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