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
In the Valley of Elah (2007)
as Arnold Bickman
WarGames (1983)
as General Beringer
Planes: Fire & Rescue (2014)
as Ol' Jammer (voice)
The Hot Spot (1990)
as Sheriff
Bloodworth (2010)
as Itchy
Career Opportunities (1991)
as Officer Don
Critters 2 (1988)
as Harv
Ben 10: Alien Swarm (2009)
as Grandpa Max Tennyson
Ghost Dad (1990)
as Mr. Emery Collins
Lake City (2008)
as George
The Homesman (2014)
as Buster Shaver
Secret Witness (1988)
as Sheriff
Finding Harmony (2020)
as Grady Pickett
Any Which Way You Can (1980)
as Fat Zack
The Ratings Game (1984)
as Colonel
Stir Crazy (1980)
as Warden Walter Beatty
The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (1982)
as C.J.
Honkytonk Man (1982)
as Arnspriger
Urban Cowboy (1980)
as Uncle Bob
Who's Harry Crumb? (1989)
as P.J. Downing
Worst Enemy (—)
as Jim
Fantasies (1982)
as Naylor
Nothing in Common (1986)
as Andrew Woolridge
Trading Paint (2019)
as Sheriff Buck Taylor
Hidden Places (2006)
as Sheriff
Sedona (2011)
as Les
Dead & Buried (1981)
as Phil
Monte Walsh (2003)
as Bob the Storekeeper
Magic Max (2021)
as Grismer
Brimming with Love (2018)
as Walter
Solo (1996)
as General Clyde Haynes
Crossfire Trail (2001)
as Sheriff Walter Moncrief
Yesterday's Dreams (2005)
as Pastor
NoNAMES (2010)
as Ed
The Man Who Loved Women (1983)
as Roy Carr
Maggie (1986)
as Jimmy Scott Farnsworth
Hard Traveling (1986)
as Frank Burton
Bus Stop (1982)
as Virgil Blessing
My Science Project (1985)
as Lew Harlan
Wyvern (2009)
as Haas
All Saints (2017)
as Forrest
Conagher (1991)
as Charlie McCloud, Stage Driver
New Life (2016)
as Oscar
Short Time (1990)
as Captain
The Grand (2007)
as Jimminy 'Lucky' Faro
The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez (1983)
as B. R. Abernathy
Eminence Hill (2019)
as Noah
Young Harry Houdini (1987)
as Elmore
Curdled (1996)
as Lodger
This House Possessed (1981)
as Lt. Fletcher
It Takes Two (1988)
as George Lawrence
Return to Cicely (2013)
as Self
Six Pack (1982)
as Sheriff
Beer for My Horses (2008)
as Buck Baker
Permanent Record (1988)
as Jim Sinclair
Funny Thing About Love (2021)
as Grandpa Joe
The Margarita Man (2019)
as Chief Doyle
Not Since You (2009)
as Uncle Dennis
That Evening Sun (2009)
as Thurl Chessor
Kiss and Tell (1996)
as George Reed
Shadow on the Mesa (2013)
as Jake Rawlins
Virus (1995)
as Dr. Clayman
The Journeyman (2001)
as Charlie Ledbetter
My Son Is Innocent (1996)
as Dan Pendleton
The Super Cops (1974)
as Onlooker on Ladder (uncredited)
Travis McGee (1983)
as Sheriff Hack Ames
Christmas in the Smokies (2015)
as Wade Haygood
Sealed with a Kiss (1999)
as Wink 'Pop' Blake
The Hired Heart (1997)
as Mike Hadley
Beyond the Farthest Star (2015)
as Chief Burns
An American in Texas (2017)
as Larry Korchinsky
Ghoul (2012)
as Grandfather
The Jesse Owens Story (1984)
as Judge
The Chase (1991)
as Wallis
Stranger on My Land (1988)
as Gil
Flight 90: Disaster on the Potomac (1984)
as Burt Hamilton
Ay Lav Yu Tuu (2017)
as Danny Brown
The People Across the Lake (1988)
as Malcolm Bryce
Held Up (1999)
as Pembry
Diving With The Dinosaur Fish (2014)
as Narrator
Redemption: For Robbing the Dead (2011)
as Judge Smith
Man Against the Mob (1988)
as Big Mac McCleary
Clover Bend (2002)
as Cotton Clayton
Valley of the Sun (2011)
as Gene Taggart
Under Siege (1986)
Actor
Mountain Top (2017)
as Sam Miller
C.A.T. Squad (1986)
as The Director
Dunsmore (2003)
as Sheriff Breen
Warm Hearts, Cold Feet (1987)
as Max
Firefighter (1986)
as Capt. Johnson
Alien Express (2005)
as Senator Frank Rawlings
Prime Suspect (1982)
as Bob Austin
Universal Squadrons (2011)
as Deakin
LBJ: The Early Years (1987)
as Judge Alvin J. Wirtz
Last Flight Out (1990)
as Capt. Bob Berg
Red King, White Knight (1989)
as Bentick
This Is Where We Live (2013)
as Bode Warden
No One Can Hear You (2001)
as Sheriff Joe Webster
Deadly Family Secrets (1995)
as Mr. Potter
The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia (1981)
as Wimbish
El Tonto Por Cristo (2025)
as Terry Don
The Gristle (2004)
as Senator Dorm
Judgment Day: The Ellie Nesler Story (1999)
as Tony
The Defiant Ones (1986)
as Floyd Carpenter
A Few Days at Weasel Creek (1981)
as Gus Lobell
Dawn of the Crescent Moon (2014)
as Cyrus
Beautiful Dreamer (2006)
as Grandpa
Drive-In Movie Memories (2001)
Actor
Farmer of the Year (2018)
as Hap
The Man Who Shook the Hand of Vicente Fernandez (2012)
as Walker
Urban Cowboy: The Rise and Fall of Gilley's (2015)
as Self
What Comes Around (1985)
as Leon Redden
Under Cover (1987)
as Sergeant Irwin Lee
Last Man Club (2016)
as Pete Williams
Sod and Stubble (2025)
Actor
River's End (2005)
as Sheriff 'Buster' Watkins
Siringo (1995)
as Marshall John Llewellyn
Bitter Harvest (1981)
as Dr. Agajanian
The Killing of Randy Webster (1981)
as Nick Hanson
Waitin' to Live (2006)
as Buford Pike
Born Wild (2012)
as Ray Jennings
The Valley (2018)
as Gary
Rage! (1980)
as Resident #5
The Bay House (2022)
as Cowden Brooks
The Next Door Neighbor (2011)
as Judge Rodgers
Off the Mark (1987)
as Walt Warner / Jenell's Pa
Rising Stars (2010)
as Farmer
Blind Logic: The Ralph R. Teetor Story (—)
as Henry Spangler (voice)
Hope Ranch (2002)
as Shorty
Be Glad He Did It (—)
as Buddy Kasper
The Keys (1992)
as Buckaloo
A Face to Kill For (1999)
as Frank Hadley
The Fumbleheads (1997)
as Robert Blister
Timequest (2000)
as Lyndon Johnson
Capture the Flag (—)
as Miami
Windsor (2016)
as Gil Denton
The Pipeline (—)
as Lester Galloway
John Henry (1986)
as Mr. Jenkins
Feed the Fish (2011)
as Axel Andersen
The Dilemma (—)
as Gerald
The Hitchhiker (2014)
as Leonard
Moon Shot (1994)
as Narrator / Deke Slayton (voice)