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
Movies
- WarGames
1983
- Critters 2
1988
- The Dilemma
- 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
- The Margarita Man
2019
- Star Trek: First Fronti...
2020
- 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 ...
1984
- John Henry
1986
- Feed the Fish
2011
- Timequest
2003
- Under Cover
1987
- Sealed with a Kiss
1999
- The Killing of Randy We...
1981
- Killers of the Flower M...
2023
- Valley of the Sun
2011
- What Comes Around
1985
- The Man Who Shook the H...
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...
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 Cr...
1981
- The Night the Lights We...
1981
- Dawn of the Crescent Mo...
2014
- The Grand
2007
- Diving With The Dinosau...
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 L...
1988
- Off the Mark
1987
- Born Wild
2012
- The Ratings Game
1984
- Blind Logic: The Ralph ...
- 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 ...
1983
- The Hitchhiker
2014
- Trading Paint
2019
- Prime Suspect
1982
- Eminence Hill
2019
- Urban Cowboy: The Rise ...
2015
- Rage!
1980
- Dunsmore
2003
- Brimming with Love
2018
- The Gristle
2004
- The Best Little Whoreho...
1982
- Bus Stop
1982
- Virus
1995
- Redemption: For Robbing...
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
- Sod and Stubble
2025
- Yesterday's Dreams
2005
- Be Glad He Did It
- Capture the Flag
TV Shows
- 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...
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 ...
1954
- The Magnificent Seven
1998
- Tulsa King
2022
- Call to Glory
1984
- Army Wives
2007