Leonard Barrie Corbin (born October 16, 1940) is an American actor. [1] He is best known for his starring role as Maurice Minnifield on the television series Northern Exposure (1990–1995), which earned him two consecutive Primetime Emmy Award nominations.

Barry Corbin was born on October 16, 1940, in Lamesa, Dawson County, US. He was born to Kilmer Blain Corbin and Alma Corbin. His father is an attorney and mother is an elementary teacher. He has a brother, Kilmer Blaine Cornin Jr. and a sister Jane Corbin. He is of American nationality.

Barry Corbin. Actor: Tulsa King. Barry's full given name is Leonard Barrie Corbin, and he was born on October 16, 1940 in Lamesa, Texas, to Kilmer Blain Corbin, an attorney & TX State Senator, and Alma Corbin, an elementary school teacher. Barry and his wife Jo share a ranch in Fort Worth, Texas.

Leonard Barrie Corbin was born October 16, 1940, in the ranching and cotton town of Lamesa, sixty miles south of Lubbock. His paternal grandfather had moved to Lamesa from Lampasas in the twenties because he wanted to raise cotton and the land there looked good. “It was beautiful green country,” Barry says, “like the Garden of Eden.”

Barry Corbin ( Born Name: Leonard Barrie Corbin) is an eminent American actor. He is best known for his starring role on the television series Northern Exposure (1990–1995) as Maurice Minnifield. This earned him two consecutive Primetime Emmy Award nominations.