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Barry Corbin

Acting

Born October 16, 1940 · Lamesa, Texas. USA

Also known as Leonard Barrie Corbin · 베리 코빈 · بری کوربین

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.

Filmography50+ titles

Farmer of the Year

2018as Hap

The Big Easy

as C.D. LeBlanc

Better Call Saul

2015as Everett Acker

Tulsa King

2022as Babe Keller

Yellowstone

2018as Ross

The Jesse Owens Story

1984as Judge

Columbo

1971as Clifford Calvert

9-1-1: Lone Star

2020as Stuart Ryder

Young Sheldon

2017as Mr. Gilford

No Country for Old Men

2007as Ellis

Drive-In Movie Memories

2001

Modern Family

2009as Merle Tucker

Psych

2006as Billy Joe

The Closer

2005as Clay Johnson

Northern Exposure

1990as Maurice Minnifield

Lonesome Dove

1989as Roscoe Brown

M*A*S*H

1972

Urban Cowboy: The Rise and Fall of Gilley's

2015as Self

One Tree Hill

2003as Whitey Durham

The Outer Limits

1995as Carlton Powers

Hill Street Blues

1981

Parenthood

2010as Ernie

Army Wives

2007as Veteran Patient

Murder, She Wrote

1984as Lt. Lou Flannigan

The A-Team

1983as J.J. Kincaid

Killers of the Flower Moon

2023as Undertaker Turton

The Ranch

2016as Dale

King of the Hill

1997as Fire Chief (voice)

The Unit

2006as Carson

JAG

1995as Percival Bertram

Mountain Top

2017as Sam Miller

The Thorn Birds

1983as Pete

Matlock

1986as Steven McRea

WarGames

1983as General Beringer

Walker, Texas Ranger

1993as Ben Crowder

The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez

1983as B. R. Abernathy

Career Opportunities

1991as Officer Don

Designing Women

1986

Hart to Hart

1979

In the Valley of Elah

2007as Arnold Bickman

Conagher

1991as Charlie McCloud, Stage Driver

Dallas

1978as Sheriff Fenton Washburn

That Evening Sun

2009as Thurl Chessor

Prime Suspect

1982as Bob Austin

New Life

2016as Oscar

The Magnificent Seven

1998as Wickes

The Homesman

2014as Buster Shaver

Bloodworth

2010as Itchy

Reba

2001as JV

The Drew Carey Show

1995as Chuck Fifer