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Barry Corbin

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Biography

Born on Oct. 16, 1940 in Lamesa, Texas, and raised in Dawson County, Texas, Corbin's parents were a successful lawyer and an elementary school…more

Born

10/16/1940, Lamesa, TX, USA

Birth Name

Leonard Barrie Corbin

Gender

Male

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Star (9)

Role
- One Tree Hill
  Coach "Whitey" Durham
  - S 4: Ep 21 All of a Sudden I Miss Everyone
    6/13/07
  - S 4: Ep 20 The Birth and Death of the Day
    6/6/07
  - S 4: Ep 19 Ashes of Dreams You Let Die
    5/30/07
  - S 4: Ep 18 The Runaway Found
    5/16/07
  - S 4: Ep 17 It Gets the Worst at Night
    5/9/07
  - + 81 More Credits
- One Tree Hill
  Coach "Whitey" Durham (Season 1-4; recurring otherwise)
  - S 2: Ep 11 The Heart Brings You Back
    1/25/05
- The Big Easy
  Sheriff C.D. LeBlanc
  - S 2: Ep 13 The Black Bag
    10/12/97
  - S 2: Ep 12 Shrimp Stew
    10/5/97
  - S 2: Ep 11 End of the World
    9/28/97
  - S 2: Ep 10 Begirled
    9/21/97
  - S 2: Ep 9 Son o' McSwain
    9/7/97
  - + 31 More Credits
- Northern Exposure
  Maurice J. Minnifield
  - S 6: Ep 23 Tranquility Base
    7/26/95
  - S 6: Ep 22 Let's Dance
    7/19/95
  - S 6: Ep 21 Ursa Minor
    7/12/95
  - S 6: Ep 20 Buss Stop
    4/24/95
  - S 6: Ep 19 Balls
    4/6/95
  - + 99 More Credits
- Man Against the Mob
  Big Mac McCleary
- Washingtoon
  Senator Bunky Muntner
  - S 1: Ep 10 10
    11/27/85
  - S 1: Ep 8 8
    10/2/85
  - S 1: Ep 6 6
    9/18/85
  - S 1: Ep 5 5
    9/11/85
  - S 1: Ep 1 Episode #1
    8/15/85
  - + 5 More Credits
- Boone
  Merit Sawyer
  - S 1: Ep 13 The Runaway
    8/11/84
  - S 1: Ep 12 The Front Line
    8/4/84
  - S 1: Ep 11 Hard to Get
    7/28/84
  - S 1: Ep 10 Words and Music
    12/12/83
  - S 1: Ep 9 The Audition
    12/5/83
  - + 8 More Credits
- Spies
  Thomas Brady
  - — Radar Love
  - — The Game's Not Over, 'Til The Fat Lady Sings
  - S 1: Ep 3 Baby
- Raising Caines
  Star
  - S 1: Ep 7 Up All Night
  - S 1: Ep 6 Science
  - S 1: Ep 5 Tested
  - S 1: Ep 4 The Goldfish
  - S 1: Ep 3 Fathers and Daughters
  - + 2 More Credits
Recurring Role (2)

Role
- One Tree Hill
  Coach "Whitey" Durham
  - S 5: Ep 5 I Forgot to Remember to Forget
    1/29/08
- Dallas
  Sheriff Fenton Washburn
  - S 7: Ep 30 End Game
    5/18/84
  - S 6: Ep 28 Ewing Inferno
    5/6/83
  - S 6: Ep 27 Penultimate
    4/29/83
  - S 5: Ep 2 Gone, But Not Forgotten
    10/16/81
  - S 5: Ep 1 Missing Heir
    10/9/81
  - + 4 More Credits
Guest Star (40)

Role
- Modern Family
  Merle Tucker
  - S 3: Ep 20 The Last Walt
    4/18/12
- Army Wives
  Guss
  - S 6: Ep 1a Winds Of War
    3/4/12
- The Unit
  Carson
  - S 4: Ep 14 The Last Nazi
    2/15/09
  - S 4: Ep 11 Switchblade
    12/21/08
- TMZ
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 1 Episode #2.001
    9/8/08
- Psych
  Billy Joe Bamford
  - S 3: Ep 6 There Might Be Blood
    8/22/08
- Celebrity Poker Showdown
  Himself
  - S 7: Ep 2 Tournament 7 Game 2
    10/20/05
- Unscripted
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 5 Unscripted 05
    1/23/05
- Going to California
  Sheriff Mathers
  - S 1: Ep 20 The West Texas Round-up And Other Assorted Misdemeanors
    2/14/02
- Reba
  JV, Reba's father
  - S 1: Ep 11 Meet the Parents
    1/18/02
- Mysterious Ways
  Professor Rudy Sullivan
  - S 1: Ep 21 Do You See What I See?
    2/6/01
- Walker, Texas Ranger
  Ben Crowder
  - S 8: Ep 8 Widow Maker
    11/13/99
- Chicken Soup for the Soul (1999)
  Doctor
  - S 1: Ep 8 Pitch/Dance Night/Attitude, One of Life's Choices/Grass/Goodwill...
    10/12/99
- Spin City
  Peter Nolan
  - S 3: Ep 20 That's Entertainment
    3/16/99
- The Outer Limits
  Carlton Powers
  - S 5: Ep 6 Joyride
    2/26/99
- King of The Hill
  Fire Chief
  - S 3: Ep 10 A Firefighting We Will Go
    1/12/99
- The Drew Carey Show
  Chuck Fifer
  - S 4: Ep 7 Nicki's Wedding
    11/4/98
  - S 3: Ep 18 Nicki's Parents
    2/25/98
- JAG
  Percival Bertram
  - S 4: Ep 6 Act of Terror
    10/27/98
- Spin City
  Peter Noland
  - S 3: Ep 4 The Deer Hunter
    10/13/98
- The Closer (1998)
  Angus Clayton
  - S 1: Ep 1 Pilot
    2/23/98
- The Magnificent Seven
  Wickes
  - S 1: Ep 4 Working Girls
    1/17/98
- Columbo
  Clifford Calvert
  - S 10: Ep 11 A Trace of Murder
    5/15/97
- Ink
  Dylan Montgomery
  - S 1: Ep 17 The Fighting Irish
    4/7/97
- Ellen
  Jack Penney
  - S 3: Ep 20 A Penney Saved...
    3/13/96
- Murphy Brown
  Richard Cooper
  - S 8: Ep 8 Bad Company
    11/6/95
- Live! with Kelly
  Himself
  - S 4: Ep 211 July 7, 1992
    7/7/92
- The Famous Teddy Z
  Zed Westhymer
  - S 1: Ep 9 A Case of Murder
    11/27/89
  - S 1: Ep 3 Bobby the Chimp
    10/2/89
- Amen
  Capt. King
  - S 4: Ep 10 You're in the Army Now (Part 1)
    11/25/89
- Designing Women
  Norvelle 'Bud' Frazier
  - S 3: Ep 18 Come On and Marry Me, Bill
    4/10/89
- Davy Crockett
  Jimmy Crockett
  - S 3: Ep 2 A Natural Man
    12/18/88
- Matlock
  Col. Steven McRae
  - S 1: Ep 20 The Court-Martial (2)
    2/24/87
  - S 1: Ep 19 The Court-Martial (1)
    2/17/87
- Murder, She Wrote
  Lt. Lou Flannigan
  - S 3: Ep 15 The Bottom Line Is Murder
    2/15/87
- The Twilight Zone (1985)
  Pete Siekovich
  - S 1: Ep 48 Dead Run
    2/21/86
- The A-Team
  Kincaid
  - S 4: Ep 17 Waiting for Insane Wayne
    2/18/86
- The Duck Factory
  Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 5 The Way We Weren't
    5/10/84
- Hill Street Blues
  Monty Tasco
  - S 4: Ep 18 The Count of Monty Tasco
    3/8/84
- Tucker's Witch
  Ted Lomax
  - S 1: Ep 12 Murder Is the Key
    7/9/83
- Thorn Birds
  Pete
  - S 1: Ep 2 Episode 2
    3/28/83
  - S 1: Ep 1 Episode 1
    3/27/83
- American Playhouse
  Abernathy
  - S 1: Ep 25 The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez
    6/29/82
- Hart To Hart
  Sheriff Bud Williams
  - S 3: Ep 20 Hart, Line And Sinker
    3/30/82
- M*A*S*H
  Sergeant Joe Vickers
  - S 9: Ep 7 Your Retention Please
    1/5/81
Special Guest Star (2)

Role
- The Closer
  Clay Johnson
  - S 7: Ep 13 Relative Matters
    12/12/11
  - S 6: Ep 14 Living Proof (2)
    12/27/10
  - S 6: Ep 13 Living Proof (1)
    12/20/10
  - S 5: Ep 12 Waivers of Extradition
    8/24/09
  - S 4: Ep 15 Double Blind
    2/23/09
  - + 7 More Credits
- One Tree Hill
  Coach "Whitey" Durham
  - S 6: Ep 24 Remember Me As a Time of Day
    5/18/09

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- Barry was nominated in 1995 for a SAG Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series for Northern Exposure.
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- Because of his full time working schedule on "Northern Exposure", Barry barely had time to work on other projects, however, he managed to make two made-for-TV westerns in between, "Siringo", and a successful TNT's production called "Conagher".
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- Barry starred in a TV series called Boone which also stared fellow Northern Exposure cast member Janine Turner (Maggie O'Connell.
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- (About shooting the season finale of Northern Exposure, 3.23 Cicely) Barry Corbin: They may put me on horseback the whole time, Which would be fine with me.
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- Barry Corbin: Somewhere in the back of my mind I figured I couldn't compete in films until I was older. At 25, you don't come out and try to replace Walter Brennan.
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- (About being named after James M. Barrie - Author of Peter Pan) Barry Corbin: I never could get my mother to tell me why.
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