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| − | '''[[File:Barry_Corbin.jpg|thumb]]Leonard Barrie Corbin''', known as '''Barry Corbin''' (born October 16, 1940), is an [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States American] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Actor actor] with more than one hundred [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Film film], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Television television] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_game video game] credits.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-0">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Corbin#cite_note-0 [1]]</sup> He portrays [[Merle Tucker]] in [[Modern Family]] [[Season 3]]'s [[The Last Walt]]. |
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| − | ==Early life== |
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| − | Corbin was born in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lamesa,_Texas Lamesa], the seat of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dawson_County,_Texas Dawson County], south of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lubbock,_Texas Lubbock] in west [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas Texas]. He is the son of the former Alma LaMerle Scott (1918–1994), a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schoolteacher teacher], and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kilmer_B._Corbin Kilmer Blaine Corbin, Sr.] (1919–1993), a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/School_principal school principal], a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judge judge] and a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Party_%28United_States%29 Democratic] member of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_State_Senate Texas State Senate] for two terms from 1949-1957.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-1">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Corbin#cite_note-1 [2]]</sup> Corbin was named for author [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._M._Barrie J. M. Barrie] by his mom.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-statesman_2-0">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Corbin#cite_note-statesman-2 [3]]</sup> He played [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_football football] briefly in 8th grade, but soon moved to the arts, including acting and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ballet ballet] classes.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-statesman_2-1">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Corbin#cite_note-statesman-2 [3]]</sup> He graduated from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monterey_High_School_%28Lubbock,_Texas%29 Monterey High School]. Corbin studied [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theatre_arts theater arts] at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_Tech_University Texas Tech University] in Lubbock. At 21, he joined the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Marines United States Marines], served two years and then returned to Tech.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Northern_Exposure:_Barry_Corbin_bio_3-0">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Corbin#cite_note-Northern_Exposure:_Barry_Corbin_bio-3 [4]]</sup> |
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| − | ==Career== |
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| + | |Born = October 16, 1940 |
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| − | Corbin began his career as a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Shakespeare Shakespearean] actor in the 1960s, but today he is more likely to be seen in the role of the local sheriff, military leader, or some other authority figure, though on occasion, he has effectively portrayed murderous [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Villain villains] as well. To moviegoers he is well remembered as General Beringer in ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WarGames WarGames]'', [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Travolta John Travolta]'s uncle Bob Davis in ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urban_Cowboy Urban Cowboy]'', co-starring with Clint Eastwood in ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Any_Which_Way_You_Can Any Which Way You Can]'', or Roscoe Brown, who was July Johnson's bumbling deputy, in the acclaimed western ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lonesome_Dove Lonesome Dove]''. |
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| + | |Birthplace = Lamesa, Texas, USA |
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| + | |Character = [[Merle Tucker]] |
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| + | |Occupation = Actor |
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| + | |Years Active = 1960 - present}}'''Leonard Barrie Corbin''', known as '''Barry Corbin''', is an American actor with more than one hundred film, television and video game credits. He has appeared in both of the famous mechanical bull movies of 1980: ''Urban Cowboy'' and ''Stir Crazy''. |
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| + | He plays [[Merle Tucker]], [[Cam]]'s father. |
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| − | From 1979 until 1984 he appeared in several episodes of ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dallas_%28TV_series%29 Dallas]'' as Sheriff Fenton Washburn. In 1983, Corbin co-starred in the famed television mini-series ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Thorn_Birds The Thorn Birds]''. Corbin played Mary Carson's stock man "Pete", who teaches the Cleary's sons how to shear sheep on their aunt's gigantic sheep station Drogheda, in Australia. In 1983-1984, Corbin played Merit Sawyer in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NBC NBC] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Television_series television series] ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boone_%28TV_series%29 Boone]''. Corbin's role was that of a stern father to the young actor [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Byrd Tom Byrd], who played Boone Sawyer, an aspiring singer. The program was set in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rural rural] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tennessee Tennessee] during the 1950s and was created by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earl_Hamner Earl Hamner], who had great success earlier with CBS's ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Waltons The Waltons]''. From 1990 to 1995, Corbin portrayed former [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astronaut astronaut] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurice_Minnifield Maurice Minnifield] on CBS's ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Exposure Northern Exposure]'', for which he received an [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emmy Emmy] nomination.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Barry_Corbin_4-0">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Corbin#cite_note-Barry_Corbin-4 [5]]</sup> |
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| − | In 1994, Corbin narrated the acclaimed [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TBS_%28TV_network%29 TBS] documentary ''MoonShot'', telling the story of the 1960s [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_race space race] from the first-person viewpoint of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercury_Seven Mercury Seven] astronaut [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deke_Slayton Deke Slayton]. In 2007, He played the character Clay Johnson, father of Deputy Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson on ''The Closer'' [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Television_series series].<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Barry_Corbin_4-1">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Corbin#cite_note-Barry_Corbin-4 [5]]</sup> |
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| − | From 2003-2008, Corbin played [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitey_Durham Whitey Durham], the basketball coach for the Tree Hill Ravens on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_WB_Television_Network The WB]/[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_CW_Television_Network CW] teenage [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drama drama] series ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Tree_Hill_%28TV_series%29 One Tree Hill]''.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Barry_Corbin_4-2">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Corbin#cite_note-Barry_Corbin-4 [5]]</sup> He also had a role in 2008's Oscar-winning film ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_Country_for_Old_Men_%28film%29 No Country for Old Men]''. Corbin lost most of his hair in the 1990s due to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alopecia_areata alopecia areata]. Since then, he has played various roles with a shaved head, wearing a cowboy hat, or occasionally wearing a full [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toupee toupee]. Corbin is the signature voice of radio station [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KPLX KPLX] in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Worth,_Texas Fort Worth, Texas], and has also voiced trailers and promos for CMT and various other country radio stations.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-5">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Corbin#cite_note-5 [6]]</sup> |
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| − | ==Personal life== |
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| − | Many of his films have been westerns, and Corbin's proficiency in the saddle is no act. Corbin won many [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cutting_%28sport%29 cutting-horse] competitions before breaking into film.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-statesman_2-2">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Corbin#cite_note-statesman-2 [3]]</sup> Much of his spare time is spent riding horses and tending to cattle on his small Texas ranch near [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Worth,_Texas Fort Worth]. He has volunteered his time to charity for many years, including [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodeo rodeos] and being spokesman for the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Alopecia_Areata_Foundation National Alopecia Areata Foundation].<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-statesman_2-3">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Corbin#cite_note-statesman-2 [3]]</sup> In 2006, he participated in the Lubbock [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centennial centennial].<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-6">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Corbin#cite_note-6 [7]]</sup> Corbin has been quoted as being an avid enthusiast of riding horses.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-7">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Corbin#cite_note-7 [8]]</sup> |
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| − | Corbin lives on the ranch with his daughter, Shannon Ross (born 1965) and grandchildren. Corbin found Shannon in June 1991, when she was twenty-six. Shannon had been adopted as an infant; her birth mother, who had an affair with Corbin, gave up the child through the Methodist Mission Home in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Antonio,_Texas San Antonio], without having told Corbin of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pregnancy pregnancy]. Corbin has three sons: Bernard (born 1970), [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2160188/ Jim] (born 1979), and [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2347426/ Christopher] (born 1982). He and his second wife, [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0074375/ Susan Berger], divorced in 1992.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Northern_Exposure:_Barry_Corbin_bio_3-1">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Corbin#cite_note-Northern_Exposure:_Barry_Corbin_bio-3 [4]]</sup> |
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| − | In 2009, Corbin was inducted in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_Cowboy_Hall_of_Fame Texas Cowboy Hall of Fame] in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Worth,_Texas Fort Worth]. A recent painting of Corbin has been placed at the museum exhibit.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-8">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Corbin#cite_note-8 [9]]</sup> In September, 2011, Corbin was given a Life Time Achievement Award by the Estes Park Film Festival, in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estes_Park Estes Park], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colorado Colorado].<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-9">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Corbin#cite_note-9 [10]]</sup> The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_Film_Hall_of_Fame Texas Film Hall of Fame] inducted Corbin on March 8, 2012.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-statesman_2-4">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Corbin#cite_note-statesman-2 [3]]</sup> |
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| − | ==Filmography== |
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| − | ===Movies=== |
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| − | *''The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez (1981)'' (See [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregorio_Cortez Gregorio Cortez].) |
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| − | *''[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Feed_The_Fish_%282009_film%29&action=edit&redlink=1 Feed The Fish]'' |
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| − | *''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/That_Evening_Sun That Evening Sun]'' |
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| − | *''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wyvern_%28film%29 Wyvern]'' |
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| − | *''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beer_For_My_Horses_%28film%29 Beer For My Horses]'' |
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| − | *''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firefighter Firefighter]'' (film) |
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| − | *''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghost_Dad Ghost Dad]'' (film) |
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| − | *''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_The_Valley_of_Elah In The Valley of Elah]'' |
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| − | *''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_Country_for_Old_Men_%28film%29 No Country for Old Men]'' |
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| − | *''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hot_Spot The Hot Spot]'' |
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| − | *''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crossfire_Trail_%28film%29 Crossfire Trail]'' |
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| − | *''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Held_Up Held Up]'' |
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| − | *''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Career_Opportunities_%28film%29 Career Opportunities]'' |
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| − | *''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Who%27s_Harry_Crumb%3F Who's Harry Crumb?]'' |
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| − | *''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nothing_in_Common Nothing in Common]'' |
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| − | *''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bitter_Harvest_%281981_film%29 Bitter Harvest]'' |
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| − | *''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WarGames WarGames]'' |
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| − | *''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stir_Crazy_%28film%29 Stir Crazy]'' |
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| − | *''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Best_Little_Whorehouse_in_Texas The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas]'' |
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| − | *''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Critters_2:_The_Main_Course Critters 2: The Main Course]'' |
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| − | *''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six_Pack_%28film%29 Six Pack]'' |
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| − | *''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urban_Cowboy Urban Cowboy]'' |
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| − | *''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Any_Which_Way_You_Can Any Which Way You Can]'' |
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| − | *''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moon_Shot Moon Shot]'' (narrated) |
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| − | *''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Science_Project My Science Project]'' |
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| − | *''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_10:_Alien_Swarm Ben 10: Alien Swarm]'' |
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| − | *''[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Monte_Walsh_%282003_film%29&action=edit&redlink=1 Monte Walsh]'' |
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| − | *''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solo_%281996_film%29 Solo]'' |
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| − | *''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Grand_%28film%29 The Grand]'' |
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| − | *''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dukes_Of_Hazzard_%28film%29 Dukes Of Hazzard]'' |
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| − | *''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celebrity_Poker_Showdown Celebrity Poker Showdown]'' |
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| − | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dallas_%28TV_series%29 ''Dallas''] |
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| − | *''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Exposure Northern Exposure]'' - Maurice Minnifield |
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| − | *''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Tree_Hill_%28TV_series%29 One Tree Hill]'' - [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_One_Tree_Hill_characters#Whitey_Durham Whitey Durham] |
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| − | *''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reba_%28TV_series%29 Reba]'' - J.V McKinney |
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| − | *''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_A-Team The A-Team]'' - Kinkaid |
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| − | *''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lonesome_Dove Lonesome Dove]'' [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miniseries miniseries] - Roscoe Brown |
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| − | *''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Thorn_Birds The Thorn Birds]'' miniseries |
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| − | *''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M*A*S*H_%28TV_series%29 M*A*S*H]'' - Sgt. Joe Vickers in episode "Your Retention, Please" (episode 907) |
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| − | *''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_She_Wrote Murder She Wrote]'' |
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| − | *''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walker,_Texas_Ranger Walker, Texas Ranger]'' - Crowder |
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| − | *''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbo Columbo]'' - A Trace Of Murder - Clifford Calvert |
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| − | *''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Understanding_%28TV_series%29 Understanding]'' - narrator for "Traffic" episode |
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| − | *''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spin_City Spin City]'' - Peter Noland |
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| − | *''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Closer The Closer]'' - Clay Johnson |
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| − | *''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_of_the_Hill King of the Hill]'' - Fire Chief |
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| − | *''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psych Psych]'' - Bamford |
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| − | *''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Drew_Carey_Show The Drew Carey Show]'' - Mr. Pheifer |
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| − | *''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hidden_Places Hidden Places](Hallmark movie)'' - Sheriff |
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| − | *''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Unit The Unit]'' - Carson |
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| − | *''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hope_Ranch_%28TV_film%29 Hope Ranch]'' (TV film) - Shorty |
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| − | *''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modern_Family Modern Family]'' - Merle Tucker |
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| − | *''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anger_Management_%28TV_series%29 Anger Management]'' - Ed |
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| − | *''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Command_%26_Conquer:_Red_Alert#Retaliation_.281998.29 Red Alert: Retaliation]'' as General Ben Carville. In the sequel, ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Command_%26_Conquer:_Red_Alert_2 Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2]'', he reprised this character with a much larger role. The game also featured a number of cinematic spoofing on his role in ''WarGames''. |
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| − | *''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pandora_Directive Tex Murphy: The Pandora Directive]'' as Jackson Cross - An [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NSA NSA] operative who kidnaps and threatens to kill the main character in his pursuit of an alien artifact. |
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Latest revision as of 03:50, 7 July 2016
Leonard Barrie Corbin, known as Barry Corbin, is an American actor with more than one hundred film, television and video game credits. He has appeared in both of the famous mechanical bull movies of 1980: Urban Cowboy and Stir Crazy.
He plays Merle Tucker, Cam's father.