Barry Corbin
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
Credits
- 2023 · Killers of the Flower Moon as Undertaker Turton
- 2022 · Tulsa King as Babe Keller
- 2020 · 9-1-1: Lone Star as Stuart Ryder
- 2019 · Trading Paint as Sheriff Buck Taylor
- 2018 · Yellowstone as Ross
- 2018 · The Valley as Gary
- 2017 · Young Sheldon as Mr. Gilford
- 2017 · Mountain Top as Sam Miller
- 2016 · Windsor as Gil Denton
- 2016 · Last Man Club as Pete Williams
- 2016 · The Ranch as Dale
- 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
- 2012 · Born Wild as Ray Jennings
- 2012 · Anger Management as Ed
- 2011 · Redemption: For Robbing the Dead as Judge Smith
- 2011 · Sedona as Les
- 2010 · NoNAMES as Ed
- 2010 · Parenthood as Ernie
- 2010 · Bloodworth as Itchy
- 2009 · Ben 10: Alien Swarm as Grandpa Max Tennyson
- 2009 · Modern Family as Merle Tucker
- 2008 · Lake City as George
- 2007 · No Country for Old Men as Ellis
- 2007 · In the Valley of Elah as Arnold Bickman
- 2007 · The Grand as Jimminy 'Lucky' Faro
- 2007 · Army Wives as Veteran Patient
- 2006 · Psych as Billy Joe
- 2005 · The Closer as Clay Johnson
- 2005 · Unscripted as Self
- 2003 · One Tree Hill as Whitey Durham
- 2002 · Clover Bend as Cotton Clayton
- 2001 · Reba as JV
- 2001 · Crossfire Trail as Sheriff Walter Moncrief
- 2000 · Mysterious Ways as
- 1999 · Judgment Day: The Ellie Nesler Story as Tony
- 1998 · The Magnificent Seven as Wickes
- 1997 · King of the Hill as Fire Chief (voice)
- 1996 · Spin City as Peter Noland
- 1996 · Spin City as Peter Noland (archive footage)
- 1996 · The Big Easy as C.D. LeBlanc
- 1995 · JAG as Percival Bertram
- 1995 · The Drew Carey Show as Chuck Fifer
- 1995 · The Outer Limits as Carlton Powers
- 1994 · Life with Louie as Uncle Sammy (voice)
- 1994 · Ellen as Jack Penney
- 1993 · Walker, Texas Ranger as Ben Crowder
- 1992 · The Keys as Buckaloo
- 1991 · Career Opportunities as Officer Don
- 1990 · The Hot Spot as Sheriff
- 1990 · Northern Exposure as Maurice Minnifield
- 1990 · Ghost Dad as Mr. Emery Collins
- 1989 · The Famous Teddy Z as
- 1989 · I Know My First Name Is Steven as Officer Warner
- 1989 · Lonesome Dove as Roscoe Brown
- 1989 · Who's Harry Crumb? as P.J. Downing
- 1988 · Critters 2 as Harv
- 1988 · Stranger on My Land as Gil
- 1987 · Warm Hearts, Cold Feet as Max
- 1986 · Designing Women as
- 1986 · Firefighter as Capt. Johnson
- 1986 · Nothing in Common as Andrew Woolridge
- 1986 · Matlock as Steven McRea
- 1985 · The Twilight Zone as (segment "Dead Run")
- 1985 · Tall Tales & Legends as Mr. Jenkins
- 1985 · Washingtoon as Bunky Munster
- 1984 · Fatal Vision as Franz Grebner
- 1984 · Murder, She Wrote as Lt. Lou Flannigan
- 1984 · Call to Glory as Mr. Hunter
- 1984 · The Duck Factory as Hubbell
- 1983 · Boone as Merit Sawyer
- 1983 · The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez as B. R. Abernathy
- 1983 · WarGames as General Beringer
- 1983 · The Thorn Birds as Pete
- 1983 · The A-Team as J.J. Kincaid
- 1981 · Bitter Harvest as Dr. Agajanian
- 1981 · Hill Street Blues as
- 1980 · Stir Crazy as Warden Walter Beatty
- 1979 · Hart to Hart as
- 1978 · Dallas as Sheriff Fenton Washburn
- 1972 · M*A*S*H as
- 1971 · Columbo as Clifford Calvert
- Future · The Dilemma as Gerald
- 1954 · The Wonderful World of Disney as Elmore
- Future · The Pipeline as Lester Galloway
- 1985 · My Science Project as Lew Harlan
- 1983 · Travis McGee as Sheriff Hack Ames
- 1982 · Honkytonk Man as Arnspriger
- 1982 · Tucker's Witch as
- 1982 · The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas as C.J.
- 1982 · Fantasies as Naylor
- 1981 · Murder in Texas as Dist. Atty. McMasters
- 1980 · Any Which Way You Can as Fat Zack
- 1980 · Rage! as Resident #5
- Future · Capture the Flag as Miami
- 2025 · El Tonto Por Cristo as Terry Don
- 2025 · Sod and Stubble as
- 2022 · The Bay House as Cowden Brooks
- 2021 · Funny Thing About Love as Grandpa Joe
- 2021 · Magic Max as Grismer
- 2020 · Star Trek: First Frontier as John April
- 2019 · Eminence Hill as Noah
- 2019 · The Margarita Man as Chief Doyle
- 2018 · Brimming with Love as Walter
- 2018 · Farmer of the Year as Hap
- 2017 · An American in Texas as Larry Korchinsky
- 2017 · Ay Lav Yu Tuu as Danny Brown
- 2017 · All Saints as Forrest
- 2016 · New Life as Oscar
- 2015 · Christmas in the Smokies as Wade Haygood
- 2015 · Urban Cowboy: The Rise and Fall of Gilley's as Self
- 2014 · Diving With The Dinosaur Fish as Narrator
- 2014 · The Hitchhiker as Leonard
- 2014 · Dawn of the Crescent Moon as Cyrus
- 2013 · Beyond the Farthest Star as Chief Burns
- 2013 · This Is Where We Live as Bode Warden
- 2013 · Return to Cicely as Self
- 2013 · Shadow on the Mesa as Jake Rawlins
- 2012 · The Man Who Shook the Hand of Vicente Fernandez as Walker
- 2012 · Ghoul as Grandfather
- 2011 · Universal Squadrons as Deakin
- 2011 · Feed the Fish as Axel Andersen
- 2011 · Valley of the Sun as Gene Taggart
- 2011 · The Next Door Neighbor as Judge Rodgers
- 2010 · Rising Stars as Farmer
- 2009 · That Evening Sun as Thurl Chessor
- 2009 · Not Since You as Uncle Dennis
- 2009 · Wyvern as Haas
- 2008 · Beer for My Horses as Buck Baker
- 2006 · Waitin' to Live as Buford Pike
- 2006 · Hidden Places as Sheriff
- 2006 · Beautiful Dreamer as Grandpa
- 2005 · Alien Express as Senator Frank Rawlings
- 2005 · Yesterday's Dreams as Pastor
- 2005 · River's End as Sheriff 'Buster' Watkins
- 2004 · The Gristle as Senator Dorm
- 2003 · Dunsmore as Sheriff Breen
- 2003 · Timequest as Lyndon Johnson
- 2003 · Monte Walsh as Bob the Storekeeper
- 2002 · Hope Ranch as Shorty
- 2001 · Drive-In Movie Memories as
- 2001 · No One Can Hear You as Sheriff Joe Webster
- 2001 · The Journeyman as Charlie Ledbetter
- 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 · The Fumbleheads as Robert Blister
- 1996 · Curdled as Lodger
- 1996 · Solo as General Clyde Haynes
- 1996 · My Son Is Innocent as Dan Pendleton
- 1996 · Kiss and Tell as George Reed
- 1995 · Deadly Family Secrets as Mr. Potter
- 1995 · Siringo as Marshall John Llewellyn
- 1995 · Virus as Dr. Clayman
- 1994 · Moon Shot as Narrator / Deke Slayton (voice)
- 1994 · Moon Shot as Narrator / Deke Slayton (voice)
- 1991 · Conagher as Charlie McCloud, Stage Driver
- 1991 · The Chase as Wallis
- 1990 · Last Flight Out as Capt. Bob Berg
- 1990 · Short Time as Captain
- 1989 · Red King, White Knight as Bentick
- 1988 · The People Across the Lake as Malcolm Bryce
- 1988 · Secret Witness as Sheriff
- 1988 · It Takes Two as George Lawrence
- 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 · Young Harry Houdini as Elmore
- 1987 · Spies as
- 1987 · LBJ: The Early Years as Judge Alvin J. Wirtz
- 1986 · John Henry as Mr. Jenkins
- 1986 · C.A.T. Squad as The Director
- 1986 · Under Siege as
- 1986 · Hard Traveling as Frank Burton
- 1986 · The Defiant Ones as Floyd Carpenter
- 1985 · What Comes Around as Leon Redden
- 1985 · A Death in California as Jim Heusdens
- 1984 · The Ratings Game as Colonel
- 1984 · The Jesse Owens Story as Judge
- 1984 · Flight 90: Disaster on the Potomac as Burt Hamilton
- 1983 · The Man Who Loved Women as Roy Carr
- 1982 · Bus Stop as Virgil Blessing
- 1982 · Six Pack as Sheriff
- 1982 · Prime Suspect as Bob Austin
- 1981 · A Few Days at Weasel Creek as Gus Lobell
- 1981 · The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia as Wimbish
- 1981 · Dead & Buried as Phil
- 1981 · The Killing of Randy Webster as Nick Hanson
- 1981 · This House Possessed as Lt. Fletcher
- 1980 · Urban Cowboy as Uncle Bob
- 1975 · NBC Special Treat as Stokey Andrews
- 1974 · The Super Cops as Onlooker on Ladder (uncredited)
- Future · Be Glad He Did It as Buddy Kasper
- Future · Blind Logic: The Ralph R. Teetor Story as Henry Spangler (voice)




