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.

Filmography

• Brothers — Carl Travis
• 2025El Tonto Por Cristo — Terry Don
• 2025Sod and Stubble
• 2023Killers of the Flower Moon — Undertaker Turton
• 2022The Bay House — Cowden Brooks
• Tulsa King — Babe Keller
• 2021Funny Thing About Love — Grandpa Joe
• 2021Magic Max — Grismer
• 9-1-1: Lone Star — Stuart Ryder
• 2019Eminence Hill — Noah
• 2019The Margarita Man — Chief Doyle
• 2019Trading Paint — Sheriff Buck Taylor
• 2018Brimming with Love — Walter
• 2018Farmer of the Year — Hap
• 2018The Valley — Gary
• Yellowstone — Ross
• 2017All Saints — Forrest
• 2017An American in Texas — Larry Korchinsky
• 2017Ay Lav Yu Tuu — Danny Brown
• 2017Mountain Top — Sam Miller
• Young Sheldon — Mr. Gilford
• 2016Last Man Club — Pete Williams
• 2016New Life — Oscar
• The Ranch — Dale
• 2016Windsor — Gil Denton
• Better Call Saul — Everett Acker
• 2015Beyond the Farthest Star — Chief Burns
• Blood & Oil — Clifton Lundegren
• 2015Christmas in the Smokies — Wade Haygood
• 2014Dawn of the Crescent Moon — Cyrus
• 2014Diving With The Dinosaur Fish — Narrator
• 2014Planes: Fire & Rescue — Ol' Jammer (voice)
• 2014The Hitchhiker — Leonard
• 2014The Homesman — Buster Shaver
• 2013Shadow on the Mesa — Jake Rawlins
• 2013This Is Where We Live — Bode Warden
• Anger Management — Ed
• 2012Born Wild — Ray Jennings
• 2012Ghoul — Grandfather
• 2012The Man Who Shook the Hand of Vicente Fernandez — Walker
• 2011Feed the Fish — Axel Andersen
• 2011Redemption: For Robbing the Dead — Judge Smith
• 2011Sedona — Les
• 2011The Next Door Neighbor — Judge Rodgers
• 2011Universal Squadrons — Deakin
• 2011Valley of the Sun — Gene Taggart
• 2010Bloodworth — Itchy
• 2010NoNAMES — Ed
• Parenthood — Ernie
• 2010Rising Stars — Farmer
• 2009Ben 10: Alien Swarm — Grandpa Max Tennyson
• Modern Family — Merle Tucker
• 2009Not Since You — Uncle Dennis
• 2009That Evening Sun — Thurl Chessor
• 2009Wyvern — Haas
• 2008Beer for My Horses — Buck Baker
• 2008Lake City — George
• Army Wives — Veteran Patient
• 2007In the Valley of Elah — Arnold Bickman
• 2007No Country for Old Men — Ellis
• 2007The Grand — Jimminy 'Lucky' Faro
• 2006Beautiful Dreamer — Grandpa
• 2006Hidden Places — Sheriff
• Psych — Billy Joe
• The Unit — Carson
• 2006Waitin' to Live — Buford Pike
• 2005Alien Express — Senator Frank Rawlings
• 2005River's End — Sheriff 'Buster' Watkins
• The Closer — Clay Johnson
• Unscripted — Barry Corbin
• 2005Yesterday's Dreams — Pastor
• 2004The Gristle — Senator Dorm
• 2003Dunsmore — Sheriff Breen
• 2003Monte Walsh — Bob the Storekeeper
• One Tree Hill — Whitey Durham
• 2002Clover Bend — Cotton Clayton
• 2002Hope Ranch — Shorty
• 2001Crossfire Trail — Sheriff Walter Moncrief
• 2001Drive-In Movie Memories
• 2001No One Can Hear You — Sheriff Joe Webster
• Reba — JV
• 2001The Journeyman — Charlie Ledbetter
• Mysterious Ways
• 2000Timequest — Lyndon Johnson
• 1999A Face to Kill For — Frank Hadley
• 1999Held Up — Pembry
• 1999Judgment Day: The Ellie Nesler Story — Tony
• 1999Sealed with a Kiss — Wink 'Pop' Blake
• The Magnificent Seven — Wickes
• King of the Hill — Fire Chief (voice)
• 1997The Fumbleheads — Robert Blister
• 1997The Hired Heart — Mike Hadley
• 1996Curdled — Lodger
• 1996Kiss and Tell — George Reed
• 1996My Son Is Innocent — Dan Pendleton
• 1996Solo — General Clyde Haynes
• Spin City — Peter Noland
• The Big Easy — C.D. LeBlanc
• 1995Deadly Family Secrets — Mr. Potter
• JAG — Percival Bertram
• Life with Louie — Uncle Sammy (voice)
• 1995Siringo — Marshall John Llewellyn
• The Drew Carey Show — Chuck Fifer
• The Outer Limits — Carlton Powers
• 1995Virus — Dr. Clayman
• Ellen — Jack Penney
• 1994Moon Shot — Narrator / Deke Slayton (voice)
• Moon Shot — Narrator / Deke Slayton (voice)
• Walker, Texas Ranger — Ben Crowder
• 1992The Keys — Buckaloo
• 1991Career Opportunities — Officer Don
• 1991Conagher — Charlie McCloud, Stage Driver
• 1991The Chase — Wallis
• 1990Ghost Dad — Mr. Emery Collins
• 1990Last Flight Out — Capt. Bob Berg
• Northern Exposure — Maurice Minnifield
• 1990Short Time — Captain
• 1990The Hot Spot — Sheriff
• I Know My First Name Is Steven — Officer Warner
• Lonesome Dove — Roscoe Brown
• 1989Red King, White Knight — Bentick
• The Famous Teddy Z
• 1989Who's Harry Crumb? — P.J. Downing
• 1988Critters 2 — Harv
• 1988It Takes Two — George Lawrence
• 1988Man Against the Mob — Big Mac McCleary
• 1988Permanent Record — Jim Sinclair
• 1988Secret Witness — Sheriff
• 1988Stranger on My Land — Gil
• 1988The People Across the Lake — Malcolm Bryce
• 1987LBJ: The Early Years — Judge Alvin J. Wirtz
• 1987Off the Mark — Walt Warner / Jenell's Pa
• Spies
• 1987Under Cover — Sergeant Irwin Lee
• 1987Warm Hearts, Cold Feet — Max
• 1987Young Harry Houdini — Elmore
• 1986C.A.T. Squad — The Director
• Designing Women
• 1986Firefighter — Capt. Johnson
• 1986Hard Traveling — Frank Burton
• 1986John Henry — Mr. Jenkins
• 1986Maggie — Jimmy Scott Farnsworth
• Matlock — Steven McRea
• 1986Nothing in Common — Andrew Woolridge
• 1986The Defiant Ones — Floyd Carpenter
• 1986Under Siege
• A Death in California — Jim Heusdens
• 1985My Science Project — Lew Harlan
• Tall Tales & Legends — Mr. Jenkins
• The Twilight Zone — (segment "Dead Run")
• Washingtoon — Bunky Munster
• 1985What Comes Around — Leon Redden
• Call to Glory — Mr. Hunter
• Fatal Vision — Franz Grebner
• 1984Flight 90: Disaster on the Potomac — Burt Hamilton
• Murder, She Wrote — Lt. Lou Flannigan
• The Duck Factory — Hubbell
• 1984The Jesse Owens Story — Judge
• 1984The Ratings Game — Colonel
• Boone — Merit Sawyer
• The A-Team — J.J. Kincaid
• 1983The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez — B. R. Abernathy
• 1983The Man Who Loved Women — Roy Carr
• The Thorn Birds — Pete
• 1983Travis McGee — Sheriff Hack Ames
• 1983WarGames — General Beringer
• American Playhouse — Abernathy
• 1982Bus Stop — Virgil Blessing
• 1982Fantasies — Naylor
• 1982Honkytonk Man — Arnspriger
• 1982Prime Suspect — Bob Austin
• 1982Six Pack — Sheriff
• 1982The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas — C.J.
• Tucker's Witch
• 1981A Few Days at Weasel Creek — Gus Lobell
• 1981Bitter Harvest — Dr. Agajanian
• 1981Dead & Buried — Phil
• Hill Street Blues
• Murder in Texas — Dist. Atty. McMasters
• 1981The Killing of Randy Webster — Nick Hanson
• 1981The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia — Wimbish
• 1981This House Possessed — Lt. Fletcher
• 1980Any Which Way You Can — Fat Zack
• 1980Rage! — Resident #5
• 1980Stir Crazy — Warden Walter Beatty
• 1980Urban Cowboy — Uncle Bob
• Hart to Hart
• Dallas — Sheriff Fenton Washburn
• NBC Special Treat — Stokey Andrews
• 1974The Super Cops — Onlooker on Ladder (uncredited)
• M*A*S*H
• Columbo — Clifford Calvert
• The Wonderful World of Disney — Elmore
• A Trace of Murder — Clifford Calvert
• Be Glad He Did It — Buddy Kasper
• Blind Logic: The Ralph R. Teetor Story — Henry Spangler (voice)
• Capture the Flag — Miami
• The Dilemma — Gerald
• The Pipeline — Lester Galloway
• Worst Enemy — Jim

Appearances as themselves (2)

• 2015Urban Cowboy: The Rise and Fall of Gilley's — Self
• 2013Return to Cicely — Self