Barry Corbin

Actor Oct 16 (age 85) Lamesa, Texas. USA 1954–2025 (71 year career)

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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…

Known For

Film

No Country for Old Men

Ellis

Film

Killers of the Flower Moon

Undertaker Turton

Film

WarGames

General Beringer

Film

One Tree Hill

Whitey Durham

Film

In the Valley of Elah

Arnold Bickman

Film

Career Opportunities

Officer Don

Film

The Homesman

Buster Shaver

Film

Planes: Fire & Rescue

Ol' Jammer (voice)

Filmography

Acting (198)

Movies (142)

Sod and Stubble

2025

El Tonto Por Cristo

2025

as Terry Don

Killers of the Flower Moon

2023

as Undertaker Turton

7.4

The Bay House

2022

as Cowden Brooks

Magic Max

2021

as Grismer

5.8

Funny Thing About Love

2021

as Grandpa Joe

5.1

Star Trek: First Frontier

2020

as John April

5.7

Trading Paint

2019

as Sheriff Buck Taylor

The Margarita Man

as Chief Doyle

Eminence Hill

as Noah

Brimming with Love

as Walter

Farmer of the Year

as Hap

The Valley

as Gary

Mountain Top

as Sam Miller

All Saints

as Forrest

An American in Texas

as Larry Korchinsky

Ay Lav Yu Tuu

as Danny Brown

New Life

as Oscar

Last Man Club

as Pete Williams

Windsor

as Gil Denton

Christmas in the Smokies

2015

as Wade Haygood

5.8

Urban Cowboy: The Rise and Fall of Gilley's

2015

as Self

7.8

Dawn of the Crescent Moon

2014

as Cyrus

1.3

Planes: Fire & Rescue

2014

as Ol' Jammer (voice)

6.2

The Homesman

2014

as Buster Shaver

6.5

Diving With The Dinosaur Fish

2014

as Narrator

4.5

The Hitchhiker

2014

as Leonard

This Is Where We Live

2013

as Bode Warden

Shadow on the Mesa

2013

as Jake Rawlins

6.0

Beyond the Farthest Star

as Chief Burns

Return to Cicely

as Self

Born Wild

as Ray Jennings

Ghoul

as Grandfather

The Man Who Shook the Hand of Vicente Fernandez

as Walker

Feed the Fish

as Axel Andersen

Sedona

as Les

Redemption: For Robbing the Dead

as Judge Smith

Universal Squadrons

as Deakin

Valley of the Sun

as Gene Taggart

The Next Door Neighbor

2011

as Judge Rodgers

Rising Stars

as Farmer

Bloodworth

as Itchy

NoNAMES

as Ed

Ben 10: Alien Swarm

2009

as Grandpa Max Tennyson

Wyvern

as Haas

That Evening Sun

as Thurl Chessor

Not Since You

as Uncle Dennis

Lake City

as George

Beer for My Horses

as Buck Baker

No Country for Old Men

2007

as Ellis

7.9

In the Valley of Elah

2007

as Arnold Bickman

6.8

The Grand

2007

as Jimminy 'Lucky' Faro

5.8

Waitin' to Live

2006

as Buford Pike

Hidden Places

as Sheriff

Beautiful Dreamer

as Grandpa

Yesterday's Dreams

as Pastor

River's End

2005

as Sheriff 'Buster' Watkins

4.0

Alien Express

2005

as Senator Frank Rawlings

The Gristle

as Senator Dorm

Monte Walsh

as Bob the Storekeeper

Timequest

as Lyndon Johnson

Dunsmore

as Sheriff Breen

Clover Bend

as Cotton Clayton

Hope Ranch

as Shorty

No One Can Hear You

as Sheriff Joe Webster

4.9

Crossfire Trail

2001

as Sheriff Walter Moncrief

6.3

The Journeyman

2001

as Charlie Ledbetter

5.0

Drive-In Movie Memories

Held Up

as Pembry

A Face to Kill for

as Frank Hadley

Sealed with a Kiss

as Wink 'Pop' Blake

Judgment Day: The Ellie Nesler Story

as Tony

The Hired Heart

as Mike Hadley

The Fumbleheads

as Robert Blister

Solo

as General Clyde Haynes

Curdled

as Lodger

My Son Is Innocent

as Dan Pendleton

Kiss and Tell

as George Reed

Deadly Family Secrets

1995

as Mr. Potter

3.0

Siringo

1995

as Marshall John Llewellyn

Virus

as Dr. Clayman

Moon Shot

as Narrator / Deke Slayton (voice)

9.0

The Keys

1992

as Buckaloo

Career Opportunities

1991

as Officer Don

6.9

Conagher

1991

as Charlie McCloud, Stage Driver

The Chase

as Wallis

The Hot Spot

as Sheriff

Short Time

as Captain

Ghost Dad

as Mr. Emery Collins

Last Flight Out

as Capt. Bob Berg

Who's Harry Crumb?

1989

as P.J. Downing

5.9

Red King, White Knight

as Bentick

Permanent Record

as Jim Sinclair

Critters 2

as Harv

Secret Witness

as Sheriff

It Takes Two

as George Lawrence

The People Across the Lake

as Malcolm Bryce

Stranger on My Land

as Gil

Man Against the Mob

as Big Mac McCleary

Off the Mark

1987

as Walt Warner / Jenell's Pa

3.3

Under Cover

1987

as Sergeant Irwin Lee

Young Harry Houdini

as Elmore

LBJ: The Early Years

as Judge Alvin J. Wirtz

7.5

Warm Hearts, Cold Feet

as Max

Nothing in Common

as Andrew Woolridge

Hard Traveling

as Frank Burton

John Henry

1986

as Mr. Jenkins

The Defiant Ones

as Floyd Carpenter

Under Siege

Firefighter

as Capt. Johnson

C.A.T. Squad

as The Director

My Science Project

as Lew Harlan

What Comes Around

as Leon Redden

The Ratings Game

as Colonel

The Jesse Owens Story

1984

as Judge

7.9

Flight 90: Disaster on the Potomac

as Burt Hamilton

WarGames

as General Beringer

The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez

1983

as B. R. Abernathy

6.9

The Man Who Loved Women

as Roy Carr

Travis McGee

as Sheriff Hack Ames

Six Pack

as Sheriff

The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas

1982

as C.J.

6.2

Bus Stop

1982

as Virgil Blessing

Fantasies

as Naylor

Honkytonk Man

as Arnspriger

Prime Suspect

as Bob Austin

A Few Days at Weasel Creek

1981

as Gus Lobell

Dead & Buried

1981

as Phil

6.4

The Killing of Randy Webster

as Nick Hanson

This House Possessed

as Lt. Fletcher

The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia

as Wimbish

Bitter Harvest

as Dr. Agajanian

Urban Cowboy

as Uncle Bob

Stir Crazy

as Warden Walter Beatty

6.5

Any Which Way You Can

as Fat Zack

Rage!

as Resident #5

The Super Cops

as Onlooker on Ladder (uncredited)

5.7

Blind Logic: The Ralph R. Teetor Story

as Henry Spangler (voice)

Be Glad He Did It

as Buddy Kasper

The Pipeline

as Lester Galloway

Capture the Flag

as Miami

The Dilemma

as Gerald

Television (56)

Tulsa King

as Babe Keller

9-1-1: Lone Star

as Stuart Ryder

Yellowstone

as Ross

Young Sheldon

as Mr. Gilford

The Ranch

as Dale

Better Call Saul

as Everett Acker

Blood & Oil

as Clifton Lundegren

Anger Management

as Ed

Parenthood

as Ernie

Modern Family

as Merle Tucker

Army Wives

as Veteran Patient

Psych

as Billy Joe

The Closer

as Clay Johnson

Unscripted

as Self

One Tree Hill

as Whitey Durham

One Tree Hill

as Whitey Durham

Reba

as JV

Mysterious Ways

The Magnificent Seven

1998

as Wickes

6.3

King of the Hill

1997

as Fire Chief (voice)

Spin City

as Peter Noland

The Big Easy

as C.D. LeBlanc

JAG

as Percival Bertram

The Drew Carey Show

as Chuck Fifer

The Outer Limits

as Carlton Powers

Ellen

as Jack Penney

Life with Louie

as Uncle Sammy (voice)

6.8

Moon Shot

1994

as Narrator / Deke Slayton (voice)

Walker, Texas Ranger

1993

as Ben Crowder

6.9

Northern Exposure

1990

as Maurice Minnifield

7.9

Lonesome Dove

1989

as Roscoe Brown

7.9

I Know My First Name Is Steven

as Officer Warner

The Famous Teddy Z

Spies

Matlock

as Steven McRea

Designing Women

The Twilight Zone

as (segment "Dead Run")

7.8

Tall Tales & Legends

1985

as Mr. Jenkins

5.4

A Death in California

1985

as Jim Heusdens

3.7

Washingtoon

1985

as Bunky Munster

Murder, She Wrote

as Lt. Lou Flannigan

The Duck Factory

as Hubbell

Call to Glory

as Mr. Hunter

Fatal Vision

as Franz Grebner

The A-Team

as J.J. Kincaid

The Thorn Birds

as Pete

Boone

as Merit Sawyer

Tucker's Witch

Hill Street Blues

Murder in Texas

as Dist. Atty. McMasters

Hart to Hart

Dallas

as Sheriff Fenton Washburn

6.8

NBC Special Treat

1975

as Stokey Andrews

M*A*S*H

Columbo

as Clifford Calvert

The Wonderful World of Disney

1954

as Elmore

7.8