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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
  • Tucker's Witch
  • 3 Blind Saints
  • 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 On What Drew Him To The Role
    Barry Corbin On What Drew Him To The RoleLast Man ClubBehind the Scenes

Barry Corbin Filmography

2025
2024
Harsh Treatment · as Preacher
2023
Killers of the Flower Moon · as Undertaker Turton
2022
The Bay House · as Cowden Brooks
2022
Tulsa King (TV Series) · as Babe Keller
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
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
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

2015
2005
Unscripted (TV Series) · as Self
2003
Celebrity Poker Showdown (TV Series) · as Self
1994
1993

2010
Feed the Fish · as Co-Producer

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