Barry Corbin
Acting1940Lamesa, Texas. USA
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
Acting History
2025
2023
Killers of the Flower Moon
as Undertaker Turton
2022
Tulsa King
TVas Babe Keller• 7 eps
2021
Yellowstone
TVas Ross• 1 eps
2020
Star Trek: First Frontier
as John April
Better Call Saul
TVas Everett Acker• 3 eps
9-1-1: Lone Star
TVas Stuart Ryder• 3 eps
2019
2018
Brimming with Love
as Walter
Farmer of the Year
as Hap
2017
Mountain Top
as Sam Miller
An American in Texas
as Larry Korchinsky
Fields of Faith
as Forrest
The Ranch
TVas Dale• 4 eps
2015
Christmas in the Smokies
as Wade Haygood
Blood & Oil
TVas Clifton Lundegren• 4 eps
2014
Dawn of the Crescent Moon
as Cyrus
The Hitchhiker
as Leonard
Planes: Fire & Rescue
as Ol' Jammer (voice)
The Homesman
as Buster Shaver
Parenthood
TVas Ernie• 1 eps
2013
This Is Where We Live
as Bode Warden
Shadow on the Mesa
as Jake Rawlins
Beyond the Farthest Star
as Chief Burns
2012
Ghoul
as Grandfather
Army Wives
TVas Veteran Patient• 1 eps
Modern Family
TVas Merle Tucker• 3 eps
Anger Management
TVas Ed• 100 eps
2011
Universal Squadrons
as Deakin
The Next Door Neighbor
as Judge Rodgers
Sedona
as Les
Feed the Fish
as Axel Andersen
Valley of the Sun
as Gene Taggart
Redemption: For Robbing the Dead
as Judge Smith
2010
Bloodworth
as Itchy
Rising Stars
as Farmer
2009
2008
2007
The Grand
as Jimminy 'Lucky' Faro
No Country for Old Men
as Ellis
In the Valley of Elah
as Arnold Bickman
The Closer
TVas Clay Johnson• 13 eps
2006
2005
Alien Express
as Senator Frank Rawlings
River's End
as Sheriff 'Buster' Watkins
Unscripted
TVas Self• 1 eps
2004
The Gristle
as Senator Dorm
2003
Timequest
as Lyndon Johnson
Monte Walsh
as Bob the Storekeeper
Dunsmore
as Sheriff Breen
One Tree Hill
TVas Whitey Durham• 90 eps
2002
2001
Crossfire Trail
as Sheriff Walter Moncrief
No One Can Hear You
as Sheriff Joe Webster
The Journeyman
as Charlie Ledbetter
1999
Sealed with a Kiss
as Wink 'Pop' Blake
A Face to Kill for
as Frank Hadley
Held Up
as Pembry
The Outer Limits
TVas Carlton Powers• 1 eps
Walker, Texas Ranger
TVas Ben Crowder• 1 eps
Spin City
TVas Peter Noland / Peter Noland (archive footage)• 1 eps
King of the Hill
TVas Fire Chief (voice)• 1 eps
1998
The Drew Carey Show
TVas Chuck Fifer• 2 eps
JAG
TVas Percival Bertram• 1 eps
The Magnificent Seven
TVas Wickes• 1 eps
1997
1996
Curdled
as Lodger
My Son Is Innocent
as Dan Pendleton
Solo
as General Clyde Haynes
Ellen
TVas Jack Penney• 1 eps
The Big Easy
TVas C.D. LeBlanc
1995
1994
Life with Louie
TVas Uncle Sammy (voice)
1991
1990
The Hot Spot
as Sheriff
Ghost Dad
as Mr. Emery Collins
Short Time
as Captain
Northern Exposure
TVas Maurice Minnifield• 110 eps
1989
Red King, White Knight
as Bentick
Who's Harry Crumb?
as P.J. Downing
Lonesome Dove
TVas Roscoe Brown• 4 eps
I Know My First Name Is Steven
TVas Officer Warner
1988
Critters 2
as Harv
It Takes Two
as George Lawrence
Permanent Record
as Jim Sinclair
The People Across the Lake
as Malcolm Bryce
1987
Under Cover
as Sergeant Irwin Lee
LBJ: The Early Years
as Judge Alvin J. Wirtz
Off the Mark
as Walt Warner / Jenell's Pa
Matlock
TVas Steven McRea• 2 eps
Murder, She Wrote
TVas Lt. Lou Flannigan• 1 eps
1986
Nothing in Common
as Andrew Woolridge
John Henry
as Mr. Jenkins
The Defiant Ones
as Floyd Carpenter
Firefighter
as Capt. Johnson
Hard Traveling
as Frank Burton
Tall Tales & Legends
TVas Mr. Jenkins• 1 eps
The A-Team
TVas J.J. Kincaid• 1 eps
The Twilight Zone
TVas (segment "Dead Run")• 1 eps
1985
My Science Project
as Lew Harlan
What Comes Around
as Leon Redden
1984
The Ratings Game
as Colonel
Flight 90: Disaster on the Potomac
as Burt Hamilton
The Jesse Owens Story
as Judge
The Duck Factory
TVas Hubbell
Call to Glory
TVas Mr. Hunter
1983
WarGames
as General Beringer
Travis McGee
as Sheriff Hack Ames
The Man Who Loved Women
as Roy Carr
The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez
as B. R. Abernathy
The Thorn Birds
TVas Pete• 4 eps
1982
1981
Dead & Buried
as Phil
The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia
as Wimbish
The Killing of Randy Webster
as Nick Hanson
This House Possessed
as Lt. Fletcher
1980
1979
Dallas
TVas Sheriff Fenton Washburn• 7 eps
1974
The Super Cops
as Onlooker on Ladder (uncredited)
1954
The Wonderful World of Disney
TVas Elmore