Acting
Barry Corbin
Born 1940-10-16
Lamesa, Texas. USA
Department: 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.
Known For
Prominent works featuring Barry Corbin
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No Country for Old Men
2007
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Better Call Saul
2015
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Modern Family
2009
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Killers of the Flower Moon
2023
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Yellowstone
2018
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Young Sheldon
2017
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Tulsa King
2022
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One Tree Hill
2003
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WarGames
1983
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Columbo
1971
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Filmography & Credits
Complete career catalog (201 titles)
| Poster | Title | Character / Role | Type | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | El Tonto Por Cristo | Terry Don | Movie | 2025 |
 | Sod and Stubble | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2025 |
 | Killers of the Flower Moon | Undertaker Turton | Movie | 2023 |
 | The Bay House | Cowden Brooks | Movie | 2022 |
 | Tulsa King | Babe Keller | TV Series | 2022 |
 | Funny Thing About Love | Grandpa Joe | Movie | 2021 |
 | Magic Max | Grismer | Movie | 2021 |
 | 9-1-1: Lone Star | Stuart Ryder | TV Series | 2020 |
 | Eminence Hill | Noah | Movie | 2019 |
 | The Margarita Man | Chief Doyle | Movie | 2019 |
 | Trading Paint | Sheriff Buck Taylor | Movie | 2019 |
 | Yellowstone | Ross | TV Series | 2018 |
 | The Valley | Gary | Movie | 2018 |
 | Brimming with Love | Walter | Movie | 2018 |
 | Farmer of the Year | Hap | Movie | 2018 |
 | An American in Texas | Larry Korchinsky | Movie | 2017 |
 | Young Sheldon | Mr. Gilford | TV Series | 2017 |
 | Ay Lav Yu Tuu | Danny Brown | Movie | 2017 |
 | All Saints | Forrest | Movie | 2017 |
 | Mountain Top | Sam Miller | Movie | 2017 |
 | New Life | Oscar | Movie | 2016 |
 | Windsor | Gil Denton | Movie | 2016 |
 | Last Man Club | Pete Williams | Movie | 2016 |
 | The Ranch | Dale | TV Series | 2016 |
 | Christmas in the Smokies | Wade Haygood | Movie | 2015 |
 | Blood & Oil | Clifton Lundegren | TV Series | 2015 |
 | Beyond the Farthest Star | Chief Burns | Movie | 2015 |
 | Urban Cowboy: The Rise and Fall of Gilley's | Self | Movie | 2015 |
 | Better Call Saul | Everett Acker | TV Series | 2015 |
 | Diving With The Dinosaur Fish | Narrator | Movie | 2014 |
 | Planes: Fire & Rescue | Ol' Jammer (voice) | Movie | 2014 |
 | The Homesman | Buster Shaver | Movie | 2014 |
 | The Hitchhiker | Leonard | Movie | 2014 |
 | Dawn of the Crescent Moon | Cyrus | Movie | 2014 |
 | This Is Where We Live | Bode Warden | Movie | 2013 |
 | Return to Cicely | Self | Movie | 2013 |
 | Shadow on the Mesa | Jake Rawlins | Movie | 2013 |
 | Born Wild | Ray Jennings | Movie | 2012 |
 | Anger Management | Ed | TV Series | 2012 |
 | The Man Who Shook the Hand of Vicente Fernandez | Walker | Movie | 2012 |
 | Ghoul | Grandfather | Movie | 2012 |
 | Universal Squadrons | Deakin | Movie | 2011 |
 | Redemption: For Robbing the Dead | Judge Smith | Movie | 2011 |
 | Sedona | Les | Movie | 2011 |
 | Feed the Fish | Axel Andersen | Movie | 2011 |
 | Valley of the Sun | Gene Taggart | Movie | 2011 |
| The Next Door Neighbor | Judge Rodgers | Movie | 2011 | |
 | Rising Stars | Farmer | Movie | 2010 |
 | NoNAMES | Ed | Movie | 2010 |
 | Parenthood | Ernie | TV Series | 2010 |
 | Bloodworth | Itchy | Movie | 2010 |
 | Ben 10: Alien Swarm | Grandpa Max Tennyson | Movie | 2009 |
 | That Evening Sun | Thurl Chessor | Movie | 2009 |
 | Not Since You | Uncle Dennis | Movie | 2009 |
 | Modern Family | Merle Tucker | TV Series | 2009 |
 | Wyvern | Haas | Movie | 2009 |
 | Beer for My Horses | Buck Baker | Movie | 2008 |
 | Lake City | George | Movie | 2008 |
 | No Country for Old Men | Ellis | Movie | 2007 |
 | In the Valley of Elah | Arnold Bickman | Movie | 2007 |
 | The Grand | Jimminy 'Lucky' Faro | Movie | 2007 |
 | Army Wives | Veteran Patient | TV Series | 2007 |
 | Waitin' to Live | Buford Pike | Movie | 2006 |
 | Psych | Billy Joe | TV Series | 2006 |
 | The Unit | Carson | TV Series | 2006 |
 | Beautiful Dreamer | Grandpa | Movie | 2006 |
 | Hidden Places | Sheriff | Movie | 2006 |
 | Alien Express | Senator Frank Rawlings | Movie | 2005 |
 | The Closer | Clay Johnson | TV Series | 2005 |
 | Yesterday's Dreams | Pastor | Movie | 2005 |
 | Unscripted | Barry Corbin | TV Series | 2005 |
 | River's End | Sheriff 'Buster' Watkins | Movie | 2005 |
 | The Gristle | Senator Dorm | Movie | 2004 |
 | One Tree Hill | Whitey Durham | TV Series | 2003 |
 | Dunsmore | Sheriff Breen | Movie | 2003 |
 | Monte Walsh | Bob the Storekeeper | Movie | 2003 |
 | Hope Ranch | Shorty | Movie | 2002 |
 | Clover Bend | Cotton Clayton | Movie | 2002 |
 | Reba | JV | TV Series | 2001 |
 | Drive-In Movie Memories | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2001 |
 | No One Can Hear You | Sheriff Joe Webster | Movie | 2001 |
 | The Journeyman | Charlie Ledbetter | Movie | 2001 |
 | Crossfire Trail | Sheriff Walter Moncrief | Movie | 2001 |
 | Mysterious Ways | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 2000 |
 | Timequest | Lyndon Johnson | Movie | 2000 |
 | Held Up | Pembry | Movie | 1999 |
 | Sealed with a Kiss | Wink 'Pop' Blake | Movie | 1999 |
 | Judgment Day: The Ellie Nesler Story | Tony | Movie | 1999 |
 | A Face to Kill For | Frank Hadley | Movie | 1999 |
 | The Magnificent Seven | Wickes | TV Series | 1998 |
 | The Hired Heart | Mike Hadley | Movie | 1997 |
 | King of the Hill | Fire Chief (voice) | TV Series | 1997 |
 | The Fumbleheads | Robert Blister | Movie | 1997 |
 | Spin City | Peter Noland | TV Series | 1996 |
 | Curdled | Lodger | Movie | 1996 |
 | Solo | General Clyde Haynes | Movie | 1996 |
 | The Big Easy | C.D. LeBlanc | TV Series | 1996 |
 | My Son Is Innocent | Dan Pendleton | Movie | 1996 |
 | Kiss and Tell | George Reed | Movie | 1996 |
 | Deadly Family Secrets | Mr. Potter | Movie | 1995 |
 | JAG | Percival Bertram | TV Series | 1995 |
 | The Drew Carey Show | Chuck Fifer | TV Series | 1995 |
 | Life with Louie | Uncle Sammy (voice) | TV Series | 1995 |
 | Siringo | Marshall John Llewellyn | Movie | 1995 |
 | Virus | Dr. Clayman | Movie | 1995 |
 | The Outer Limits | Carlton Powers | TV Series | 1995 |
| Moon Shot | Narrator / Deke Slayton (voice) | TV Series | 1994 | |
 | Moon Shot | Narrator / Deke Slayton (voice) | Movie | 1994 |
 | Ellen | Jack Penney | TV Series | 1994 |
 | Walker, Texas Ranger | Ben Crowder | TV Series | 1993 |
 | The Keys | Buckaloo | Movie | 1992 |
 | Conagher | Charlie McCloud, Stage Driver | Movie | 1991 |
 | Career Opportunities | Officer Don | Movie | 1991 |
 | The Chase | Wallis | Movie | 1991 |
 | The Hot Spot | Sheriff | Movie | 1990 |
 | Northern Exposure | Maurice Minnifield | TV Series | 1990 |
 | Ghost Dad | Mr. Emery Collins | Movie | 1990 |
| Last Flight Out | Capt. Bob Berg | Movie | 1990 | |
 | Short Time | Captain | Movie | 1990 |
 | Red King, White Knight | Bentick | Movie | 1989 |
 | The Famous Teddy Z | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1989 |
 | I Know My First Name Is Steven | Officer Warner | TV Series | 1989 |
 | Lonesome Dove | Roscoe Brown | TV Series | 1989 |
 | Who's Harry Crumb? | P.J. Downing | Movie | 1989 |
 | The People Across the Lake | Malcolm Bryce | Movie | 1988 |
 | Secret Witness | Sheriff | Movie | 1988 |
 | It Takes Two | George Lawrence | Movie | 1988 |
 | Critters 2 | Harv | Movie | 1988 |
 | Permanent Record | Jim Sinclair | Movie | 1988 |
 | Stranger on My Land | Gil | Movie | 1988 |
 | Man Against the Mob | Big Mac McCleary | Movie | 1988 |
 | Under Cover | Sergeant Irwin Lee | Movie | 1987 |
 | Off the Mark | Walt Warner / Jenell's Pa | Movie | 1987 |
 | Young Harry Houdini | Elmore | Movie | 1987 |
 | Spies | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1987 |
 | LBJ: The Early Years | Judge Alvin J. Wirtz | Movie | 1987 |
 | Warm Hearts, Cold Feet | Max | Movie | 1987 |
 | John Henry | Mr. Jenkins | Movie | 1986 |
 | Designing Women | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1986 |
 | Firefighter | Capt. Johnson | Movie | 1986 |
 | Nothing in Common | Andrew Woolridge | Movie | 1986 |
 | C.A.T. Squad | The Director | Movie | 1986 |
 | Maggie | Jimmy Scott Farnsworth | Movie | 1986 |
 | Matlock | Steven McRea | TV Series | 1986 |
 | Under Siege | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1986 |
 | Hard Traveling | Frank Burton | Movie | 1986 |
 | The Defiant Ones | Floyd Carpenter | Movie | 1986 |
 | The Twilight Zone | (segment "Dead Run") | TV Series | 1985 |
 | Tall Tales & Legends | Mr. Jenkins | TV Series | 1985 |
 | My Science Project | Lew Harlan | Movie | 1985 |
| Washingtoon | Bunky Munster | TV Series | 1985 | |
 | What Comes Around | Leon Redden | Movie | 1985 |
 | A Death in California | Jim Heusdens | TV Series | 1985 |
 | The Ratings Game | Colonel | Movie | 1984 |
 | Fatal Vision | Franz Grebner | TV Series | 1984 |
 | Murder, She Wrote | Lt. Lou Flannigan | TV Series | 1984 |
 | Call to Glory | Mr. Hunter | TV Series | 1984 |
 | The Jesse Owens Story | Judge | Movie | 1984 |
 | The Duck Factory | Hubbell | TV Series | 1984 |
 | Flight 90: Disaster on the Potomac | Burt Hamilton | Movie | 1984 |
 | The Man Who Loved Women | Roy Carr | Movie | 1983 |
 | Boone | Merit Sawyer | TV Series | 1983 |
 | The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez | B. R. Abernathy | Movie | 1983 |
 | WarGames | General Beringer | Movie | 1983 |
 | Travis McGee | Sheriff Hack Ames | Movie | 1983 |
 | The Thorn Birds | Pete | TV Series | 1983 |
 | The A-Team | J.J. Kincaid | TV Series | 1983 |
 | Honkytonk Man | Arnspriger | Movie | 1982 |
 | Tucker's Witch | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1982 |
 | Bus Stop | Virgil Blessing | Movie | 1982 |
 | The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas | C.J. | Movie | 1982 |
 | Six Pack | Sheriff | Movie | 1982 |
 | Prime Suspect | Bob Austin | Movie | 1982 |
 | Fantasies | Naylor | Movie | 1982 |
 | American Playhouse | Abernathy | TV Series | 1982 |
 | A Few Days at Weasel Creek | Gus Lobell | Movie | 1981 |
 | The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia | Wimbish | Movie | 1981 |
 | Dead & Buried | Phil | Movie | 1981 |
 | Bitter Harvest | Dr. Agajanian | Movie | 1981 |
 | Murder in Texas | Dist. Atty. McMasters | TV Series | 1981 |
 | The Killing of Randy Webster | Nick Hanson | Movie | 1981 |
 | This House Possessed | Lt. Fletcher | Movie | 1981 |
 | Hill Street Blues | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1981 |
 | Any Which Way You Can | Fat Zack | Movie | 1980 |
 | Stir Crazy | Warden Walter Beatty | Movie | 1980 |
 | Rage! | Resident #5 | Movie | 1980 |
 | Urban Cowboy | Uncle Bob | Movie | 1980 |
 | Hart to Hart | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1979 |
 | Dallas | Sheriff Fenton Washburn | TV Series | 1978 |
| NBC Special Treat | Stokey Andrews | TV Series | 1975 | |
 | The Super Cops | Onlooker on Ladder (uncredited) | Movie | 1974 |
 | M*A*S*H | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1972 |
 | Columbo | Clifford Calvert | TV Series | 1971 |
 | The Wonderful World of Disney | Elmore | TV Series | 1954 |
 | The Dilemma | Gerald | Movie | — |
 | Blind Logic: The Ralph R. Teetor Story | Henry Spangler (voice) | Movie | — |
 | The Pipeline | Lester Galloway | Movie | — |
| Be Glad He Did It | Buddy Kasper | Movie | — | |
| Capture the Flag | Miami | Movie | — | |
 | Worst Enemy | Jim | Movie | — |
 | A Trace of Murder | Clifford Calvert | Movie | — |