Barry Corbin
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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
Credits
No Country for Old Men (2007)
as Ellis
Killers of the Flower Moon (2023)
as Undertaker Turton
The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (1982)
as C.J.
The Hot Spot (1990)
as Sheriff
WarGames (1983)
as General Beringer
Worst Enemy (—)
as Jim
Planes: Fire & Rescue (2014)
as Ol' Jammer (voice)
Career Opportunities (1991)
as Officer Don
Ben 10: Alien Swarm (2009)
as Grandpa Max Tennyson
In the Valley of Elah (2007)
as Arnold Bickman
Brimming with Love (2018)
as Walter
The Homesman (2014)
as Buster Shaver
Critters 2 (1988)
as Harv
Any Which Way You Can (1980)
as Fat Zack
Stir Crazy (1980)
as Warden Walter Beatty
The Jesse Owens Story (1984)
as Judge
Urban Cowboy (1980)
as Uncle Bob
Crossfire Trail (2001)
as Sheriff Walter Moncrief
Hard Traveling (1986)
as Frank Burton
Conagher (1991)
as Charlie McCloud, Stage Driver
Bloodworth (2010)
as Itchy
Who's Harry Crumb? (1989)
as P.J. Downing
The Defiant Ones (1986)
as Floyd Carpenter
Dead & Buried (1981)
as Phil
The Man Who Loved Women (1983)
as Roy Carr
Trading Paint (2019)
as Sheriff Buck Taylor
Honkytonk Man (1982)
as Arnspriger
Short Time (1990)
as Captain
Nothing in Common (1986)
as Andrew Woolridge
Maggie (1986)
as Jimmy Scott Farnsworth
It Takes Two (1988)
as George Lawrence
My Science Project (1985)
as Lew Harlan
Secret Witness (1988)
as Sheriff
This House Possessed (1981)
as Lt. Fletcher
Permanent Record (1988)
as Jim Sinclair
Monte Walsh (2003)
as Bob the Storekeeper
NoNAMES (2010)
as Ed
The Grand (2007)
as Jimminy 'Lucky' Faro
Sedona (2011)
as Les
Lake City (2008)
as George
All Saints (2017)
as Forrest
Solo (1996)
as General Clyde Haynes
Kiss and Tell (1996)
as George Reed
Ghost Dad (1990)
as Mr. Emery Collins
Six Pack (1982)
as Sheriff
Red King, White Knight (1989)
as Bentick
Wyvern (2009)
as Haas
That Evening Sun (2009)
as Thurl Chessor
Fantasies (1982)
as Naylor
Held Up (1999)
as Pembry
The Ratings Game (1984)
as Colonel
Yesterday's Dreams (2005)
as Pastor
Hidden Places (2006)
as Sheriff
Eminence Hill (2019)
as Noah
The Margarita Man (2019)
as Chief Doyle
El Tonto Por Cristo (2025)
as Terry Don
The Hired Heart (1997)
as Mike Hadley
Young Harry Houdini (1987)
as Elmore
The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez (1983)
as B. R. Abernathy
Curdled (1996)
as Lodger
The Killing of Randy Webster (1981)
as Nick Hanson
The Journeyman (2001)
as Charlie Ledbetter
Not Since You (2009)
as Uncle Dennis
Shadow on the Mesa (2013)
as Jake Rawlins
Mountain Top (2017)
as Sam Miller
Virus (1995)
as Dr. Clayman
Magic Max (2021)
as Grismer
Beautiful Dreamer (2006)
as Grandpa
Stranger on My Land (1988)
as Gil
solo (—)
as estrella
A Face to Kill For (1999)
as Frank Hadley
Ghoul (2012)
as Grandfather
Beer for My Horses (2008)
as Buck Baker
The Man Who Shook the Hand of Vicente Fernandez (2012)
as Walker
Alien Express (2005)
as Senator Frank Rawlings
The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia (1981)
as Wimbish
Under Cover (1987)
as Sergeant Irwin Lee
New Life (2016)
as Oscar
This Is Where We Live (2013)
as Bode Warden
Beyond the Farthest Star (2015)
as Chief Burns
LBJ: The Early Years (1987)
as Judge Alvin J. Wirtz
Flight 90: Disaster on the Potomac (1984)
as Burt Hamilton
My Son Is Innocent (1996)
as Dan Pendleton
Universal Squadrons (2011)
as Deakin
Sealed with a Kiss (1999)
as Wink 'Pop' Blake
Valley of the Sun (2011)
as Gene Taggart
Clover Bend (2002)
as Cotton Clayton
Redemption: For Robbing the Dead (2011)
as Judge Smith
No One Can Hear You (2001)
as Sheriff Joe Webster
Ay Lav Yu Tuu (2017)
as Danny Brown
Man Against the Mob (1988)
as Big Mac McCleary
Feed the Fish (2011)
as Axel Andersen
The Next Door Neighbor (2011)
as Judge Rodgers
Bitter Harvest (1981)
as Dr. Agajanian
Christmas in the Smokies (2015)
as Wade Haygood
The Super Cops (1974)
as Onlooker on Ladder (uncredited)
The Gristle (2004)
as Senator Dorm
Warm Hearts, Cold Feet (1987)
as Max
Waitin' to Live (2006)
as Buford Pike
Last Man Club (2016)
as Pete Williams
Under Siege (1986)
Actor
The People Across the Lake (1988)
as Malcolm Bryce
Travis McGee (1983)
as Sheriff Hack Ames
Prime Suspect (1982)
as Bob Austin
The Fumbleheads (1997)
as Robert Blister
Star Trek: First Frontier (2020)
as John April
Deadly Family Secrets (1995)
as Mr. Potter
Diving With The Dinosaur Fish (2014)
as Narrator
Sod and Stubble (2025)
Actor
A Few Days at Weasel Creek (1981)
as Gus Lobell
Timequest (2003)
as Lyndon Johnson
Drive-In Movie Memories (2001)
Actor
Hope Ranch (2002)
as Shorty
An American in Texas (2017)
as Larry Korchinsky
Bus Stop (1982)
as Virgil Blessing
Off the Mark (1987)
as Walt Warner / Jenell's Pa
Return to Cicely (2013)
as Self
The Valley (2018)
as Gary
The Hitchhiker (2014)
as Leonard
Last Flight Out (1990)
as Capt. Bob Berg
Siringo (1995)
as Marshall John Llewellyn
Funny Thing About Love (2021)
as Grandpa Joe
Urban Cowboy: The Rise and Fall of Gilley's (2015)
as Self
The Bay House (2022)
as Cowden Brooks
C.A.T. Squad (1986)
as The Director
Farmer of the Year (2018)
as Hap
What Comes Around (1985)
as Leon Redden
A Trace of Murder (—)
as Clifford Calvert
Rising Stars (2010)
as Farmer
River's End (2005)
as Sheriff 'Buster' Watkins
Born Wild (2012)
as Ray Jennings
The Chase (1991)
as Wallis
Rage! (1980)
as Resident #5
John Henry (1986)
as Mr. Jenkins
The Keys (1992)
as Buckaloo
Windsor (2016)
as Gil Denton
Capture the Flag (—)
as Miami
Firefighter (1986)
as Capt. Johnson
Blind Logic: The Ralph R. Teetor Story (—)
as Henry Spangler (voice)
Dawn of the Crescent Moon (2014)
as Cyrus
Judgment Day: The Ellie Nesler Story (1999)
as Tony
The Pipeline (—)
as Lester Galloway
Dunsmore (2003)
as Sheriff Breen
The Dilemma (—)
as Gerald
Moon Shot (1994)
as Narrator / Deke Slayton (voice)
Be Glad He Did It (—)
as Buddy Kasper