt. Fletcher
1981
Bus StopVirgil Blessing
1982
FantasiesNaylor
1982
Honkytonk ManArnspriger
1982
Prime SuspectBob Austin
1982
Six PackSheriff
1982
The Best Little Whorehouse in TexasC.J.
1982
The Ballad of Gregorio CortezB. R. Abernathy
1983
The Man Who Loved WomenRoy Carr
1983
Travis McGeeSheriff Hack Ames
1983
WarGamesGeneral Beringer
1983
Flight 90: Disaster on the PotomacBurt Hamilton
1984
The Jesse Owens StoryJudge
1984
The Ratings GameColonel
1984
My Science ProjectLew Harlan
1985
What Comes AroundLeon Redden
1985
C.A.T. SquadThe Director
1986
FirefighterCapt. Johnson
1986
Hard TravelingFrank Burton
1986
John HenryMr. Jenkins
1986
MaggieJimmy Scott Farnsworth
1986
Nothing in CommonAndrew Woolridge
1986
The Defiant OnesFloyd Carpenter
1986
Under Siege
1986
LBJ: The Early YearsJudge Alvin J. Wirtz
1987
Off the MarkWalt Warner / Jenell's Pa
1987
Under CoverSergeant Irwin Lee
1987
Warm Hearts, Cold FeetMax
1987
Young Harry HoudiniElmore
1987
Critters 2Harv
1988
It Takes TwoGeorge Lawrence
1988
Man Against the MobBig Mac McCleary
1988
Permanent RecordJim Sinclair
1988
Secret WitnessSheriff
1988
Stranger on My LandGil
1988
The People Across the LakeMalcolm Bryce
1988
Red King, White KnightBentick
1989
Who's Harry Crumb?P.J. Downing
1989
Ghost DadMr. Emery Collins
1990
Last Flight OutCapt. Bob Berg
1990
Short TimeCaptain
1990
The Hot SpotSheriff
1990
Career OpportunitiesOfficer Don
1991
ConagherCharlie McCloud, Stage Driver
1991
The ChaseWallis
1991
The KeysBuckaloo
1992
Moon ShotNarrator / Deke Slayton (voice)
1994
Deadly Family SecretsMr. Potter
1995
SiringoMarshall John Llewellyn
1995
VirusDr. Clayman
1995
CurdledLodger
1996
Kiss and TellGeorge Reed
1996
My Son Is InnocentDan Pendleton
1996
SoloGeneral Clyde Haynes
1996
The FumbleheadsRobert Blister
1997
The Hired HeartMike Hadley
1997
A Face to Kill ForFrank Hadley
1999
Held UpPembry
1999
Judgment Day: The Ellie Nesler StoryTony
1999
Sealed with a KissWink 'Pop' Blake
1999
TimequestLyndon Johnson
2000
Crossfire TrailSheriff Walter Moncrief
2001
Drive-In Movie Memories
2001
No One Can Hear YouSheriff Joe Webster
2001
The JourneymanCharlie Ledbetter
2001
Clover BendCotton Clayton
2002
Hope RanchShorty
2002
DunsmoreSheriff Breen
2003
Monte WalshBob the Storekeeper
2003
The GristleSenator Dorm
2004
Alien ExpressSenator Frank Rawlings
2005
River's EndSheriff 'Buster' Watkins
2005
Yesterday's DreamsPastor
2005
Beautiful DreamerGrandpa
2006
Hidden PlacesSheriff
2006
Waitin' to LiveBuford Pike
2006
In the Valley of ElahArnold Bickman
2007
No Country for Old MenEllis
2007
The GrandJimminy 'Lucky' Faro
2007
Beer for My HorsesBuck Baker
2008
Lake CityGeorge
2008
Ben 10: Alien SwarmGrandpa Max Tennyson
2009
Not Since YouUncle Dennis
2009
That Evening SunThurl Chessor
2009
WyvernHaas
2009
BloodworthItchy
2010
NoNAMESEd
2010
Rising StarsFarmer
2010
Feed the FishAxel Andersen
2011
Redemption: For Robbing the DeadJudge Smith
2011
SedonaLes
2011TN
The Next Door NeighborJudge Rodgers
2011
Universal SquadronsDeakin
2011
Valley of the SunGene Taggart
2011
Born WildRay Jennings
2012
GhoulGrandfather
2012
The Man Who Shook the Hand of Vicente FernandezWalker
2012
Return to CicelySelf
2013
Shadow on the MesaJake Rawlins
2013
This Is Where We LiveBode Warden
2013
Dawn of the Crescent MoonCyrus
2014
Diving With The Dinosaur FishNarrator
2014
Planes: Fire & RescueOl' Jammer (voice)
2014
The HitchhikerLeonard
2014
The HomesmanBuster Shaver
2014
Beyond the Farthest StarChief Burns
2015
Christmas in the SmokiesWade Haygood
2015
Urban Cowboy: The Rise and Fall of Gilley'sSelf
2015
Last Man ClubPete Williams
2016
New LifeOscar
2016
WindsorGil Denton
2016
All SaintsForrest
2017
An American in TexasLarry Korchinsky
2017
Ay Lav Yu TuuDanny Brown
2017
Mountain TopSam Miller
2017
Brimming with LoveWalter
2018
Farmer of the YearHap
2018
The ValleyGary
2018
Eminence HillNoah
2019
The Margarita ManChief Doyle
2019
Trading PaintSheriff Buck Taylor
2019
Finding HarmonyGrady Pickett
2020
Funny Thing About LoveGrandpa Joe
2021
Magic MaxGrismer
2021
The Bay HouseCowden Brooks
2022
Killers of the Flower MoonUndertaker Turton
2023
El Tonto Por CristoTerry Don
2025
Sod and Stubble
2025BG
Be Glad He Did ItBuddy Kasper
Blind Logic: The Ralph R. Teetor StoryHenry Spangler (voice)
CT
Capture the FlagMiami
The DilemmaGerald
The PipelineLester Galloway
Worst EnemyJim
Television
The Wonderful World of DisneyElmore · 1 eps
1954
ColumboClifford Calvert · 1 eps
1971
M*A*S*H1 eps
1972NS
NBC Special TreatStokey Andrews · 1 eps
1975
DallasSheriff Fenton Washburn · 7 eps
1978
Hart to Hart1 eps
1979
Hill Street Blues1 eps
1981
Murder in TexasDist. Atty. McMasters · 2 eps
1981
American PlayhouseAbernathy · 1 eps
1982
Tucker's Witch1 eps
1982
BooneMerit Sawyer · 13 eps
1983
The A-TeamJ.J. Kincaid · 1 eps
1983
The Thorn BirdsPete · 4 eps
1983
Call to GloryMr. Hunter · 3 eps
1984
Fatal VisionFranz Grebner · 2 eps
1984
Murder, She WroteLt. Lou Flannigan · 1 eps
1984
The Duck FactoryHubbell · 1 eps
1984
A Death in CaliforniaJim Heusdens · 2 eps
1985
Tall Tales & LegendsMr. Jenkins · 1 eps
1985
The Twilight Zone(segment "Dead Run") · 1 eps
1985W
WashingtoonBunky Munster · 12 eps
1985
Designing Women1 eps
1986
MatlockSteven McRea · 2 eps
1986
Spies6 eps
1987
I Know My First Name Is StevenOfficer Warner · 2 eps
1989
Lonesome DoveRoscoe Brown · 4 eps
1989
The Famous Teddy Z2 eps
1989
Northern ExposureMaurice Minnifield · 110 eps
1990
Walker, Texas RangerBen Crowder · 1 eps
1993
EllenJack Penney · 1 eps
1994MS
Moon ShotNarrator / Deke Slayton (voice) · 2 eps
1994
JAGPercival Bertram · 1 eps
1995
Life with LouieUncle Sammy (voice) · 1 eps
1995
The Drew Carey ShowChuck Fifer · 2 eps
1995
The Outer LimitsCarlton Powers · 1 eps
1995
Spin CityPeter Noland · 1 eps
1996
The Big EasyC.D. LeBlanc · 35 eps
1996
King of the HillFire Chief (voice) · 1 eps
1997
The Magnificent SevenWickes · 1 eps
1998
Mysterious Ways1 eps
2000
RebaJV · 1 eps
2001
One Tree HillWhitey Durham · 89 eps
2003
The CloserClay Johnson · 13 eps
2005
UnscriptedBarry Corbin · 1 eps
2005
PsychBilly Joe · 1 eps
2006
The UnitCarson · 2 eps
2006
Army WivesVeteran Patient · 1 eps
2007
Modern FamilyMerle Tucker · 3 eps
2009
ParenthoodErnie · 1 eps
2010
Anger ManagementEd · 100 eps
2012
Better Call SaulEverett Acker · 3 eps
2015
Blood & OilClifton Lundegren · 4 eps
2015
The RanchDale · 4 eps
2016
Young SheldonMr. Gilford · 1 eps
2017
YellowstoneRoss · 1 eps
2018
9-1-1: Lone StarStuart Ryder · 3 eps
2020
Tulsa KingBabe Keller · 7 eps
2022
BrothersCarl Travis · 2 eps
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