Leonard Barrie "Barry" Corbin was born on October 16, 1940 in Lamesa, Texas. He is an American character actor with over 100 credits in film and television and several in computer games.

He began his career as a Shakespearean actor back in the 1960s. Television viewers may remember him best for his portrayal of former astronaut Maurice Minnifield on Northern Exposure, for which he received an Emmy nomination. To moviegoers he's best remembered as the General in WarGames, John Travolta's uncle in Urban Cowboy.

He also starred appeared Godless. (2005), No Country for Old Men (2007) and In the Valley of Elah (2007).

Filmography

• The House of Terror (2008)
• The Hill (2008)
• Lake City (2007)
• In the Valley of Elah (2007)
• "The Closer" (2 episodes, 2007)
• Trail End (2007)
• "One Tree Hill" (78 episodes, 2003-2007)
• No Country for Old Men (2007)
• A Death in the Woods (2007)
• Beautiful Dreamer (2006)
• Hidden Places (2006)
• Alien Express (2005)
• The Dukes of Hazzard (2005)
• Godless. (2005)
• River's End (2005)
• Yesterday's Dreams (2005)
• Hope Ranch (2004)
• Blackwater Elegy (2003)
• Tin Can Shinny (2003)
• Dunsmore (2003)
• Monte Walsh (2003)
• Timequest (2002)
• "Going to California" (1 episode, 2002)
• "Reba" (1 episode, 2002)
• Waitin' to Live (2002)
• Race to Space (2001)
• Command & Conquer: Yuri's Revenge (2001)
• Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2 (2001)
• No One Can Hear You (2001)
• The Journeyman (2001)
• "Mysterious Ways" (1 episode, 2001)
• Crossfire Trail (2001)
• The Gristle (2001)
• Clover Bend (2001)
• "Walker, Texas Ranger" (1 episode, 1999)
• "Chicken Soup for the Soul" (1 episode, 1999)
• Held Up (1999)
• Sealed with a Kiss (1999)
• Judgment Day: The Ellie Nesler Story (1999)
• A Face to Kill for (1999)
• "The Outer Limits" (1 episode, 1999)
• "King of the Hill" (1 episode, 1999)
• "The Drew Carey Show" (2 episodes, 1998)
• "JAG" (1 episode, 1998)
• "Spin City" (1 episode, 1998)
• "The Closer" (1 episode, 1998)
• "The Magnificent Seven" (1 episode, 1998)
• Command & Conquer: Red Alert - Retaliation (1998)
• The Hired Heart (1997)
• Columbo: A Trace of Murder (1997)
• "Ink" (1 episode, 1997)
• KKND: Krush, Kill 'N Destroy (1997)
• The Fanatics (1997)
• Steven Spielberg's Director's Chair (1996)
• Curdled (1996)
• Solo (1996)
• "The Big Easy" (1996)
• My Son Is Innocent (1996)
• "Ellen" (1 episode, 1996)
• Kiss and Tell (1996) (TV)
• The Pandora Directive (1996)
• Deadly Family Secrets (1995)
• "Murphy Brown" (1 episode, 1995)
• "Northern Exposure" (108 episodes, 1990-1995)
• Virus (1995)
• "Raising Caines" (1995)
• Siringo (1994)
• The Keys (1992)
• Conagher (1991)
• Career Opportunities (1991)
• The Chase (1991)
• The Hot Spot (1990)
• Ghost Dad (1990)
• Last Flight Out (1990)
• Short Time (1990)
• Spooner (1989)
• "The Famous Teddy Z" (2 episodes, 1989)
• Red King, White Knight (1989)
• "Amen" (1 episode, 1989)
• I Know My First Name Is Steven (1989)
• "Designing Women" 2 (1 episode, 1989)
• "Lonesome Dove" (1989)
• Who's Harry Crumb? (1989)
• "Disneyland" (1 episode, 1988)
• The People Across the Lake (1988)
• Secret Witness (1988)
• It Takes Two (1988)
• Critters 2: The Main Course (1988)
• Permanent Record (1988)
• Stranger on My Land (1988)
• Man Against the Mob (1988)
• Off the Mark (1987)
• Under Cover (1987)
• Young Harry Houdini (1987)
• "Spies" (1987)
• "Matlock" (2 episodes, 1987)
• "Murder, She Wrote" (1 episode, 1987)
• LBJ: The Early Years (1987)
• Warm Hearts, Cold Feet (1987)
• Shelley Duvall Presents: American Tall Tales and Legends: John Henry (1987)
• Hard Traveling (1986)
• Nothing in Common (1986)
• C.A.T. Squad (1986)
• What Comes Around (1986)
• "The Twilight Zone" (1 episode, 1986)
• "The A-Team" (1 episode, 1986)
• Under Siege (1986)
• The Defiant Ones (1986)
• Firefighter (1986)
• "Washingtoon" (1985)
• My Science Project (1985)
• A Death in California (1985)
• "Tall Tales and Legends" (1 episode, 1985)
• The Ratings Game (1984)
• Fatal Vision (1984)
• The Jesse Owens Story (1984)
• "Dallas" (9 episodes, 1979-1985)
• "The Duck Factory" (1 episode, 1984)
• Flight 90: Disaster on the Potomac (1984)
• "Hill Street Blues" (1 episode, 1984)
• The Man Who Loved Women (1983)
• "Boone" (1 episode, 1983)
• "Tucker's Witch" (1 episode, 1983)
• WarGames (1983)
• Travis McGee (1983)
• "The Thorn Birds" (1983)
• Honkytonk Man (1982)
• Bus Stop (1982)
• The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (1982)
• Six Pack (1982)
• The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez (1982)
• Prime Suspect (1982)
• Fantasies (1982)
• "Hart to Hart" (1 episode, 1981)
• Dead & Buried (1981)
• The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia (1981)
• Bitter Harvest (1981)
• Murder in Texas (1981)
• The Killing of Randy Webster (1981)
• This House Possessed (1981)
• "M*A*S*H" (1 episode, 1981)
• Any Which Way You Can (1980)
• Stir Crazy (1980)
• Rage! (1980)
• Urban Cowboy (1980)
• "NBC Special Treat" (1 episode, 1976)