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