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