Barry Corbin
Department: Acting
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.
Known For
WarGames
1983
Critters 2
1988
The Dilemma
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Ghost Dad
1990
Wyvern
2009
Stir Crazy
1980
Who's Harry Crumb?
1989
In the Valley of Elah
2007
No Country for Old Men
2007
Short Time
1990
Curdled
1996
Ben 10: Alien Swarm
2009
Funny Thing About Love
2021
Lake City
2008
Star Trek: First Frontier
2020
The Margarita Man
2019
My Son Is Innocent
1996
Crossfire Trail
2001
Solo
1996
Nothing in Common
1986
The Hired Heart
1997
The Hot Spot
1990
Conagher
1991
Monte Walsh
2003
Honkytonk Man
1982
NoNAMES
2010
Career Opportunities
1991
Rising Stars
2010
Urban Cowboy
1980
Any Which Way You Can
1980
Six Pack
1982
Beautiful Dreamer
2006
My Science Project
1985
Universal Squadrons
2011
Held Up
1999
The Man Who Loved Women
1983
A Face to Kill for
1999
Flight 90: Disaster on the Potomac
1984
John Henry
1986
Feed the Fish
2011
Timequest
2003
Under Cover
1987
Sealed with a Kiss
1999
The Killing of Randy Webster
1981
Killers of the Flower Moon
2023
Valley of the Sun
2011
What Comes Around
1985
The Man Who Shook the Hand of Vicente Fernandez
2012
No One Can Hear You
2001
Sedona
2011
River's End
2005
Shadow on the Mesa
2013
Clover Bend
2002
Hope Ranch
2002
This Is Where We Live
2013
Drive-In Movie Memories
2001
Waitin' to Live
2006
El Tonto Por Cristo
2025
Beyond the Farthest Star
2013
Warm Hearts, Cold Feet
1987
Dead & Buried
1981
C.A.T. Squad
1986
Red King, White Knight
1989
This House Possessed
1981
LBJ: The Early Years
1987
The Jesse Owens Story
1984
Judgment Day: The Ellie Nesler Story
1999
The Defiant Ones
1986
Beer for My Horses
2008
Planes: Fire & Rescue
2014
The Chase
1991
The Keys
1992
A Few Days at Weasel Creek
1981
The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia
1981
Dawn of the Crescent Moon
2014
The Grand
2007
Diving With The Dinosaur Fish
2014
Last Flight Out
1990
Young Harry Houdini
1987
Under Siege
1986
Moon Shot
1994
Kiss and Tell
1996
Firefighter
1986
Ay Lav Yu Tuu
2017
Christmas in the Smokies
2015
The People Across the Lake
1988
Off the Mark
1987
Born Wild
2012
The Ratings Game
1984
Blind Logic: The Ralph R. Teetor Story
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It Takes Two
1988
The Next Door Neighbor
2011
Hidden Places
2006
Ghoul
2012
The Bay House
2022
Last Man Club
2016
Windsor
2016
The Fumbleheads
1997
New Life
2016
All Saints
2017
Stranger on My Land
1988
Siringo
1995
The Homesman
2014
Alien Express
2005
The Super Cops
1974
Fantasies
1982
An American in Texas
2017
Hard Traveling
1986
Farmer of the Year
2018
Bloodworth
2010
The Valley
2018
Mountain Top
2017
Deadly Family Secrets
1995
The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez
1983
The Hitchhiker
2014
Trading Paint
2019
Prime Suspect
1982
Eminence Hill
2019
Urban Cowboy: The Rise and Fall of Gilley's
2015
Rage!
1980
Dunsmore
2003
Brimming with Love
2018
The Gristle
2004
The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
1982
Bus Stop
1982
Virus
1995
Redemption: For Robbing the Dead
2011
Man Against the Mob
1988
Not Since You
2009
Permanent Record
1988
The Journeyman
2001
Bitter Harvest
1981
Magic Max
2021
Travis McGee
1983
That Evening Sun
2009
The Pipeline
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Sod and Stubble
2025
Yesterday's Dreams
2005
Be Glad He Did It
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Capture the Flag
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Secret Witness
1988
Return to Cicely
2013
The Drew Carey Show
1995
Murder, She Wrote
1984
One Tree Hill
2003
M*A*S*H
1972
Ellen
1994
Psych
2006
Reba
2001
Designing Women
1986
The A-Team
1983
Mysterious Ways
2000
Matlock
1986
The Twilight Zone
1985
King of the Hill
1997
Spin City
1996
Walker, Texas Ranger
1993
Hill Street Blues
1981
Hart to Hart
1979
Dallas
1978
Northern Exposure
1990
Tucker's Witch
1982
Boone
1983
The Famous Teddy Z
1989
The Thorn Birds
1983
Unscripted
2005
The Outer Limits
1995
I Know My First Name Is Steven
1989
Spies
1987
Washingtoon
1985
Anger Management
2012
The Big Easy
1996
Lonesome Dove
1989
Blood & Oil
2015
Yellowstone
2018
Life with Louie
1994
Spin City
1996
Young Sheldon
2017
The Ranch
2016
A Death in California
1985
Fatal Vision
1984
Parenthood
2010
NBC Special Treat
1975
Tall Tales & Legends
1985
Tulsa King
2022
Modern Family
2009
Columbo
1971
JAG
1995
9-1-1: Lone Star
2020
Better Call Saul
2015
Murder in Texas
1981
The Closer
2005
Moon Shot
1994
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954
The Magnificent Seven
1998
Call to Glory
1984
Army Wives
2007
The Duck Factory
1984