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...
Known For
Complete Filmography

Sod and Stubble
2025
The adventures and adversities of a family pioneering on the plains of Kansas. Based on the best-selling biography by John Ise.

Killers of the Flower Moon
2023
as Undertaker Turton
When oil is discovered in 1920s Oklahoma under Osage Nation land, the Osage people are murdered one by one—until the FBI steps in to unravel the myste...

The Bay House
2022
as Cowden Brooks
A career politician loses his election in the wake of scandal and is forced to face his family for the wreckage of his past.

Funny Thing About Love
2021
as Grandpa Joe
Samantha Banks is a successful businesswoman with a lawyer boyfriend. But over one crazy Thanksgiving week with her scheming family, her whole world i...

Magic Max
2021
as Grismer
After a tragic loss of both parents, 11-year-old Tim Hart is forced to live with his immensely immature Uncle Max, a second rate magician. and who, wi...

Star Trek: First Frontier
2020
as John April
The story of the initial launch of the Starship USS Enterprise in 2245 under the command of Captain Robert April with his wife, Commander Sarah April.

Eminence Hill
2019
as Noah
A trail of revenge leads a notorious killer and a lawman to a town of fanatics.

The Margarita Man
2019
as Chief Doyle
A young latino man, who fears he will grow up to be like his working class father, goes to college where his love for the party gets him cut off finan...

Trading Paint
2019
as Sheriff Buck Taylor
A stock car racing legend is drawn back to the dirt track when his son, an aspiring driver, joins a rival racing team.

The Valley
2018
as Gary
Devastated by his daughter's suicide, an immigrant entrepreneur working in high-tech seeks answers to his lingering questions.

Brimming with Love
2018
as Walter
Allie is an aspiring journalist who meets Sam, a coffee shop owner who plays matchmaker for his customers. Allie agrees to be matched but going though...

Farmer of the Year
2018
as Hap
When Hap Anderson, a widowed 83-year-old Minnesota farmer that thinks he's still quite the ladies' man, sells his family farm, he finds himself adrift...

An American in Texas
2017
as Larry Korchinsky
Based on a true story, and set in late 1990 against the backdrop of the first gulf war, An American in Texas is the story of lifelong friends as they ...

Ay Lav Yu Tuu
2017
as Danny Brown

All Saints
2017
as Forrest
Michael Spurlock decides to trade in his corporate sales career to become a pastor. Unfortunately, his first assignment is to close a country church a...

Mountain Top
2017
as Sam Miller
A lawyer-turned-preacher living in a small Appalachian town is pursued by an eccentric man to represent him in court. Now involved in a case that ties...

New Life
2016
as Oscar
Benjamin Morton's life changed forever the day he met the little girl next door. Ava was and always would be the girl of his dreams. From the innocen...

Windsor
2016
as Gil Denton
Six high school seniors and their beloved local hero search for a graceful exit from a struggling small town.

Last Man Club
2016
as Pete Williams
A WW2 veteran destined for life in a retirement home escapes his difficult family situation and embarks on a cross country adventure to find the last ...

Christmas in the Smokies
2015
as Wade Haygood
Christmas in the Smokies is a modern day Christmas classic set in the beautiful Smoky Mountains. It tells the story of one family's journey to save th...

Urban Cowboy: The Rise and Fall of Gilley's
2015
as Self
A chronicle of the cultural phenomenon sparked by the 1980 film Urban Cowboy and its inspiration, Gilley's.

Diving With The Dinosaur Fish
2014
as Narrator
The hunt for a mythic animal once thought to have been extinct for 65 million years: the coelacanth. It can be found 120 metres beneath the ocean off ...

Planes: Fire & Rescue
2014
as Ol' Jammer (voice)
When world-famous air racer Dusty learns that his engine is damaged and he may never race again, he must shift gears and is launched into the world of...

The Homesman
2014
as Buster Shaver
When three women living on the edge of the American frontier are driven mad by harsh pioneer life, the task of saving them falls to the pious, indepen...

The Hitchhiker
2014
as Leonard
A parody of The Twilight Zone, satirizing the tropes of 1960s science fiction from a modern day perspective. In 1959, Nancy Adams, "twenty-something,"...

Dawn of the Crescent Moon
2014
as Cyrus
A group of college students travel to a small Texas town to research the Legend of Blood Lake, an obscure folktale forged by events surrounding the ho...

Beyond the Farthest Star
2013
as Chief Burns
A twist of fate brings the national spotlight to a forgotten Texas town and a once famous preacher has an opportunity to regain his former glory or se...

This Is Where We Live
2013
as Bode Warden
A struggling family’s dynamics are challenged and a unique friendship is born when a small-town Texas handyman becomes caregiver to their son with cer...

Shadow on the Mesa
2013
as Jake Rawlins
Wes Rawlins is considered one of the best bounty hunters in the West. His life changes when he finds out that his mother is dead and the man responsib...

Born Wild
2012
as Ray Jennings
After being released from prison for the murder of a fellow biker; CJ returns to his hometown to confront his former gang. However; he arrives to find...

The Man Who Shook the Hand of Vicente Fernandez
2012
as Walker
Rex is an old man who is bitter about never becoming famous and having lived a life without any meaning. After suffering a stroke, he ends up in a nur...

Ghoul
2012
as Grandfather
In the tradition of Stephen King’s Stand by Me, Chiller’s original film Ghoul – based on the celebrated novel by author Brian Keene — tells the story ...

Universal Squadrons
2011
as Deakin
Captain Lance Deakin has returned home after serving his country in Iraq. In his civilian life, he is a Texan ranch handler who lives with his partner...

Redemption: For Robbing the Dead
2011
as Judge Smith
For Robbing the Dead is a story of compassion - compassion toward those who may seem the least deserving of Christian love. It follows the story of He...

Sedona
2011
as Les
A soul-searching comedic adventure set among famous red rocks and vortexes of Sedona, Arizona, visitors to the mystical town encounter eccentric chara...

Feed the Fish
2011
as Axel Andersen
Follows the journey of Joe Peterson, a burned out children's book writer who's approaching a midlife crisis.

Valley of the Sun
2011
as Gene Taggart
Andy Taggert set out for Hollywood to pursue acting, but years later finds himself working in adult films. Disillusioned and trapped, Andy walks off t...
The Next Door Neighbor
2011
as Judge Rodgers
A lonely woman begins to suspect her apartment neighbor is an unstable and obsessive voyeur but only after she begins to date him.

Rising Stars
2010
as Farmer
Challenged with creating songs and music videos, three musical acts find more than their futures on the line when the competition gets fierce and thei...

Ben 10 Alien Swarm
2010
as Grandpa Max Tennyson
Ben and a mysterious girl from his past must prevent an alien threat from destroying the world.

NoNAMES
2010
as Ed
About a tight group of friends living in a small, forgotten, Wisconsin town. The story revolves around Kevin and his fight to find a new life for hims...

Bloodworth
2010
as Itchy
E.F. Bloodworth has returned to his home - a forgotten corner of Tennessee - after forty years of roaming. The wife he walked out on has withered and ...

That Evening Sun
2009
as Thurl Chessor
An aging Tennessee farmer returns to his homestead and must confront a family betrayal, the reappearance of an old enemy, and the loss of his farm.

Not Since You
2009
as Uncle Dennis
A romantic drama about a tight-knit group of college friends who graduated from NYU the year of 9/11 and reunite years later for a weekend wedding in ...

Wyvern
2009
as Haas
The residents of a small Alaskan town find themselves under attack by a flying reptile known in medieval mythology as a Wyvern. It has thawed from its...

Beer for My Horses
2008
as Buck Baker
"Beer for My Horses" tells the story of two best friends that work together as deputies in a small town. The two defy the Sheriff and head off on an o...

Lake City
2008
as George
In this searing Southern drama, a mother and son reunite under desperate circumstances years after a family tragedy drove them far apart.

In the Valley of Elah
2007
as Arnold Bickman
A career officer and his wife work with a police detective to uncover the truth behind their son's disappearance following his return from a tour of d...

No Country for Old Men
2007
as Ellis
Llewelyn Moss stumbles upon dead bodies, $2 million and a hoard of heroin in a Texas desert, but methodical killer Anton Chigurh comes looking for it,...

The Grand
2007
as Jimminy 'Lucky' Faro
The Grand is in the tradition of improvisational comedies like Best In Show and This Is Spinal Tap. The story is set in the world of professional poke...

Waitin' to Live
2006
as Buford Pike
Murdered because he refused to sell his land to a greedy opportunist, Bucko Cassidy (Lee Majors) returns as a ghost to help his grown son, Junior (Der...

Beautiful Dreamer
2006
as Grandpa
Claire Kelly was sure her world had been torn apart forever when the love of her life, a B-24 pilot, is shot down over Europe during World War II and ...

Hidden Places
2006
as Sheriff
A drama about a young widow who finds a guardian angel in the form of a hobo who comes to her rural community looking for work.

Alien Express
2005
as Senator Frank Rawlings
A new super train is built when a meteorite crashes near by, releasing a tiny creature. Once it kills and consumes everyone on board the train, it beg...

Yesterday's Dreams
2005
as Pastor
Yesterday's Dreams is the story about a lonely 40-year-old septic tank cleaner who lives with his abusive father, yet yearns to meet a woman to settle...

River's End
2005
as Sheriff 'Buster' Watkins
Corbin plays a fictional Menard County sheriff who uses country savvy and cowboy logic to straighten out his angry teen-aged grandson, Clay, a high sc...

The Gristle
2004
as Senator Dorm
Multiculturalism reaches the depths of the criminal underworld as eight diverse con men must learn to work together to pull off a heist that's anythin...

Dunsmore
2003
as Sheriff Breen
An investigator from the state attorney general's office is sent to a small Southern town to investigate a strange murder.

Timequest
2003
as Lyndon Johnson
A story about a man who travels back in time to Fort Worth, Texas on Novemeber 22, 1963 and prevents the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.

Monte Walsh
2003
as Bob the Storekeeper
Monte Walsh and Chet Rollins are long-time cowhands, working whatever ranch work comes their way, but "nothing they can't do from a horse." Their live...

Hope Ranch
2002
as Shorty
J.T. Hope, a former police officer and marine, owner of a ranch called "Circle Hope Ranch" decides to start a program for troubled teens on his ranch ...

Clover Bend
2002
as Cotton Clayton
When an L.A. cop gets called to a crime scene on his anniversary, he is forced into a shootout that leaves both a criminal and his hostage dead. Soon ...

Drive-In Movie Memories
2001
A nostalgic, informative history of drive-in movie theaters, featuring extensive archival photographs and interviews with Leonard Maltin, John Bloom, ...

The Journeyman
2001
as Charlie Ledbetter
In the Wild West at the turn of the century, two young brothers watch as their Grandpa is gunned down in cold blood. The desperados kidnap the older b...

Crossfire Trail
2001
as Sheriff Walter Moncrief
Rafe Covington is as good as his word, and he's determined to keep his promise to a dying man that he'll look after the man's widow and Wyoming ranch....

No One Can Hear You
2001
as Sheriff Joe Webster
Families are dying and reporter Trish (Kelly McGillis) finds herself reporting on a serial killing spree. After her daughter Lisa's (Kate Elliott) bes...

Held Up
1999
as Pembry
What should have been a romantic getaway turns into one hilarious debacle after another when Michael's woman dumps him in the desert where he gets car...

Sealed with a Kiss
1999
as Wink 'Pop' Blake
Bennett, who's engaged to his boss's daughter, just lost a major client for his company. When a letter meant for someone else is accidentally mailed t...

Judgment Day: The Ellie Nesler Story
1999
as Tony
Fact-based story about a Bible-quoting woman who in 1990 murdered a camp counselor, whom she learned molested her 7 year old son. Seeking revenge, she...

A Face to Kill for
1999
as Frank Hadley
Accomplished horse trainer is deceived by her husband, unfairly sent to prison, and she re-makes herself and eventually gains revenge.

The Hired Heart
1997
as Mike Hadley
A small-town, country doctor has been a widow for two years but is still in love with her dead husband, Michael. Despite the best efforts of her fathe...

The Fumbleheads
1997
as Robert Blister
When his town's beloved football team, the Buzzards, moves out of state, diehard fan Charlie confronts the team's greedy owner. With the help of his n...

Curdled
1996
as Lodger
Gabriela, a Colombian immigrant, is obsessed with understanding violent crime. The current string of murders by "The Blue Blood Killer" of affluent Mi...

Solo
1996
as General Clyde Haynes
An android fighting-machine is charged with destroying a small brigade of rebels in a Latin American war who are fighting to maintain their freedom an...

My Son Is Innocent
1996
as Dan Pendleton
After a brutal nighttime attack on a woman alone in her suburban home, police investigators zero in on teenager Eric Sutter. When the victim identifie...

Kiss and Tell
1996
as George Reed
A married and happy woman receives visit from someone who claims to be her husband’s mistress. It’s the end of paradise.

Deadly Family Secrets
1995
as Mr. Potter
A New York executive, Martha, witnesses a murder and discovers that the killer is her new brother-in-law. When her sister is nearly killed and her sis...

Siringo
1995
as Marshall John Llewellyn
The Deputy Marshall tracks down an escaped convict along with a young deputy and the help of a former prostitute.

Virus
1995
as Dr. Clayman
Who could have deliberately released a rare and deadly African plague that is now spreading uncontrollably throughout America's largest urban areas? A...

Moon Shot
1994
as Narrator / Deke Slayton (voice)
The inside story of America's race to the moon.

The Keys
1992
as Buckaloo
Brothers, shipped off by their divorced New York mom to live with their businessman dad in the Florida Keys, find him caught up in a land war against ...

Conagher
1991
as Charlie McCloud, Stage Driver
Mrs. Evie Teale is struggling to stay alive while raising her two children alone on a remote homestead. Conn Conagher is an honest, hardworking cowboy...

Career Opportunities
1991
as Officer Don
Josie, the daughter of the town's wealthiest businessman, faces problems at home and wishes to leave town but is disoriented. Her decision is finalize...

The Chase
1991
as Wallis
In Denver, a fleeing bank robber kills a cop and kidnaps an old man to hold as a hostage. He is chased by the police and a news helicopter, which film...

The Hot Spot
1990
as Sheriff
Upon arriving to a small town, a drifter quickly gets into trouble with the local authorities — and the local women — after he robs a bank.

Ghost Dad
1990
as Mr. Emery Collins
Elliot Hopper, a widower with three children, is working on a business deal to get his family out of financial straits when he is suddenly killed in a...
Last Flight Out
1990
as Capt. Bob Berg
Fact based story set in Saigon in April, 1975 shortly after the US combat troops have withdrawn and immediately before the Communist forces over run t...

Short Time
1990
as Captain
As a result of a misdiagnosis, Detective Burt Simpson is told he has just weeks to live. He gains a new respect for his life and loved ones but learns...

Red King, White Knight
1989
as Bentick
The CIA hears of a KGB scheme to assassinate the Soviet General Secretary and enlists Stoner, an agent retired for 10 years, to go to Russia to invest...

Who's Harry Crumb?
1989
as P.J. Downing
Harry Crumb is a bumbling and inept private investigator who is hired to solve the kidnapping of a young heiress which he's not expected to solve beca...

The People Across the Lake
1988
as Malcolm Bryce
In an effort to get away from the city and all its crime, Chuck Yoman and his family move to a big old house in a peaceful lakeside town. The discover...

It Takes Two
1988
as George Lawrence
Travis is due to marry Stephanie in a few days when he is convinced by beautiful saleswoman Jonni to buy a fancy sports car. The car looks good, but i...

Critters 2
1988
as Harv
Three bounty hunters from space fly back to the town of Grovers Bend, hoping to save local residents from a new batch of Critter eggs.

Permanent Record
1988
as Jim Sinclair
David Sinclair seems to have everything going for him: he's smart, musically talented, and very successful. To top off his senior year in high school,...

Stranger on My Land
1988
as Gil
A Vietnam veteran has to fight peacefully with words once more when the Air Force wants to expropriate his ranch for the construction of an air base.

Man Against the Mob
1988
as Big Mac McCleary
In 1930s Los Angeles, a police detective leads an elite squad against a vicious organized crime ring.

Under Cover
1987
as Sergeant Irwin Lee
A cop goes undercover in a South Carolina high school. With the help of a local narcotics officer, he investigates the drug ring responsible for anoth...

Off the Mark
1987
as Walt Warner / Jenell's Pa
A teenaged boy's family once hosted a Russian exchange student in their home for a year. Several years later, as adults, the two find themselves compe...

Young Harry Houdini
1987
as Elmore
This biographical movie depicts the youth of the magician Harry Houdini (1874 - 1926). As a boy his name was Eric Weiss and his father wanted him to b...

LBJ: The Early Years
1987
as Judge Alvin J. Wirtz
LBJ: The Early Years was a television movie that appeared on the NBC network in February 1987, depicting the life of former President of the United St...

Warm Hearts, Cold Feet
1987
as Max
The Byrds are a young couple both working as reporters but for different newspapers. When Mike invents the story of how they had the idea to make a ba...

John Henry
1986
as Mr. Jenkins
The story follow legendary railroad worker John Henry during the late 19th century.

Firefighter
1986
as Capt. Johnson
Cindy Fralic (Nancy McKeon) plans to become a Los Angeles County firefighter. However, in the 60-year history of the department, no woman has ever pas...

Nothing in Common
1986
as Andrew Woolridge
A successful advertising executive finds his freewheeling life crashing to a halt when his parents end their longtime marriage.

C.A.T. Squad
1986
as The Director
When terrorists start killing scientists who are working on NATO's laser defense program, an elite team, the Counter Assault Tactical (C.A.T.) Squad, ...

Under Siege
1986
Terrorists launch an attack against the USA. Their first strike is by a suicide squad that detonates a truckload of explosives at an army base in Wash...

Hard Traveling
1986
as Frank Burton
Set during the Depression, Dan Bessie's film (based on a novel by his father Alvah) stars Ellen Geer as a widow who begins a romance with an uneducate...

The Defiant Ones
1986
as Floyd Carpenter
Monroe and 'Joker' Johnson are two prisoners who despise each other. But after their prison transport crashes, they manage to escape chained to each o...

My Science Project
1985
as Lew Harlan
His high school teacher issues an ultimatum: turn in a science project or flunk. So Mike Harlan scavenges a military base's junk pile for a suitable g...

What Comes Around
1985
as Leon Redden
Country singer Joe Hawkins must fight both drug addiction and his unscrupulous manager to get back on his feet.

The Ratings Game
1984
as Colonel
A New Jersey trucker creates a hit TV show with help from his girlfriend in the ratings business.

The Jesse Owens Story
1984
as Judge
The Jesse Owens Story is a biographical film about the black athlete Jesse Owens. Dorian Harewood plays the Olympic gold-winning athlete. The drama wo...

Flight 90: Disaster on the Potomac
1984
as Burt Hamilton
Flight 90: Disaster on the Potomac is a true story based on the crash of Air Florida flight 90 on January 13, 1982 in Washington D.C. This movie follo...

The Man Who Loved Women
1983
as Roy Carr
A womanizing sculptor seeks help from a psychiatrist to cure him of his obsession with women.

The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez
1983
as B. R. Abernathy
Forced to run from Texas Rangers after a heated misunderstanding leads to the death of a lawman, Mexican American farmer Gregorio Cortez sets off in d...

WarGames
1983
as General Beringer
High school student David Lightman has a talent for hacking. But while trying to hack into a computer system to play unreleased video games, he unwitt...

Travis McGee
1983
as Sheriff Hack Ames
Travis McGee is a world-weary private eye trying to help boat skipper friend Van Harder salvage his reputation that sank when his boat ran aground, re...

Honkytonk Man
1982
as Arnspriger
During the Great Depression, a young boy leaves his family's Oklahoma farm to travel with his country musician uncle who is trying out for the Grand O...

Bus Stop
1982
as Virgil Blessing
The story is set in a diner in rural Kansas, about 25 miles west of Kansas City, Missouri during a snowstorm from which bus passengers must take shelt...

The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
1982
as C.J.
When a big TV crusader Melvin P. Thorpe threatens to expose the Chicken Ranch to public scandal and close it down, Miss Mona doesn't go down without a...

Six Pack
1982
as Sheriff
Stopping briefly in a small Texas town, an itinerant race car driver finds that his stock car, on a trailer behind his motor home, has just been quick...

Prime Suspect
1982
as Bob Austin
A respectable businessman becomes the prime suspect in the abduction and murder of several young girls. He is hounded by the media and disowned by his...

Fantasies
1982
as Naylor
A crazed killer stalks the cast of a television soap-opera.

A Few Days at Weasel Creek
1981
as Gus Lobell
Serio-comic road movie about a feisty girl who sets out for California and hitches a ride for herself and her house trailer with a runaway farm boy an...

The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia
1981
as Wimbish
An aspiring country singer and his feisty younger sister/manager struggle to reach their dreams of Nashville stardom-as long as she can keep her broth...

Dead & Buried
1981
as Phil
After a series of gory murders commited by mobs of townspeople against visiting tourists, the corpses appear to be coming back to life and living norm...

Bitter Harvest
1981
as Dr. Agajanian
A farmer's herd sickens and dies, then his family and neighbors fall ill, so he bucks the state agricultural establishment as he pursues the political...

The Killing of Randy Webster
1981
as Nick Hanson
When his teenage son is shot by the Houston police following a stolen van chase, his father undertakes a tireless investigation into the truth and unc...

This House Possessed
1981
as Lt. Fletcher
A sinister force permeating a secluded mountain estate convinces the nurse/companion of rock star Parker Stevenson, who has had a nervous collapse, th...

Any Which Way You Can
1980
as Fat Zack
Philo takes part in a bare knuckle fight – as he does – to make more money than he can earn from his car repair business. He decides to retire, but wh...

Stir Crazy
1980
as Warden Walter Beatty
New Yorkers Skip Donahue and Harry Monroe have no jobs and no prospects, so they decide to flee the city and find work elsewhere, landing jobs wearing...

Rage!
1980
as Resident #5
In an attempt to be rehabilitated, a rapist goes to therapy while in prison.

Urban Cowboy
1980
as Uncle Bob
After moving to Pasadena, Texas, country boy Bud Davis starts hanging around a bar called Gilley's, where he falls in love with Sissy, a cowgirl who b...

The Super Cops
1974
as Onlooker on Ladder (uncredited)
The true story of two New York City cops. Greenberg & Hantz fought the system, became detectives and were known on the streets as "Batman & Ro...

The Dilemma
N/A
as Gerald
Sean and Michelle are brother and sister with a strained relationship. After years apart, they must come together to decide how to deliver some devast...

El Tonto Por Cristo
N/A
as Terry Don
A monk in a monastery on the coast of Texas embraces the life of a holy fool.

Blind Logic: The Ralph R. Teetor Story
N/A
as Henry Spangler (voice)
The documentary follows the remarkable journey in America's heartland of automotive pioneer and visionary, Ralph R. Teetor.

The Pipeline
N/A
as Lester Galloway
Based on true stories surrounding the building of the Trans-Alaska Oil Pipeline; a woman, whose father dies, is left a trust fund tied to a mysterious...