Barry Corbin

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Birthdate

1940-10-16 (Age: 86)

Place of Birth

Lamesa, Texas. USA

Barry Corbin

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.

Filmography (137)

⭐ 0 Role: Terry Don

El Tonto Por Cristo

⭐ 5.5 Role: Unknown

Sod and Stubble

⭐ 7.4 Role: Undertaker Turton

Killers of the Flower Moon

⭐ 0 Role: Cowden Brooks

The Bay House

⭐ 5.1 Role: Grandpa Joe

Funny Thing About Love

⭐ 5.8 Role: Grismer

Magic Max

⭐ 5.7 Role: John April

Star Trek: First Frontier

⭐ 4.7 Role: Noah

Eminence Hill

⭐ 2.3 Role: Chief Doyle

The Margarita Man

⭐ 5.4 Role: Sheriff Buck Taylor

Trading Paint

⭐ 6.0 Role: Gary

The Valley

⭐ 6.4 Role: Walter

Brimming with Love

⭐ 10.0 Role: Hap

Farmer of the Year

⭐ 5.0 Role: Larry Korchinsky

An American in Texas

⭐ 3.3 Role: Danny Brown

Ay Lav Yu Tuu

⭐ 6.2 Role: Forrest

All Saints

⭐ 7.3 Role: Sam Miller

Mountain Top

⭐ 6.6 Role: Oscar

New Life

⭐ 4.0 Role: Gil Denton

Windsor

⭐ 6.3 Role: Pete Williams

Last Man Club

⭐ 5.8 Role: Wade Haygood

Christmas in the Smokies

⭐ 7.4 Role: Chief Burns

Beyond the Farthest Star

⭐ 7.8 Role: Self

Urban Cowboy: The Rise and Fall of Gilley's

⭐ 4.5 Role: Narrator

Diving With The Dinosaur Fish

⭐ 6.2 Role: Ol' Jammer (voice)

Planes: Fire & Rescue

⭐ 6.5 Role: Buster Shaver

The Homesman

⭐ 0 Role: Leonard

The Hitchhiker

⭐ 1.3 Role: Cyrus

Dawn of the Crescent Moon

⭐ 0 Role: Bode Warden

This Is Where We Live

⭐ 8.0 Role: Self

Return to Cicely

⭐ 6.0 Role: Jake Rawlins

Shadow on the Mesa

⭐ 5.8 Role: Ray Jennings

Born Wild

⭐ 4.9 Role: Walker

The Man Who Shook the Hand of Vicente Fernandez

⭐ 5.0 Role: Grandfather

Ghoul

⭐ 3.9 Role: Deakin

Universal Squadrons

⭐ 4.5 Role: Judge Smith

Redemption: For Robbing the Dead

⭐ 5.6 Role: Les

Sedona

⭐ 5.2 Role: Axel Andersen

Feed the Fish

⭐ 4.2 Role: Gene Taggart

Valley of the Sun

⭐ 0 Role: Judge Rodgers

The Next Door Neighbor

⭐ 6.0 Role: Farmer

Rising Stars

NoNAMES

⭐ 6.5 Role: Itchy

Bloodworth

⭐ 6.2 Role: Grandpa Max Tennyson

Ben 10: Alien Swarm

⭐ 6.7 Role: Thurl Chessor

That Evening Sun

⭐ 5.1 Role: Uncle Dennis

Not Since You

⭐ 5.0 Role: Haas

Wyvern

⭐ 4.7 Role: Buck Baker

Beer for My Horses

⭐ 5.4 Role: George

Lake City

⭐ 7.9 Role: Ellis

No Country for Old Men

⭐ 6.8 Role: Arnold Bickman

In the Valley of Elah

⭐ 5.8 Role: Jimminy 'Lucky' Faro

The Grand

⭐ 10.0 Role: Buford Pike

Waitin' to Live

⭐ 5.5 Role: Grandpa

Beautiful Dreamer

⭐ 7.7 Role: Sheriff

Hidden Places

⭐ 4.8 Role: Senator Frank Rawlings

Alien Express

⭐ 7.0 Role: Pastor

Yesterday's Dreams

⭐ 5.0 Role: Sheriff 'Buster' Watkins

River's End

⭐ 6.3 Role: Senator Dorm

The Gristle

⭐ 4.0 Role: Sheriff Breen

Dunsmore

⭐ 5.0 Role: Lyndon Johnson

Timequest

⭐ 6.2 Role: Bob the Storekeeper

Monte Walsh

⭐ 4.5 Role: Shorty

Hope Ranch

⭐ 5.0 Role: Cotton Clayton

Clover Bend

⭐ 8.0 Role: Unknown

Drive-In Movie Memories

⭐ 5.4 Role: Sheriff Joe Webster

No One Can Hear You

⭐ 5.0 Role: Charlie Ledbetter

The Journeyman

⭐ 6.3 Role: Sheriff Walter Moncrief

Crossfire Trail

⭐ 5.8 Role: Pembry

Held Up

⭐ 6.2 Role: Wink 'Pop' Blake

Sealed with a Kiss

⭐ 5.6 Role: Tony

Judgment Day: The Ellie Nesler Story

⭐ 4.5 Role: Frank Hadley

A Face to Kill for

⭐ 5.3 Role: Mike Hadley

The Hired Heart

⭐ 5.5 Role: Robert Blister

The Fumbleheads

⭐ 5.8 Role: Lodger

Curdled

⭐ 4.9 Role: General Clyde Haynes

Solo

⭐ 6.8 Role: Dan Pendleton

My Son Is Innocent

⭐ 4.2 Role: George Reed

Kiss and Tell

⭐ 5.3 Role: Mr. Potter

Deadly Family Secrets

⭐ 5.7 Role: Marshall John Llewellyn

Siringo

⭐ 4.8 Role: Dr. Clayman

Virus

⭐ 8.7 Role: Narrator / Deke Slayton (voice)

Moon Shot

⭐ 8.0 Role: Buckaloo

The Keys

⭐ 6.8 Role: Charlie McCloud, Stage Driver

Conagher

⭐ 6.9 Role: Officer Don

Career Opportunities

⭐ 4.0 Role: Wallis

The Chase

⭐ 6.3 Role: Sheriff

The Hot Spot

⭐ 5.1 Role: Mr. Emery Collins

Ghost Dad

⭐ 0 Role: Capt. Bob Berg

Last Flight Out

⭐ 6.5 Role: Captain

Short Time

⭐ 6.4 Role: Bentick

Red King, White Knight

⭐ 6.0 Role: P.J. Downing

Who's Harry Crumb?

⭐ 6.0 Role: Malcolm Bryce

The People Across the Lake

⭐ 5.7 Role: Sheriff

Secret Witness

⭐ 5.5 Role: George Lawrence

It Takes Two

⭐ 6.3 Role: Harv

Critters 2

⭐ 6.4 Role: Jim Sinclair

Permanent Record

⭐ 5.2 Role: Gil

Stranger on My Land

⭐ 9.0 Role: Big Mac McCleary

Man Against the Mob

⭐ 4.6 Role: Sergeant Irwin Lee

Under Cover

⭐ 3.9 Role: Walt Warner / Jenell's Pa

Off the Mark

⭐ 7.0 Role: Elmore

Young Harry Houdini

⭐ 7.6 Role: Judge Alvin J. Wirtz

LBJ: The Early Years

⭐ 5.2 Role: Max

Warm Hearts, Cold Feet

⭐ 10.0 Role: Mr. Jenkins

John Henry

⭐ 7.0 Role: Capt. Johnson

Firefighter

⭐ 5.9 Role: Andrew Woolridge

Nothing in Common

⭐ 5.0 Role: The Director

C.A.T. Squad

⭐ 7.5 Role: Unknown

Under Siege

⭐ 10.0 Role: Frank Burton

Hard Traveling

⭐ 5.1 Role: Floyd Carpenter

The Defiant Ones

⭐ 6.2 Role: Lew Harlan

My Science Project

⭐ 3.8 Role: Leon Redden

What Comes Around

⭐ 5.7 Role: Colonel

The Ratings Game

⭐ 8.1 Role: Judge

The Jesse Owens Story

⭐ 4.8 Role: Burt Hamilton

Flight 90: Disaster on the Potomac

⭐ 4.8 Role: Roy Carr

The Man Who Loved Women

⭐ 7.0 Role: B. R. Abernathy

The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez

⭐ 7.1 Role: General Beringer

WarGames

⭐ 5.7 Role: Sheriff Hack Ames

Travis McGee

⭐ 6.4 Role: Arnspriger

Honkytonk Man

⭐ 10.0 Role: Virgil Blessing

Bus Stop

⭐ 6.2 Role: C.J.

The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas

⭐ 6.5 Role: Sheriff

Six Pack

⭐ 6.7 Role: Bob Austin

Prime Suspect

⭐ 3.8 Role: Naylor

Fantasies

⭐ 8.0 Role: Gus Lobell

A Few Days at Weasel Creek

⭐ 5.8 Role: Wimbish

The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia

⭐ 6.4 Role: Phil

Dead & Buried

⭐ 1.0 Role: Dr. Agajanian

Bitter Harvest

⭐ 6.0 Role: Nick Hanson

The Killing of Randy Webster

⭐ 5.9 Role: Lt. Fletcher

This House Possessed

⭐ 5.8 Role: Fat Zack

Any Which Way You Can

⭐ 6.5 Role: Warden Walter Beatty

Stir Crazy

⭐ 8.0 Role: Resident #5

Rage!

⭐ 6.5 Role: Uncle Bob

Urban Cowboy

⭐ 5.9 Role: Onlooker on Ladder (uncredited)

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