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
Killers of the Flower Moon (2023)
as Undertaker Turton
No Country for Old Men (2007)
as Ellis
Planes: Fire & Rescue (2014)
as Ol' Jammer (voice)
The Hot Spot (1990)
as Sheriff
WarGames (1983)
as General Beringer
In the Valley of Elah (2007)
as Arnold Bickman
Career Opportunities (1991)
as Officer Don
Ben 10: Alien Swarm (2009)
as Grandpa Max Tennyson
The Homesman (2014)
as Buster Shaver
The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (1982)
as C.J.
Critters 2 (1988)
as Harv
Any Which Way You Can (1980)
as Fat Zack
Who's Harry Crumb? (1989)
as P.J. Downing
Stir Crazy (1980)
as Warden Walter Beatty
Nothing in Common (1986)
as Andrew Woolridge
Urban Cowboy (1980)
as Uncle Bob
Ghost Dad (1990)
as Mr. Emery Collins
Trading Paint (2019)
as Sheriff Buck Taylor
The Man Who Loved Women (1983)
as Roy Carr
Dead & Buried (1981)
as Phil
Shadow on the Mesa (2013)
as Jake Rawlins
Honkytonk Man (1982)
as Arnspriger
Bloodworth (2010)
as Itchy
The Grand (2007)
as Jimminy 'Lucky' Faro
Crossfire Trail (2001)
as Sheriff Walter Moncrief
Lake City (2008)
as George
Solo (1996)
as General Clyde Haynes
My Science Project (1985)
as Lew Harlan
The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez (1983)
as B. R. Abernathy
Conagher (1991)
as Charlie McCloud, Stage Driver
Short Time (1990)
as Captain
Held Up (1999)
as Pembry
The Jesse Owens Story (1984)
as Judge
Redemption: For Robbing the Dead (2011)
as Judge Smith
All Saints (2017)
as Forrest
Beer for My Horses (2008)
as Buck Baker
The Ratings Game (1984)
as Colonel
Mountain Top (2017)
as Sam Miller
The Killing of Randy Webster (1981)
as Nick Hanson
Curdled (1996)
as Lodger
It Takes Two (1988)
as George Lawrence
My Son Is Innocent (1996)
as Dan Pendleton
Valley of the Sun (2011)
as Gene Taggart
Maggie (1986)
as Jimmy Scott Farnsworth
Monte Walsh (2003)
as Bob the Storekeeper
Hard Traveling (1986)
as Frank Burton
The Man Who Shook the Hand of Vicente Fernandez (2012)
as Walker
Brimming with Love (2018)
as Walter
Sealed with a Kiss (1999)
as Wink 'Pop' Blake
LBJ: The Early Years (1987)
as Judge Alvin J. Wirtz
Beyond the Farthest Star (2015)
as Chief Burns
Eminence Hill (2019)
as Noah
Red King, White Knight (1989)
as Bentick
The People Across the Lake (1988)
as Malcolm Bryce
Christmas in the Smokies (2015)
as Wade Haygood
Six Pack (1982)
as Sheriff
The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia (1981)
as Wimbish
NoNAMES (2010)
as Ed
Funny Thing About Love (2021)
as Grandpa Joe
Warm Hearts, Cold Feet (1987)
as Max
Flight 90: Disaster on the Potomac (1984)
as Burt Hamilton
A Few Days at Weasel Creek (1981)
as Gus Lobell
C.A.T. Squad (1986)
as The Director
Not Since You (2009)
as Uncle Dennis
Stranger on My Land (1988)
as Gil
New Life (2016)
as Oscar
Secret Witness (1988)
as Sheriff
Ay Lav Yu Tuu (2017)
as Danny Brown
Permanent Record (1988)
as Jim Sinclair
The Journeyman (2001)
as Charlie Ledbetter
Farmer of the Year (2018)
as Hap
No One Can Hear You (2001)
as Sheriff Joe Webster
Magic Max (2021)
as Grismer
Judgment Day: The Ellie Nesler Story (1999)
as Tony
Under Siege (1986)
Actor
That Evening Sun (2009)
as Thurl Chessor
The Hired Heart (1997)
as Mike Hadley
Drive-In Movie Memories (2001)
Actor
Sedona (2011)
as Les
This House Possessed (1981)
as Lt. Fletcher
Hidden Places (2006)
as Sheriff
An American in Texas (2017)
as Larry Korchinsky
Bus Stop (1982)
as Virgil Blessing
This Is Where We Live (2013)
as Bode Warden
Worst Enemy (—)
as Jim
Last Man Club (2016)
as Pete Williams
Prime Suspect (1982)
as Bob Austin
Fantasies (1982)
as Naylor
Wyvern (2009)
as Haas
The Defiant Ones (1986)
as Floyd Carpenter
Travis McGee (1983)
as Sheriff Hack Ames
Man Against the Mob (1988)
as Big Mac McCleary
Kiss and Tell (1996)
as George Reed
Under Cover (1987)
as Sergeant Irwin Lee
Clover Bend (2002)
as Cotton Clayton
Bitter Harvest (1981)
as Dr. Agajanian
A Face to Kill For (1999)
as Frank Hadley
Young Harry Houdini (1987)
as Elmore
Alien Express (2005)
as Senator Frank Rawlings
Last Flight Out (1990)
as Capt. Bob Berg
The Super Cops (1974)
as Onlooker on Ladder (uncredited)
The Gristle (2004)
as Senator Dorm
The Chase (1991)
as Wallis
Urban Cowboy: The Rise and Fall of Gilley's (2015)
as Self
Return to Cicely (2013)
as Self
The Margarita Man (2019)
as Chief Doyle
Virus (1995)
as Dr. Clayman
Firefighter (1986)
as Capt. Johnson
Off the Mark (1987)
as Walt Warner / Jenell's Pa
El Tonto Por Cristo (2025)
as Terry Don
Yesterday's Dreams (2005)
as Pastor
Blind Logic: The Ralph R. Teetor Story (—)
as Henry Spangler (voice)
Dawn of the Crescent Moon (2014)
as Cyrus
Rising Stars (2010)
as Farmer
The Fumbleheads (1997)
as Robert Blister
The Keys (1992)
as Buckaloo
River's End (2005)
as Sheriff 'Buster' Watkins
Hope Ranch (2002)
as Shorty
The Hitchhiker (2014)
as Leonard
Universal Squadrons (2011)
as Deakin
Rage! (1980)
as Resident #5
The Valley (2018)
as Gary
Dunsmore (2003)
as Sheriff Breen
Beautiful Dreamer (2006)
as Grandpa
Deadly Family Secrets (1995)
as Mr. Potter
Siringo (1995)
as Marshall John Llewellyn
The Bay House (2022)
as Cowden Brooks
Timequest (2000)
as Lyndon Johnson
John Henry (1986)
as Mr. Jenkins
A Trace of Murder (—)
as Clifford Calvert
The Next Door Neighbor (2011)
as Judge Rodgers
Sod and Stubble (2025)
Actor
The Pipeline (—)
as Lester Galloway
Windsor (2016)
as Gil Denton
Ghoul (2012)
as Grandfather
Born Wild (2012)
as Ray Jennings
Diving With The Dinosaur Fish (2014)
as Narrator
Feed the Fish (2011)
as Axel Andersen
Be Glad He Did It (—)
as Buddy Kasper
Waitin' to Live (2006)
as Buford Pike
Capture the Flag (—)
as Miami
What Comes Around (1985)
as Leon Redden
The Dilemma (—)
as Gerald
Moon Shot (1994)
as Narrator / Deke Slayton (voice)