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Barry Corbin

Actor, ProducerBorn October 16, 1940 (85 years)
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.

Movies & Shows on Plex

  • The Homesman
  • Anger Management
  • Lonesome Dove
  • The Drew Carey Show
  • Critters 2
  • Held Up
  • Trading Paint
  • Not Since You
  • The Magnificent Seven
  • Christmas in the Smokies
  • New Life
  • Mountain Top
  • Ghoul
  • Eminence Hill
  • Funny Thing About Love
  • The Journeyman
  • Dunsmore
  • Clover Bend
  • The Jesse Owens Story
  • The Big Easy
  • 3 Blind Saints
  • Tucker's Witch
  • Sedona
  • Redemption: For Robbing the Dead

Known For

  • No Country for Old Men
  • WarGames
  • Northern Exposure
  • In the Valley of Elah
  • Anger Management
  • Stir Crazy
  • Critters 2
  • The Homesman
  • Who's Harry Crumb?
  • Urban Cowboy
  • Any Which Way You Can
  • Solo
  • The Hot Spot
  • Career Opportunities
  • Nothing in Common
  • Held Up
  • Ghost Dad
  • Honkytonk Man
  • The Thorn Birds
  • Curdled
  • My Science Project
  • Ben 10: Alien Swarm
  • Christmas in the Smokies
  • Six Pack

Featured Videos

    Barry Corbin Filmography

    2025
    2024
    Harsh Treatment · as Preacher
    2023
    Killers of the Flower Moon · as Undertaker Turton
    2022
    Tulsa King (TV Series) · as Babe
    2021
    2020
    Magic Max · as Grismer
    2020
    Star Trek First Frontier · as John April
    2020
    9-1-1: Lone Star (TV Series) · as Stuart Ryder
    2019
    2019
    The Margarita Man · as Chief Doyle
    2019
    Trading Paint · as Sheriff Buck Taylor
    2018
    2018
    Yellowstone (2018) (TV Series) · as Ross
    2018
    Brimming with Love · as Walter
    2017
    2017
    An American in Texas · as Larry Korchinsky
    2017
    Young Sheldon (TV Series) · as Mr. Gilford
    2017
    Ay Lav Yu Tuu · as Danny Brown
    2017
    All Saints · as Forrest
    2017
    Mountain Top · as Sam Miller
    2016
    New Life · as Oscar
    2016
    Last Man Club · as Pete Williams
    2016
    The Ranch (TV Series) · as Dale
    2016
    Moon Shot (TV Series) · as Narrator / Deke Slayton
    2015
    2015
    Blood & Oil (2015) (TV Series) · as Clifton Lundegren
    2015
    Beyond the Farthest Star · as Chief Burns
    2015
    Windsor · as Gil Denton
    2015
    Better Call Saul (TV Series) · as Everett Acker
    2014
    2014
    Planes: Fire & Rescue · as Ol' Jammer (voice)
    2014
    The Homesman · as Buster Shaver
    2014
    The Hitchhiker · as Leonard
    2014
    2013
    This Is Where We Live · as Bode Warden
    2013
    Shadow on the Mesa · as Jake Rawlins
    2012
    2012
    Born Wild · as Ray Jennings
    2012
    Suit Up (TV Series) · as Dick Devereaux
    2012
    Anger Management (TV Series) · as Ed
    2012
    Dallas (2012) (TV Series) · as Executor
    2012
    2012
    Ghoul · as Grandfather
    2011
    Universal Squadrons · as Deakin
    2011
    2011
    The Looney Tunes Show (TV Series) · as Santa Claus
    2011
    Sedona · as Les
    2011
    Valley of the Sun · as Gene Taggart
    2011
    3 Blind Saints · as Rusty Pickens
    2010
    Feed the Fish · as Axel Andersen
    2010
    Rising Stars · as Farmer
    2010
    Nonames · as Ed
    2010
    Parenthood (2010) (TV Series) · as Ernie
    2010
    Bloodworth · as Itchy
    2010
    2009
    Ben 10: Alien Swarm · as Grandpa Max Tennyson
    2009
    That Evening Sun · as Thurl Chessor
    2009
    Not Since You · as Uncle Dennis
    2009
    Modern Family (TV Series) · as Merle Tucker
    2009
    Wyvern · as Haas
    2008
    Beer for My Horses · as Buck Baker
    2008
    Lake City · as George
    2007
    2007
    In the Valley of Elah · as Arnold Bickman
    2007
    The Grand · as Jimminy 'lucky' Faro
    2007
    Army Wives (TV Series) · as Veteran Patient
    2006
    Waitin' to Live · as Buford Pike
    2006
    Psych (TV Series) · as Billy Joe
    2006
    The Unit (TV Series) · as Carson
    2006
    Hidden Places · as Sheriff
    2006
    Beautiful Dreamer · as Grandpa
    2005
    Alien Express · as Senator Frank Rawlings
    2005
    The Dukes of Hazzard · as Mr. Pullman
    2005
    The Closer (TV Series) · as Clay Johnson
    2005
    Molding Clay · as Sheriff 'buster' Watkins
    2004
    2003
    One Tree Hill (TV Series) · as Whitey Durham
    2003
    Dunsmore · as Sheriff Breen
    2003
    Monte Walsh · as Bob The Storekeeper
    2002
    Hope Ranch · as Shorty
    2002
    Clover Bend · as Cotton Clayton
    2001
    The Gristle · as Senator Dorm
    2001
    Race to Space · as Earl Vestal
    2001
    Reba (TV Series) · as Jv
    2001
    2001
    Going to California (TV Series) · as Sheriff George Mathers
    2001
    The Journeyman · as Charlie Ledbetter
    2001
    Crossfire Trail · as Sheriff Walter Moncrief
    2001
    No One Can Hear You · as Sheriff Joe Webster
    2000
    Mysterious Ways (TV Series)
    2000
    Timequest · as Lyndon Johnson
    1999
    Held Up · as Pembry
    1999
    Sealed with a Kiss · as Wink 'pop' Blake
    1999
    Chicken Soup for the Soul (TV Series) · as Doctor
    1999
    1999
    A Face to Kill for · as Frank Hadley
    1998
    The Closer (1998) (TV Series) · as Angus Clayton
    1998
    The Magnificent Seven (TV Series) · as Wickes
    1997
    The Hired Heart · as Mike Hadley
    1997
    Columbo: A Trace of Murder · as Clifford Calvert
    1997
    King of the Hill (TV Series) · as Fire Chief (voice)
    1997
    The Fanatics · as Robert Blister
    1996
    Ink (TV Series) · as Dylan
    1996
    Curdled · as Lodger
    1996
    Spin City (TV Series) · as Peter Noland (archive Footage)
    1996
    Solo · as General Clyde Haynes
    1996
    The Big Easy (TV Series) · as C.d. Leblanc
    1996
    My Son Is Innocent · as Dan Pendleton
    1996
    Kiss and Tell · as George Reed
    1995
    Deadly Family Secrets · as Mr. Potter
    1995
    JAG (TV Series) · as Percival Bertram
    1995
    The Drew Carey Show (TV Series) · as Chuck Fifer
    1995
    Siringo · as Marshall John Llewellyn
    1995
    Virus · as Dr. Clayman
    1995
    The Outer Limits (1995) (TV Series) · as Carlton Powers
    1994
    Life with Louie (TV Series) · as Uncle Sammy (voice)
    1994
    Blind Logic: The Ralph R. Teetor Story · as Henry Spangler (voice)
    1994
    Moon Shot · as Narrator / Deke Slayton (voice)
    1994
    Ellen (TV Series) · as Jack Penney
    1993
    Walker, Texas Ranger (TV Series) · as Ben Crowder
    1992
    The Keys · as Buckaloo
    1991
    Conagher · as Charlie Mccloud, Stage Driver
    1991
    Career Opportunities · as Officer Don
    1991
    The Chase · as Wallis
    1990
    The Hot Spot · as Sheriff
    1990
    Northern Exposure (TV Series) · as Maurice Minnifield
    1990
    Ghost Dad · as Mr. Emery Collins
    1990
    Last Flight Out · as Capt. Bob Berg
    1990
    Short Time · as Captain
    1989
    Spooner · as Principal Bennet
    1989
    1989
    The Famous Teddy Z (TV Series)
    1989
    I Know My First Name Is Steven (TV Series) · as Officer Warner
    1989
    Lonesome Dove (TV Series) · as Roscoe Brown
    1989
    Who's Harry Crumb? · as P.j. Downing
    1988
    Murphy Brown (TV Series) · as Richard Cooper
    1988
    The People Across the Lake · as Malcolm Bryce
    1988
    Secret Witness · as Sheriff
    1988
    It Takes Two · as George Lawrence
    1988
    1988
    Permanent Record · as Jim Sinclair
    1988
    1988
    Man Against the Mob · as Big Mac Mccleary
    1987
    Under Cover · as Sergeant Irwin Lee
    1987
    Off the Mark · as Walt Warner / Jenell's Pa
    1987
    Mr. President (TV Series) · as Bullard
    1987
    LBJ: The Early Years · as Judge Alvin J. Wirtz
    1987
    1986
    Designing Women (TV Series)
    1986
    Amen (TV Series) · as Capt. King
    1986
    Firefighter · as Capt. Johnson
    1986
    Hard Traveling · as Frank Burton
    1986
    Nothing in Common · as Andrew Woolridge
    1986
    C.A.T. Squad · as The Director
    1986
    Matlock (TV Series)
    1986
    1986
    The Defiant Ones · as Floyd Carpenter
    1985
    The Twilight Zone (1985) (TV Series) · as (segment "dead Run")
    1985
    Tall Tales and Legends (TV Series) · as Mr. Jenkins
    1985
    My Science Project · as Lew Harlan
    1985
    What Comes Around · as Leon Redden
    1985
    A Death in California (TV Series) · as Jim Heusdens
    1984
    The Ratings Game · as Colonel
    1984
    Fatal Vision (TV Series) · as Franz Grebner
    1984
    Murder, She Wrote (TV Series) · as Lt. Lou Flannigan
    1984
    Call to Glory (TV Series) · as Mr. Hunter
    1984
    1984
    The Duck Factory (TV Series) · as Hubbell
    1984
    1983
    1983
    Boone (TV Series) · as Merit Sawyer
    1983
    The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez · as B. R. Abernathy
    1983
    WarGames · as General Beringer
    1983
    Travis McGee · as Sheriff Hack Ames
    1983
    The Thorn Birds (TV Series) · as Pete
    1983
    The A-Team (TV Series) · as J.j. Kincaid
    1982
    Honkytonk Man · as Arnspriger
    1982
    1982
    Bus Stop · as Virgil Blessing
    1982
    1982
    Six Pack · as Sheriff
    1982
    Prime Suspect · as Bob Austin
    1982
    Fantasies · as Naylor
    1981
    1981
    Dead & Buried · as Phil
    1981
    Bitter Harvest · as Dr. Agajanian
    1981
    Murder in Texas · as Dist. Atty. Mcmasters
    1981
    1981
    This House Possessed · as Lt. Fletcher
    1981
    Hill Street Blues (TV Series)
    1980
    American Playhouse (TV Series) · as Abernathy
    1980
    Any Which Way You Can · as Fat Zack
    1980
    Stir Crazy · as Warden Walter Beatty
    1980
    Rage! · as Resident #5
    1980
    Urban Cowboy · as Uncle Bob
    1979
    Hart to Hart (TV Series)
    1978
    Dallas (TV Series) · as Sheriff Fenton Washburn
    1975
    NBC Special Treat (TV Series) · as Stokey Andrews
    1974
    The Super Cops · as Onlooker On Ladder (uncredited)
    1974
    Movin' On (TV Series) · as Waldo
    1972
    M*A*S*H (TV Series)
    1971
    Columbo (TV Series) · as Clifford Calvert
    1954
    Disneyland (TV Series) · as Elmore

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