Barry Corbin
Known for: Acting
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.
Filmography
Series
Modern Family
Merle Tucker
2009
Series
Columbo
Clifford Calvert
1971
Series
Tulsa King
Babe Keller
2022
Series
One Tree Hill
Whitey Durham
2003
Series
Young Sheldon
Mr. Gilford
2017
Series
Better Call Saul
Everett Acker
2015
Series
Yellowstone
Ross
2018
Series
JAG
Percival Bertram
1995
Series
King of the Hill
Fire Chief (voice)
1997
Series
Dallas
Sheriff Fenton Washburn
1978
Series
M*A*S*H
1972
Series
Psych
Billy Joe
2006
Series
The Closer
Clay Johnson
2005
Series
The Drew Carey Show
Chuck Fifer
1995
Series
Murder, She Wrote
Lt. Lou Flannigan
1984
Series
Hill Street Blues
1981
Series
The A-Team
J.J. Kincaid
1983
Series
Spin City
Peter Noland
1996
Series
9-1-1: Lone Star
Stuart Ryder
2020
Series
Matlock
Steven McRea
1986
Series
American Playhouse
Abernathy
1982
Series
Parenthood
Ernie
2010
Series
Walker, Texas Ranger
Ben Crowder
1993
Series
The Unit
Carson
2006
Series
Hart to Hart
1979
Series
Army Wives
Veteran Patient
2007
Series
Northern Exposure
Maurice Minnifield
1990
Series
The Outer Limits
Carlton Powers
1995
Series
Anger Management
Ed
2012
Series
The Twilight Zone
(segment "Dead Run")
1985
Series
Ellen
Jack Penney
1994
Series
Reba
JV
2001
Series
Brothers
Carl Travis
2026
Film
No Country for Old Men
Ellis
2007
Film
Killers of the Flower Moon
Undertaker Turton
2023
Series
The Ranch
Dale
2016
Series
The Wonderful World of Disney
Elmore
1954
Series
The Magnificent Seven
Wickes
1998
Series
Life with Louie
Uncle Sammy (voice)
1995
Series
The Thorn Birds
Pete
1983
Series
Designing Women
1986
Series
Lonesome Dove
Roscoe Brown
1989
Series
Mysterious Ways
2000
Series
The Big Easy
C.D. LeBlanc
1996
Series
Unscripted
Barry Corbin
2005
Film
WarGames
General Beringer
1983
Series
Call to Glory
Mr. Hunter
1984
Film
Planes: Fire & Rescue
Ol' Jammer (voice)
2014
Series
Tucker's Witch
1982
Film
The Hot Spot
Sheriff
1990
Series
Tall Tales & Legends
Mr. Jenkins
1985
Film
Ben 10: Alien Swarm
Grandpa Max Tennyson
2009
Series
The Famous Teddy Z
1989
Series
Blood & Oil
Clifton Lundegren
2015
Series
I Know My First Name Is Steven
Officer Warner
1989
Film
Career Opportunities
Officer Don
1991
Series
The Duck Factory
Hubbell
1984
Film
In the Valley of Elah
Arnold Bickman
2007
Film
Lake City
George
2008
Film
Critters 2
Harv
1988
Film
The Homesman
Buster Shaver
2014
Film
The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
C.J.
1982
Film
Stir Crazy
Warden Walter Beatty
1980
Film
Any Which Way You Can
Fat Zack
1980
Series
Boone
Merit Sawyer
1983
Series
A Death in California
Jim Heusdens
1985
Series
Fatal Vision
Franz Grebner
1984
Film
Who's Harry Crumb?
P.J. Downing
1989
Film
Dead & Buried
Phil
1981
Film
Nothing in Common
Andrew Woolridge
1986
Film
Urban Cowboy
Uncle Bob
1980
Series
Murder in Texas
Dist. Atty. McMasters
1981
Film
Magic Max
Grismer
2021
Film
Bloodworth
Itchy
2010
Series
Spies
1987
Washingtoon
Bunky Munster
1985
Film
Hidden Places
Sheriff
2006
Film
Trading Paint
Sheriff Buck Taylor
2019
Film
Honkytonk Man
Arnspriger
1982
Film
My Science Project
Lew Harlan
1985
Film
NoNAMES
Ed
2010
Film
Monte Walsh
Bob the Storekeeper
2003
Film
Crossfire Trail
Sheriff Walter Moncrief
2001
Film
The Grand
Jimminy 'Lucky' Faro
2007
Film
The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez
B. R. Abernathy
1983
Film
Conagher
Charlie McCloud, Stage Driver
1991
Film
The Ratings Game
Colonel
1984
Film
Beer for My Horses
Buck Baker
2008
Film
This House Possessed
Lt. Fletcher
1981
Film
Young Harry Houdini
Elmore
1987
Film
All Saints
Forrest
2017
Film
Ghost Dad
Mr. Emery Collins
1990
Film
The Man Who Loved Women
Roy Carr
1983
Film
New Life
Oscar
2016
Film
Held Up
Pembry
1999
Film
Eminence Hill
Noah
2019
Film
Short Time
Captain
1990
NBC Special Treat
Stokey Andrews
1975
Film
Shadow on the Mesa
Jake Rawlins
2013
Film
Curdled
Lodger
1996
Film
Solo
General Clyde Haynes
1996
Film
Yesterday's Dreams
Pastor
2005
Film
Christmas in the Smokies
Wade Haygood
2015
Film
Not Since You
Uncle Dennis
2009
Film
That Evening Sun
Thurl Chessor
2009
Film
The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia
Wimbish
1981
Film
Wyvern
Haas
2009
Film
Mountain Top
Sam Miller
2017
Film
It Takes Two
George Lawrence
1988
Film
Kiss and Tell
George Reed
1996
Film
The People Across the Lake
Malcolm Bryce
1988
Film
Six Pack
Sheriff
1982
Film
Valley of the Sun
Gene Taggart
2011
Film
Permanent Record
Jim Sinclair
1988
Film
The Jesse Owens Story
Judge
1984
Film
Stranger on My Land
Gil
1988
Film
Redemption: For Robbing the Dead
Judge Smith
2011
Film
The Killing of Randy Webster
Nick Hanson
1981
Film
The Man Who Shook the Hand of Vicente Fernandez
Walker
2012
Film
Bitter Harvest
Dr. Agajanian
1981
Film
Clover Bend
Cotton Clayton
2002
Film
Secret Witness
Sheriff
1988
Film
Bus Stop
Virgil Blessing
1982
Film
Beyond the Farthest Star
Chief Burns
2015
Film
Firefighter
Capt. Johnson
1986
Film
Sedona
Les
2011
Film
Under Siege
1986
Film
Timequest
Lyndon Johnson
2000
Film
LBJ: The Early Years
Judge Alvin J. Wirtz
1987
Film
Fantasies
Naylor
1982
Film
Warm Hearts, Cold Feet
Max
1987
Film
Brimming with Love
Walter
2018
Film
The Journeyman
Charlie Ledbetter
2001
Film
Worst Enemy
Jim
Film
A Face to Kill For
Frank Hadley
1999
Film
The Chase
Wallis
1991
Film
Universal Squadrons
Deakin
2011
Film
Judgment Day: The Ellie Nesler Story
Tony
1999
Film
Man Against the Mob
Big Mac McCleary
1988
Film
My Son Is Innocent
Dan Pendleton
1996
Film
The Margarita Man
Chief Doyle
2019
Film
Red King, White Knight
Bentick
1989
Film
The Defiant Ones
Floyd Carpenter
1986
Film
Beautiful Dreamer
Grandpa
2006
Film
Dawn of the Crescent Moon
Cyrus
2014
Film
Flight 90: Disaster on the Potomac
Burt Hamilton
1984
Film
Sealed with a Kiss
Wink 'Pop' Blake
1999
Film
Maggie
Jimmy Scott Farnsworth
1986
Film
Dunsmore
Sheriff Breen
2003
Film
No One Can Hear You
Sheriff Joe Webster
2001
Film
Off the Mark
Walt Warner / Jenell's Pa
1987
Film
Rage!
Resident #5
1980
Film
Funny Thing About Love
Grandpa Joe
2021
Film
An American in Texas
Larry Korchinsky
2017
Film
Drive-In Movie Memories
2001
Film
River's End
Sheriff 'Buster' Watkins
2005
Film
Alien Express
Senator Frank Rawlings
2005
Film
This Is Where We Live
Bode Warden
2013
Film
Virus
Dr. Clayman
1995
Film
C.A.T. Squad
The Director
1986
Film
Under Cover
Sergeant Irwin Lee
1987
Film
Ghoul
Grandfather
2012
Film
The Valley
Gary
2018
Film
Last Man Club
Pete Williams
2016
Film
Siringo
Marshall John Llewellyn
1995
Film
El Tonto Por Cristo
Terry Don
2025
Film
Sod and Stubble
2025
Film
Prime Suspect
Bob Austin
1982
Film
The Super Cops
Onlooker on Ladder (uncredited)
1974
Film
The Fumbleheads
Robert Blister
1997
Film
Ay Lav Yu Tuu
Danny Brown
2017
Film
Windsor
Gil Denton
2016
Film
Deadly Family Secrets
Mr. Potter
1995
Film
Hard Traveling
Frank Burton
1986
Film
Born Wild
Ray Jennings
2012
Film
The Hired Heart
Mike Hadley
1997
Film
Return to Cicely
Self
2013
Film
Finding Harmony
Grady Pickett
2020
Moon Shot
Narrator / Deke Slayton (voice)
1994
Film
A Few Days at Weasel Creek
Gus Lobell
1981
Film
Hope Ranch
Shorty
2002
Film
Urban Cowboy: The Rise and Fall of Gilley's
Self
2015
Film
Travis McGee
Sheriff Hack Ames
1983
The Next Door Neighbor
Judge Rodgers
2011
Film
The Pipeline
Lester Galloway
Film
Last Flight Out
Capt. Bob Berg
1990
Film
The Keys
Buckaloo
1992
Film
Blind Logic: The Ralph R. Teetor Story
Henry Spangler (voice)
Film
Waitin' to Live
Buford Pike
2006
Be Glad He Did It
Buddy Kasper
Film
The Bay House
Cowden Brooks
2022
Film
Rising Stars
Farmer
2010
Film
The Gristle
Senator Dorm
2004
Film
John Henry
Mr. Jenkins
1986
Film
What Comes Around
Leon Redden
1985
Film
The Hitchhiker
Leonard
2014
Film
Feed the Fish
Axel Andersen
2011
Film
Farmer of the Year
Hap
2018
Film
Diving With The Dinosaur Fish
Narrator
2014
Film
Moon Shot
Narrator / Deke Slayton (voice)
1994
Capture the Flag
Miami
Film
The Dilemma
Gerald