Person
Barry Corbin
Acting · Born 1940-10-16 · Lamesa, 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
Yellowstone
Ross
Modern Family
Merle Tucker
Columbo
Clifford Calvert
Better Call Saul
Everett Acker
Young Sheldon
Mr. Gilford
JAG
Percival Bertram
Dallas
Sheriff Fenton Washburn
Psych
Billy Joe
Tulsa King
Babe Keller
One Tree Hill
Whitey Durham
Filmography
- 2025El Tonto Por CristoTerry Don
- 2025Sod and Stubble
- 2023Killers of the Flower MoonUndertaker Turton
- 2022The Bay HouseCowden Brooks
- 2022Tulsa KingBabe Keller
- 2021Funny Thing About LoveGrandpa Joe
- 2021Magic MaxGrismer
- 2020Star Trek: First FrontierJohn April
- 20209-1-1: Lone StarStuart Ryder
- 2019Eminence HillNoah
- 2019The Margarita ManChief Doyle
- 2019Trading PaintSheriff Buck Taylor
- 2018YellowstoneRoss
- 2018The ValleyGary
- 2018Brimming with LoveWalter
- 2018Farmer of the YearHap
- 2017An American in TexasLarry Korchinsky
- 2017Young SheldonMr. Gilford
- 2017Ay Lav Yu TuuDanny Brown
- 2017All SaintsForrest
- 2017Mountain TopSam Miller
- 2016New LifeOscar
- 2016WindsorGil Denton
- 2016Last Man ClubPete Williams
- 2016The RanchDale
- 2015Christmas in the SmokiesWade Haygood
- 2015Blood & OilClifton Lundegren
- 2015Beyond the Farthest StarChief Burns
- 2015Urban Cowboy: The Rise and Fall of Gilley'sSelf
- 2015Better Call SaulEverett Acker
- 2014Diving With The Dinosaur FishNarrator
- 2014Planes: Fire & RescueOl' Jammer (voice)
- 2014The HomesmanBuster Shaver
- 2014The HitchhikerLeonard
- 2014Dawn of the Crescent MoonCyrus
- 2013This Is Where We LiveBode Warden
- 2013Return to CicelySelf
- 2013Shadow on the MesaJake Rawlins
- 2012Born WildRay Jennings
- 2012Anger ManagementEd
- 2012The Man Who Shook the Hand of Vicente FernandezWalker
- 2012GhoulGrandfather
- 2011Universal SquadronsDeakin
- 2011Redemption: For Robbing the DeadJudge Smith
- 2011SedonaLes
- 2011Feed the FishAxel Andersen
- 2011Valley of the SunGene Taggart
- 2011The Next Door NeighborJudge Rodgers
- 2010Rising StarsFarmer
- 2010NoNAMESEd
- 2010ParenthoodErnie
- 2010BloodworthItchy
- 2009Ben 10: Alien SwarmGrandpa Max Tennyson
- 2009That Evening SunThurl Chessor
- 2009Not Since YouUncle Dennis
- 2009Modern FamilyMerle Tucker
- 2009WyvernHaas
- 2008Beer for My HorsesBuck Baker
- 2008Lake CityGeorge
- 2007No Country for Old MenEllis
- 2007In the Valley of ElahArnold Bickman
- 2007The GrandJimminy 'Lucky' Faro
- 2007Army WivesVeteran Patient
- 2006Waitin' to LiveBuford Pike
- 2006PsychBilly Joe
- 2006The UnitCarson
- 2006Beautiful DreamerGrandpa
- 2006Hidden PlacesSheriff
- 2005Alien ExpressSenator Frank Rawlings
- 2005The CloserClay Johnson
- 2005Yesterday's DreamsPastor
- 2005UnscriptedBarry Corbin
- 2005River's EndSheriff 'Buster' Watkins
- 2004The GristleSenator Dorm
- 2003One Tree HillWhitey Durham
- 2003DunsmoreSheriff Breen
- 2003TimequestLyndon Johnson
- 2003Monte WalshBob the Storekeeper
- 2002Hope RanchShorty
- 2002Clover BendCotton Clayton
- 2001RebaJV
- 2001Drive-In Movie Memories
- 2001No One Can Hear YouSheriff Joe Webster
- 2001The JourneymanCharlie Ledbetter
- 2001Crossfire TrailSheriff Walter Moncrief
- 2000Mysterious Ways
- 1999Held UpPembry
- 1999Sealed with a KissWink 'Pop' Blake
- 1999Judgment Day: The Ellie Nesler StoryTony
- 1999A Face to Kill ForFrank Hadley
- 1998The Magnificent SevenWickes
- 1997The Hired HeartMike Hadley
- 1997King of the HillFire Chief (voice)
- 1997The FumbleheadsRobert Blister
- 1996Spin CityPeter Noland
- 1996CurdledLodger
- 1996SoloGeneral Clyde Haynes
- 1996The Big EasyC.D. LeBlanc
- 1996My Son Is InnocentDan Pendleton
- 1996Kiss and TellGeorge Reed
- 1995Deadly Family SecretsMr. Potter
- 1995JAGPercival Bertram
- 1995The Drew Carey ShowChuck Fifer
- 1995SiringoMarshall John Llewellyn
- 1995VirusDr. Clayman
- 1995The Outer LimitsCarlton Powers
- 1994Life with LouieUncle Sammy (voice)
- 1994Moon ShotNarrator / Deke Slayton (voice)
- 1994Moon ShotNarrator / Deke Slayton (voice)
- 1994EllenJack Penney
- 1993Walker, Texas RangerBen Crowder
- 1992The KeysBuckaloo
- 1991ConagherCharlie McCloud, Stage Driver
- 1991Career OpportunitiesOfficer Don
- 1991The ChaseWallis
- 1990The Hot SpotSheriff
- 1990Northern ExposureMaurice Minnifield
- 1990Ghost DadMr. Emery Collins
- 1990Last Flight OutCapt. Bob Berg
- 1990Short TimeCaptain
- 1989Red King, White KnightBentick
- 1989The Famous Teddy Z
- 1989I Know My First Name Is StevenOfficer Warner
- 1989Lonesome DoveRoscoe Brown
- 1989Who's Harry Crumb?P.J. Downing
- 1988The People Across the LakeMalcolm Bryce
- 1988Secret WitnessSheriff
- 1988It Takes TwoGeorge Lawrence
- 1988Critters 2Harv
- 1988Permanent RecordJim Sinclair
- 1988Stranger on My LandGil
- 1988Man Against the MobBig Mac McCleary
- 1987Under CoverSergeant Irwin Lee
- 1987Off the MarkWalt Warner / Jenell's Pa
- 1987Young Harry HoudiniElmore
- 1987Spies
- 1987LBJ: The Early YearsJudge Alvin J. Wirtz
- 1987Warm Hearts, Cold FeetMax
- 1986John HenryMr. Jenkins
- 1986Designing Women
- 1986FirefighterCapt. Johnson
- 1986Nothing in CommonAndrew Woolridge
- 1986C.A.T. SquadThe Director
- 1986MaggieJimmy Scott Farnsworth
- 1986MatlockSteven McRea
- 1986Under Siege
- 1986Hard TravelingFrank Burton
- 1986The Defiant OnesFloyd Carpenter
- 1985The Twilight Zone(segment "Dead Run")
- 1985Tall Tales & LegendsMr. Jenkins
- 1985My Science ProjectLew Harlan
- 1985WashingtoonBunky Munster
- 1985What Comes AroundLeon Redden
- 1985A Death in CaliforniaJim Heusdens
- 1984The Ratings GameColonel
- 1984Fatal VisionFranz Grebner
- 1984Murder, She WroteLt. Lou Flannigan
- 1984Call to GloryMr. Hunter
- 1984The Jesse Owens StoryJudge
- 1984The Duck FactoryHubbell
- 1984Flight 90: Disaster on the PotomacBurt Hamilton
- 1983The Man Who Loved WomenRoy Carr
- 1983BooneMerit Sawyer
- 1983The Ballad of Gregorio CortezB. R. Abernathy
- 1983WarGamesGeneral Beringer
- 1983Travis McGeeSheriff Hack Ames
- 1983The Thorn BirdsPete
- 1983The A-TeamJ.J. Kincaid
- 1982Honkytonk ManArnspriger
- 1982Tucker's Witch
- 1982Bus StopVirgil Blessing
- 1982The Best Little Whorehouse in TexasC.J.
- 1982Six PackSheriff
- 1982Prime SuspectBob Austin
- 1982FantasiesNaylor
- 1982American PlayhouseAbernathy
- 1981A Few Days at Weasel CreekGus Lobell
- 1981The Night the Lights Went Out in GeorgiaWimbish
- 1981Dead & BuriedPhil
- 1981Bitter HarvestDr. Agajanian
- 1981Murder in TexasDist. Atty. McMasters
- 1981The Killing of Randy WebsterNick Hanson
- 1981This House PossessedLt. Fletcher
- 1981Hill Street Blues
- 1980Any Which Way You CanFat Zack
- 1980Stir CrazyWarden Walter Beatty
- 1980Rage!Resident #5
- 1980Urban CowboyUncle Bob
- 1979Hart to Hart
- 1978DallasSheriff Fenton Washburn
- 1975NBC Special TreatStokey Andrews
- 1974The Super CopsOnlooker on Ladder (uncredited)
- 1972M*A*S*H
- 1971ColumboClifford Calvert
- 1954The Wonderful World of DisneyElmore
- —The DilemmaGerald
- —Blind Logic: The Ralph R. Teetor StoryHenry Spangler (voice)
- —The PipelineLester Galloway
- —Be Glad He Did ItBuddy Kasper
- —Capture the FlagMiami
- —Worst EnemyJim
- —soloestrella
- —A Trace of MurderClifford Calvert
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