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 Barry Corbin as Whitey Durham |
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| Birth name | Leonard Barrie Corbin |
| Born | October 16 1940 Lamesa, Texas |
Leonard Barrie "Barry" Corbin (born October 16, 1940) is an American character actor with over 100 credits in film and television and several in computer games.
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Biography
Career
He began his career as a Shakespearean actor back in the 1960s, but today Barry is most likely to be seen in the role of the local sheriff, military leader, or other authority figure, though on occasion, he has effectively portrayed murderous villains as well. 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, or Roscoe Brown, who was July Johnson's bumbling deputy, in the acclaimed western Lonesome Dove. In 1994, Corbin narrated the acclaimed TBS documentary MoonShot, telling the story of the 1960s space race from the first-person viewpoint of Mercury Seven astronaut Deke Slayton. Currently, Corbin is a cast member of the teenage drama series One Tree Hill, where he portrays a basketball coach for the Tree Hill Ravens.
Personal life
Corbin was born in Lamesa, Texas, the son of Alma La Merle Scot (née Brooks), a school teacher, and Kilmer Blaine Corbin, a judge and Texas state senator (1948-1956).[1] A former United States Marine, Corbin studied theater at Texas Tech.[2] While many of his films have been westerns, Corbin's proficiency in the saddle is no act. Much of his spare time is spent riding on his small Texas ranch, and he has volunteered his time to charity rodeos for many years.
Filmography
Movies
- No Country for Old Men
- The Dukes of Hazzard
- The Hot Spot
- Who's Harry Crumb?
- Nothing in Common
- WarGames
- Stir Crazy
- The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
- Six Pack
- Urban Cowboy
- Moon Shot (narrated)
- Off the Mark
- My Science Project
Television
- Celebrity Poker Showdown
- Dallas
- Northern Exposure - Maurice Minnifield
- One Tree Hill - Coach Whitey Durham
- Reba - J.V McKinney
- Lonesome Dove miniseries - Roscoe Brown
- The Thorn Birds miniseries
- M*A*S*H - Sgt. Joe Vickers in episode "Your Retention, Please" (episode 907)
- Understanding - narrator for "Traffic" episode
- The Closer - Clay Johnson
Computer games
- Red Alert: Retaliation as General Ben Carville - This role was reprised in the sequel, Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2, where his role was drastically increased. The game also featured a number of cinematics spoofing his role in WarGames.
- Tex Murphy: The Pandora Directive as Jackson Cross - An NSA operative who kidnaps and threatens to kill the main character in his pursuit of an alien artifact.
