Barry Corbin
Known for acting · Born 16 October 1940 · 85 · Lamesa, Texas. USA
202 credits
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
One Tree Hill
2003
Anger Management
2012
Northern Exposure
1990
WarGames
1983
The Closer
2005
Tulsa King
2022
No Country for Old Men
2007
Critters 2
1988
Ben 10: Alien Swarm
2009
Who's Harry Crumb?
1989
Solo
1996
Urban Cowboy
1980
Acting (202)
2026BrothersCarl TravisSeries
2025Sod and StubbleFilm
2025El Tonto Por CristoTerry DonFilm
2023Killers of the Flower MoonUndertaker TurtonFilm
2022Tulsa KingBabe Keller · 7 episodesSeries
2022The Bay HouseCowden BrooksFilm
2021Funny Thing About LoveGrandpa JoeFilm
2021Magic MaxGrismerFilm
20209-1-1: Lone StarStuart Ryder · 3 episodesSeries
2019Trading PaintSheriff Buck TaylorFilm
2019Eminence HillNoahFilm
2019The Margarita ManChief DoyleFilm
2018YellowstoneRossSeries
2018Brimming with LoveWalterFilm
2018Farmer of the YearHapFilm
2018The ValleyGaryFilm
2017Young SheldonMr. GilfordSeries
2017All SaintsForrestFilm
2017Mountain TopSam MillerFilm
2017Ay Lav Yu TuuDanny BrownFilm
2017An American in TexasLarry KorchinskyFilm
2016The RanchDale · 4 episodesSeries
2016New LifeOscarFilm
2016Last Man ClubPete WilliamsFilm
2016WindsorGil DentonFilm
2015Better Call SaulEverett Acker · 3 episodesSeries
2015Blood & OilClifton Lundegren · 4 episodesSeries
2015Christmas in the SmokiesWade HaygoodFilm
2015Beyond the Farthest StarChief BurnsFilm
2015Urban Cowboy: The Rise and Fall of Gilley'sSelfFilm
2014Planes: Fire & RescueOl' Jammer (voice)Film
2014The HomesmanBuster ShaverFilm
2014Dawn of the Crescent MoonCyrusFilm
2014Diving With The Dinosaur FishNarratorFilm
2014The HitchhikerLeonardFilm
2013Shadow on the MesaJake RawlinsFilm
2013Return to CicelySelfFilm
2013This Is Where We LiveBode WardenFilm
2012Anger ManagementEd · 100 episodesSeries
2012GhoulGrandfatherFilm
2012The Man Who Shook the Hand of Vicente FernandezWalkerFilm
2012Born WildRay JenningsFilm
2011Feed the FishAxel AndersenFilm
2011Valley of the SunGene TaggartFilm
2011SedonaLesFilm
2011Universal SquadronsDeakinFilm
2011Redemption: For Robbing the DeadJudge SmithFilm
2011The Next Door NeighborJudge RodgersFilm
2010ParenthoodErnieSeries
2010BloodworthItchyFilm
2010Rising StarsFarmerFilm
2010NoNAMESEdFilm
2009Modern FamilyMerle Tucker · 3 episodesSeries
2009Ben 10: Alien SwarmGrandpa Max TennysonFilm
2009WyvernHaasFilm
2009That Evening SunThurl ChessorFilm
2009Not Since YouUncle DennisFilm
2008Beer for My HorsesBuck BakerFilm
2008Lake CityGeorgeFilm
2007No Country for Old MenEllisFilm
2007In the Valley of ElahArnold BickmanFilm
2007The GrandJimminy 'Lucky' FaroFilm
2007Army WivesVeteran PatientSeries
2006PsychBilly JoeSeries
2006The UnitCarson · 2 episodesSeries
2006Beautiful DreamerGrandpaFilm
2006Hidden PlacesSheriffFilm
2006Waitin' to LiveBuford PikeFilm
2005The CloserClay Johnson · 13 episodesSeries
2005Alien ExpressSenator Frank RawlingsFilm
2005River's EndSheriff 'Buster' WatkinsFilm
2005UnscriptedBarry CorbinSeries
2005Yesterday's DreamsPastorFilm
2004The GristleSenator DormFilm
2003One Tree HillWhitey Durham · 89 episodesSeries
2003Monte WalshBob the StorekeeperFilm
2003DunsmoreSheriff BreenFilm
2002Hope RanchShortyFilm
2002Clover BendCotton ClaytonFilm
2001RebaJVSeries
2001Crossfire TrailSheriff Walter MoncriefFilm
2001No One Can Hear YouSheriff Joe WebsterFilm
2001Drive-In Movie MemoriesFilm
2001The JourneymanCharlie LedbetterFilm
2000Mysterious WaysSeries
2000TimequestLyndon JohnsonFilm
1999Held UpPembryFilm
1999Judgment Day: The Ellie Nesler StoryTonyFilm
1999A Face to Kill ForFrank HadleyFilm
1999Sealed with a KissWink 'Pop' BlakeFilm
1998The Magnificent SevenWickesSeries
1997King of the HillFire Chief (voice)Series
1997The Hired HeartMike HadleyFilm
1997The FumbleheadsRobert BlisterFilm
1996Spin CityPeter NolandSeries
1996CurdledLodgerFilm
1996SoloGeneral Clyde HaynesFilm
1996My Son Is InnocentDan PendletonFilm
1996Kiss and TellGeorge ReedFilm
1996The Big EasyC.D. LeBlanc · 35 episodesSeries
1995JAGPercival BertramSeries
1995The Outer LimitsCarlton PowersSeries
1995The Drew Carey ShowChuck Fifer · 2 episodesSeries
1995Life with LouieUncle Sammy (voice)Series
1995VirusDr. ClaymanFilm
1995SiringoMarshall John LlewellynFilm
1995Deadly Family SecretsMr. PotterFilm
1994EllenJack PenneySeries
1994Moon ShotNarrator / Deke Slayton (voice)Film
1994Moon ShotNarrator / Deke Slayton (voice) · 2 episodesSeries
1993Walker, Texas RangerBen CrowderSeries
1992The KeysBuckalooFilm
1991Career OpportunitiesOfficer DonFilm
1991ConagherCharlie McCloud, Stage DriverFilm
1991The ChaseWallisFilm
1990The Hot SpotSheriffFilm
1990Ghost DadMr. Emery CollinsFilm
1990Northern ExposureMaurice Minnifield · 110 episodesSeries
1990Short TimeCaptainFilm
1990Last Flight OutCapt. Bob BergFilm
1989Who's Harry Crumb?P.J. DowningFilm
1989Lonesome DoveRoscoe Brown · 4 episodesSeries
1989I Know My First Name Is StevenOfficer Warner · 2 episodesSeries
1989The Famous Teddy Z · 2 episodesSeries
1989Red King, White KnightBentickFilm
1988Critters 2HarvFilm
1988Permanent RecordJim SinclairFilm
1988It Takes TwoGeorge LawrenceFilm
1988The People Across the LakeMalcolm BryceFilm
1988Stranger on My LandGilFilm
1988Secret WitnessSheriffFilm
1988Man Against the MobBig Mac McClearyFilm
1987Under CoverSergeant Irwin LeeFilm
1987Off the MarkWalt Warner / Jenell's PaFilm
1987LBJ: The Early YearsJudge Alvin J. WirtzFilm
1987Warm Hearts, Cold FeetMaxFilm
1987Young Harry HoudiniElmoreFilm
1987Spies · 6 episodesSeries
1986MatlockSteven McRea · 2 episodesSeries
1986Nothing in CommonAndrew WoolridgeFilm
1986Designing WomenSeries
1986The Defiant OnesFloyd CarpenterFilm
1986FirefighterCapt. JohnsonFilm
1986C.A.T. SquadThe DirectorFilm
1986Under SiegeFilm
1986John HenryMr. JenkinsFilm
1986Hard TravelingFrank BurtonFilm
1986MaggieJimmy Scott FarnsworthFilm
1985The Twilight Zone(segment "Dead Run")Series
1985My Science ProjectLew HarlanFilm
1985Tall Tales & LegendsMr. JenkinsSeries
1985A Death in CaliforniaJim Heusdens · 2 episodesSeries
1985What Comes AroundLeon ReddenFilm
1985WashingtoonBunky Munster · 12 episodesSeries
1984Murder, She WroteLt. Lou FlanniganSeries
1984The Ratings GameColonelFilm
1984Fatal VisionFranz Grebner · 2 episodesSeries
1984Flight 90: Disaster on the PotomacBurt HamiltonFilm
1984The Duck FactoryHubbellSeries
1984The Jesse Owens StoryJudgeFilm
1984Call to GloryMr. Hunter · 3 episodesSeries
1983WarGamesGeneral BeringerFilm
1983The A-TeamJ.J. KincaidSeries
1983The Thorn BirdsPete · 4 episodesSeries
1983The Man Who Loved WomenRoy CarrFilm
1983The Ballad of Gregorio CortezB. R. AbernathyFilm
1983Travis McGeeSheriff Hack AmesFilm
1983BooneMerit Sawyer · 13 episodesSeries
1982Honkytonk ManArnsprigerFilm
1982The Best Little Whorehouse in TexasC.J.Film
1982Six PackSheriffFilm
1982American PlayhouseAbernathySeries
1982Prime SuspectBob AustinFilm
1982Tucker's WitchSeries
1982FantasiesNaylorFilm
1982Bus StopVirgil BlessingFilm
1981Dead & BuriedPhilFilm
1981Hill Street BluesSeries
1981The Night the Lights Went Out in GeorgiaWimbishFilm
1981This House PossessedLt. FletcherFilm
1981The Killing of Randy WebsterNick HansonFilm
1981Murder in TexasDist. Atty. McMasters · 2 episodesSeries
1981A Few Days at Weasel CreekGus LobellFilm
1981Bitter HarvestDr. AgajanianFilm
1980Stir CrazyWarden Walter BeattyFilm
1980Any Which Way You CanFat ZackFilm
1980Urban CowboyUncle BobFilm
1980Rage!Resident #5Film
1979Hart to HartSeries
1978DallasSheriff Fenton Washburn · 7 episodesSeries
1975NBC Special TreatStokey AndrewsSeries
1974The Super CopsOnlooker on Ladder (uncredited)Film
1972M*A*S*HSeries
1971ColumboClifford CalvertSeries
1954The Wonderful World of DisneyElmoreSeries
—A Trace of MurderClifford CalvertFilm
—The DilemmaGeraldFilm
—Blind Logic: The Ralph R. Teetor StoryHenry Spangler (voice)Film
—The PipelineLester GallowayFilm
—Be Glad He Did ItBuddy KasperFilm
—Capture the FlagMiamiFilm
—Worst EnemyJimFilm