Barry Corbin
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.
Also Known As
Movie Appearances
WarGames
as General Beringer
1983
Critters 2
as Harv
1988
The Dilemma
as Gerald
TBA
Ghost Dad
as Mr. Emery Collins
1990
Wyvern
as Haas
2009
Stir Crazy
as Warden Walter Beatty
1980
Who's Harry Crumb?
as P.J. Downing
1989
In the Valley of Elah
as Arnold Bickman
2007
No Country for Old Men
as Ellis
2007
Short Time
as Captain
1990
Curdled
as Lodger
1996
Ben 10: Alien Swarm
as Grandpa Max Tennyson
2009
Funny Thing About Love
as Grandpa Joe
2021
Lake City
as George
2008
The Margarita Man
as Chief Doyle
2019
Star Trek: First Frontier
as John April
2020
My Son Is Innocent
as Dan Pendleton
1996
Crossfire Trail
as Sheriff Walter Moncrief
2001
Solo
as General Clyde Haynes
1996
Nothing in Common
as Andrew Woolridge
1986
TV Appearances
The Drew Carey Show
as Chuck Fifer
1995
Murder, She Wrote
as Lt. Lou Flannigan
1984
One Tree Hill
as Whitey Durham
2003
M*A*S*H
1972
Ellen
as Jack Penney
1994
Psych
as Billy Joe
2006
Reba
as JV
2001
Designing Women
1986
The A-Team
as J.J. Kincaid
1983
Mysterious Ways
2000
Matlock
as Steven McRea
1986
The Twilight Zone
as (segment "Dead Run")
1985