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Barry Corbin

Barry Corbin

Highest Rated: 95% All Saints (2017)

Lowest Rated: 0% Beer for My Horses (2008)

Birthday: Oct 16, 1940

Birthplace: Lamesa, Texas, USA

A well-respected and busy character actor in films and on television for over three decades, Emmy-nominated Texas native Barry Corbin played larger-than-life figures in films like "Urban Cowboy" (1980) and "WarGames" (1983), as well as TV projects like "Lonesome Dove" (CBS, 1989), "Northern Exposure (CBS, 1990-95) and "One Tree Hill" (The WB, 2003-06; The CW, 2006-12). The son of a Lone Star State senator, Corbin fell in love with character actors as a boy, and began his long ride to the screen through work on stages across the country. "Urban Cowboy" marked his feature debut, and for the next 20 years, he was a near-ubiquitous presence as ornery cowboys, tough cops, military men and on occasion, a kindly father or mentor. Town patriarch and astronaut Maurice Minnifield on "Northern Exposure" became his best-known role, and the one that afforded him the widest character arc - he could be menacing one moment, wistful the next, and quite funny in every scene - and it brought him two Emmy nominations and more work in features like "No Country for Old Men" (2007) and series like "One Tree Hill." Familiar to just about anyone who attended a movie or turned on a television since 1980, Corbin enjoyed the best scenario that acting could provide - steady work and rewarding roles.

Highest rated movies

95% 73% All Saints 94% 76% WarGames
93% 86% No Country for Old Men
93% 64% Honkytonk Man
88% 100% This Is Where We Live
82% 76% That Evening Sun
74% 77% In the Valley of Elah
71% 40% Race to Space

Filmography

Movies

Credit
No Score Yet 76% Funny Thing About Love Grandpa Joe (Character) - 2021
No Score Yet No Score Yet Magic Max Grismer (Character) - 2021
No Score Yet 67% The Margarita Man Chief Doyle (Character) - 2019
No Score Yet 50% Eminence Hill Unknown (Character) - 2019
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Bay House Cowden Brooks (Character) - 2019
0% 32% Trading Paint Sheriff Buck Taylor (Character) - 2018
No Score Yet No Score Yet Farmer of the Year Unknown (Character) - 2018
No Score Yet No Score Yet Brimming With Love Unknown (Character) - 2018
No Score Yet 67% An American in Texas Larry Korchinsky (Character) - 2017
42% 67% The Valley Gary (Character) - 2017
No Score Yet 75% Mountain Top Sam Miller (Character) - 2017
95% 73% All Saints Forrest (Character) $5.8M 2017
29% 65% New Life Oscar (Character) - 2016
No Score Yet 74% Last Man Club Pete (Character) - 2016
No Score Yet No Score Yet Windsor Gil Denton (Character) - 2015
No Score Yet 36% Christmas in the Smokies Wade Haygood (Character) - 2015
No Score Yet 96% Beyond the Farthest Star Chief Burns (Character) - 2015
No Score Yet 62% Dawn of the Crescent Moon Cyrus (Character) - 2014
44% 56% Planes: Fire & Rescue Ol' Jammer (Voice) $59.2M 2014
88% 100% This Is Where We Live Bode (Character) - 2013
No Score Yet 80% Born Wild Ray Jennings (Character) - 2013
No Score Yet 40% Shadow on the Mesa Jake Rawlins (Character) - 2013
No Score Yet 73% Cinema Six Roger (Character) - 2012
40% 68% The Man Who Shook the Hand of Vicente Fernandez Walker (Character) $9.9K 2012
No Score Yet 11% Ghoul Grandfather (Character) - 2012
No Score Yet 89% Redemption Judge Smith (Character) - 2012
No Score Yet 83% 3 Blind Saints Unknown (Character) - 2011
No Score Yet 27% Minuteman Deakin (Character) - 2011
No Score Yet 50% Valley of the Sun Gene Taggart (Character) - 2011
No Score Yet 79% Sedona Les (Character) - 2011
No Score Yet 83% NoNAMES Ed (Character) - 2010
50% 40% Bloodworth Itchy (Character) $9.6K 2010
No Score Yet 40% Rising Stars Farmer (Character) - 2010
No Score Yet 53% Feed the Fish Axel Andersen (Character) $101.2K 2009
No Score Yet 29% Not Since You Uncle Dennis (Character) - 2009
No Score Yet 48% Ben 10: Alien Swarm Grandpa Max Tennyson (Character) - 2009
82% 76% That Evening Sun Thurl Chessor (Character) $280.3K 2009
No Score Yet 18% Wyvern Hass (Character) - 2009
12% 34% Lake City George (Character) - 2008
0% 63% Beer for My Horses Buck (Character) $666.0K 2008
93% 86% No Country for Old Men Ellis (Character) $74.3M 2007
74% 77% In the Valley of Elah Arnold Bickman (Character) $6.8M 2007
No Score Yet No Score Yet Trail End Hank (Character) - 2007
No Score Yet 55% Hidden Places Sheriff John Doggins (Character) - 2006
No Score Yet 50% Beautiful Dreamer Grandpa (Character) - 2006
No Score Yet 63% River's End Sheriff "Buster" Watkins (Character) - 2005
No Score Yet No Score Yet Alien Express Senator Frank Rawlings (Character) - 2005
No Score Yet 74% Monte Walsh Bob (Character) - 2003
No Score Yet 62% Dunsmore Sheriff Breen (Character) - 2003
No Score Yet 83% Hope Ranch Shorty (Character) - 2002
No Score Yet 80% Drive-in Movie Memories Unknown (Character) - 2002
No Score Yet 0% Waitin' to Live Buford Pike (Character) - 2002
No Score Yet No Score Yet Clover Bend Cotton (Character) - 2001
40% 78% Louis L'Amour's Crossfire Trail Sheriff Walter Moncrief (Character) - 2001
No Score Yet 45% No One Can Hear You Sheriff Joe Webster (Character) - 2001
71% 40% Race to Space Vestal (Character) - 2001
No Score Yet 42% The Journeyman Charlie Ledbetter (Character) - 2001
17% 42% Held Up Pembry (Character) $4.7M 2000
No Score Yet 62% TimeQuest Lyndon Johnson (Character) - 2000
No Score Yet No Score Yet Fumbleheads Robert Blister (Character) - 1999
No Score Yet No Score Yet Sealed With a Kiss Wink "Pop" Blake (Character) - 1999
No Score Yet No Score Yet A Face to Kill For Frank Hadley (Character) - 1999
No Score Yet No Score Yet Judgment Day: The Ellie Nesler Story Tony Serra (Character) - 1999
No Score Yet No Score Yet Fanatics Robert Blister (Character) - 1998
No Score Yet 57% The Hired Heart Mike Hadley (Character) - 1997
No Score Yet No Score Yet Columbo: A Trace of Murder Clifford Calvert (Character) - 1997
No Score Yet No Score Yet My Son Is Innocent Dan Pendleton (Character) - 1996
No Score Yet No Score Yet Kiss and Tell George Reed (Character) - 1996
9% 58% Curdled Lodger (Character) $51.0K 1996
8% 26% Solo General Clyde Haynes (Character) $4.9M 1996
0% 34% Virus Dr. Clayman (Character) - 1995
No Score Yet No Score Yet Deadly Family Secrets Mr. Potter (Character) - 1995
No Score Yet No Score Yet Siringo Marshal John Llewellyn (Character) - 1994
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Keys Earl (Character) - 1992
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Chase Wallis (Character) - 1991
No Score Yet 75% Conagher Charlie McCloud (Character) - 1991
42% 37% Career Opportunities Officer Don (Character) $11.0M 1991
29% 54% Short Time Captain (Character) $3.5M 1990
71% 49% The Hot Spot Sheriff (Character) $1.2M 1990
27% 46% Who's Harry Crumb? P.J. Downing (Character) $10.4M 1989
No Score Yet 33% The People Across the Lake Malcolm Bryce (Character) - 1988
No Score Yet 41% It Takes Two George Lawrence (Character) - 1988
38% 37% Critters 2: The Main Course Harv (Character) $3.8M 1988
No Score Yet No Score Yet Stranger on My Land Gil (Character) - 1988
47% 69% Permanent Record Jim Sinclair (Character) $1.6M 1988
No Score Yet No Score Yet Man Against the Mob Big Mac McCleary (Character) - 1988
No Score Yet No Score Yet Young Harry Houdini Elmore (Character) - 1987
No Score Yet 50% Off the Mark Walt Warner (Character) - 1987
No Score Yet No Score Yet Matlock: The Court Martial Army Col. Steven McRea (Character) - 1987
No Score Yet 7% Under Cover Sergeant Irwin Lee (Character) - 1987
No Score Yet 92% LBJ: The Early Years Judge Alvin J. Wirtz (Character) - 1987
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Defiant Ones Floyd Carpenter (Character) - 1986
No Score Yet No Score Yet Firefighter Capt. Johnson (Character) - 1986
No Score Yet No Score Yet A Greater Alarm Capt. Johnson (Character) - 1986
56% 40% Nothing in Common Andrew Woolridge (Character) $32.0M 1986
No Score Yet No Score Yet C.A.T. Squad The Director (Character) - 1986
11% 56% My Science Project Lew Harlan (Character) - 1985
No Score Yet No Score Yet What Comes Around Leon Redden (Character) - 1985
No Score Yet No Score Yet Hard Traveling Frank Burton (Character) - 1985
No Score Yet 42% The Ratings Game The Colonel (Character) - 1984
94% 76% WarGames Gen. Jack Beringer (Character) - 1983
31% 39% The Man Who Loved Women Roy Carr (Character) - 1983
No Score Yet No Score Yet Travis McGee: The Empty Copper Sea Sheriff Hack Ames (Character) - 1983
No Score Yet 65% Prime Suspect Bob Austin (Character) - 1982
No Score Yet 71% Six Pack Sheriff (Character) - 1982
48% 68% The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas C.J. (Character) - 1982
93% 64% Honkytonk Man Arnspriger (Character) - 1982
No Score Yet 78% Bitter Harvest Dr. Agajanian (Character) - 1981
68% 59% Dead and Buried Phil (Character) - 1981
No Score Yet No Score Yet Murder in Texas Dist. Atty. McMasters (Character) - 1981
No Score Yet 60% This House Possessed Lieutenant Fletcher (Character) - 1981
No Score Yet 76% The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia Wimbish (Character) - 1981
69% 75% Stir Crazy Walter Beatty (Character) - 1980
20% 45% Any Which Way You Can Fat Zack (Character) - 1980
70% 80% Urban Cowboy Bob Davis (Character) - 1980

TV

Credit
No Score Yet 72% 9-1-1: Lone Star Stuart Ryder (Guest Star) 2020 2022
No Score Yet 82% Young Sheldon Mr. Gilford (Guest Star) 2019
63% 40% Blood & Oil Clifton Lundegren (Guest Star) 2015
23% 52% Anger Management Ed (Character),
Unknown (Guest Star)
2012-2014
85% 90% Modern Family Merle Tucker (Guest Star) 2012 2014
No Score Yet No Score Yet Suit Up .Dick Devereaux (Character) 2012-2013
No Score Yet 84% The Looney Tunes Show Santa Claus (Guest Voice) 2012
83% 84% The Closer Clay Johnson (Guest Star) 2007-2012
No Score Yet No Score Yet Army Wives Veteran Patient (Guest Star) 2012
No Score Yet 68% One Tree Hill Coach Brian "Whitey" Durham (Character),
Unknown (Guest Star)
2003-2009
85% 75% The Unit Unknown (Guest Star) 2008-2009
No Score Yet No Score Yet Reba JV (Guest Star) 2002
50% No Score Yet Mysterious Ways Unknown (Guest Star) 2001
No Score Yet No Score Yet Walker, Texas Ranger Unknown (Guest Star) 1999
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Outer Limits Carlton Powers (Character) 1999
No Score Yet 72% King of the Hill Fire Chief (Guest Voice) 1999
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Drew Carey Show Unknown (Guest Star) 1998
No Score Yet No Score Yet JAG Unknown (Guest Star) 1998
68% No Score Yet Spin City Unknown (Guest Star) 1998
50% 82% The Closer Angus Clayton (Guest Star) 1998
33% No Score Yet The Magnificent Seven Unknown (Guest Star) 1998
23% No Score Yet Hiller and Diller Unknown (Guest Star) 1997
No Score Yet 81% Columbo Clifford Calvert (Guest Star) 1997
44% No Score Yet Ink Unknown (Guest Star) 1997
No Score Yet No Score Yet Ellen Unknown (Guest Star) 1996
No Score Yet No Score Yet Murphy Brown Unknown (Guest Star) 1995
No Score Yet 91% Northern Exposure Maurice J. Minnifield/Mace Mobrey (Character) 1990-1995
98% 92% Lonesome Dove Roscoe Brown (Character) 1989
No Score Yet No Score Yet Mr. President Bullard (Guest Star) 1987
No Score Yet No Score Yet Matlock Unknown (Guest Star) 1987
No Score Yet 89% Murder, She Wrote Lt. Lou Flannigan (Guest Star) 1987
No Score Yet 70% The A-Team J.J. Kincaid (Guest Star) 1986
No Score Yet No Score Yet Dallas Unknown (Guest Star) 1980 1983-1984
97% 82% Hill Street Blues Monty Tasco (Guest Star) 1984
No Score Yet No Score Yet Hart to Hart Unknown (Guest Star) 1982
No Score Yet 87% M*A*S*H Sgt. Joe Vickers (Guest Star) 1981