Barry Corbin - wikipedia Barry Corbin Barry Corbin Corbin with Peg Phillips on the red carpet at the Emmy Awards 1993 Leonard Barrie Corbin ( 1940 - 10 - 16 ) October 16, 1940 ( age 77 ) Lamesa, Texas, U.S. Education Monterey High School ( Lubbock, Texas ) Alma mater Texas Tech University Occupation Actor Years active 1960s - present Spouse ( s ) Marie Elyse Soape ( unknown ) Susan Berger ( unknown - 1992 ) Leonard Barrie Corbin, known as Barry Corbin ( born October 16, 1940 ), is an American actor with more than 100 film, television, and video game credits. Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 3 Personal life 4 Filmography 4.1 Movies 4.2 Television 4.3 Computer games 5 References 6 External links 6.1 Archival Materials Early life Corbin was born in Lamesa, the seat of Dawson County, south of Lubbock in West Texas. He is the son of the former Alma LaMerle Scott ( 1918 -- 1994 ), a teacher, and Kilmer Blaine Corbin, Sr. ( 1919 -- 1993 ), a school principal, judge, and Democratic member of the Texas State Senate for two terms, from 1949 - 1957. Corbin was named for author J.M. Barrie by his mother. He played football briefly in eighth grade, but soon moved to the arts, including acting and ballet classes. He graduated from Monterey High School. Corbin studied theatre arts at Texas Tech University in Lubbock. At 21, he joined the United States Marine Corps, served two years, and then returned to Tech. Career Corbin began his career as a 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 villains, as well. To moviegoers, he is well remembered as General Beringer in WarGames, John Travolta 's uncle Bob Davis in Urban Cowboy, co-starring with Clint Eastwood in Any Which Way You Can, or Roscoe Brown, July Johnson 's bumbling deputy in the acclaimed western Lonesome Dove. From 1979 until 1984, he appeared in several episodes of Dallas as Sheriff Fenton Washburn. In 1983, Corbin co-starred in the famed television miniseries The Thorn Birds. Corbin played Mary Carson 's stockman 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 NBC television series Boone. Corbin 's role was that of a stern father to the young actor Tom Byrd, who played Boone Sawyer, an aspiring singer. The program was set in rural Tennessee during the 1950s and was created by Earl Hamner, who had great success earlier with CBS 's The Waltons. From 1990 to 1995, Corbin portrayed former astronaut and local business leader Maurice Minnifield on CBS 's Northern Exposure, for which he received an Emmy Award nomination. 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. In 2007, He played the character Clay Johnson, father of Deputy Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson on The Closer series. From 2003 - 2008, Corbin played Whitey Durham, the basketball coach for the Tree Hill Ravens on The WB / CW teenage drama series One Tree Hill. He also had a role in 2008 's Oscar - winning film No Country for Old Men. Corbin lost most of his hair in the 1990s due to alopecia areata. Since then, he has played various roles with a shaved head, wearing a cowboy hat, or occasionally wearing a full toupee. Corbin is the signature voice of radio station KPLX in Fort Worth, Texas, and has also voiced trailers and promos for CMT and various other country radio stations. In 2014 he became the spokesman for The Texas Veterans Land Board. In 2014, Corbin worked with Tracey Birdsall on Dawn of the Crescent Moon, followed by working alongside her for the up - coming science fiction films At the Edge of Time ( 2016 ) and The Time War ( 2017 ). Personal life Before breaking into film, Corbin won many cutting - horse competitions. Much of his spare time is spent riding horses and tending to cattle on his small Texas ranch near Fort Worth. He has volunteered his time to charity for many years, including rodeos and being spokesman for the National Alopecia Areata Foundation. In 2006, he participated in the Lubbock centennial. Corbin lives on the ranch with his daughter, Shannon Ross ( born 1965 ) and grandchildren. 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 San Antonio, without having told Corbin of the pregnancy. Corbin found Shannon in June 1991, when she was twenty - six. Corbin has three sons : Bernard ( born 1970 ), Jim ( born 1979 ), and Christopher ( born 1982 ). He and his second wife, Susan Berger, divorced in 1992. In 2009, Corbin was inducted into the Texas Cowboy Hall of Fame in Fort Worth. A recent painting of Corbin has been placed at the museum exhibit. Corbin has appeared at gatherings of the American Cowboy Culture Association, which holds the annual National Cowboy Symposium and Celebration each September in Lubbock. In September 2011, Corbin was given a Lifetime Achievement Award by the Estes Park Film Festival in Estes Park, Colorado. The Texas Film Hall of Fame inducted Corbin into its membership on March 8, 2012.. Filmography This article may require cleanup to meet Wikipedia 's quality standards. The specific problem is : Needs year and role played Please help improve this article if you can. ( April 2015 ) Movies Year Production Name Role 1980 Any Which Way You Can Fat Zack ( 1980 ) Stir Crazy Warden Walter Beatty ( 1980 ) Urban Cowboy Bob Davis ( 1981 ) TV movie Bitter Harvest Dr. Agajanian ( 1982 ) TV movie Prime Suspect Bob Austin ( 1982 ) Six Pack Sheriff ( 1982 ) The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez B.R. Abernathy ( 1982 ) The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas C.J. ( 1983 ) TV Movie Travis McGee Sheriff Hack Ames ( 1983 ) WarGames General Beringer ( 1985 ) My Science Project Lew Harlan ( 1986 ) Firefighter Captain Johnson ( 1986 ) Nothing in Common Andrew Woolridge ( 1987 ) TV Movie LBJ : The Early Years Judge Alvin J. Wirtz ( 1988 ) Critters 2 : The Main Course Harv ( 1988 ) It Takes Two George Lawrence ( 1988 ) TV Movie Man Against the Mob Big Mac McCleary ( 1988 ) Permanent Record Jim Sinclair ( 1989 ) Who 's Harry Crumb ? P.J. Downing ( 1990 ) Ghost Dad Mr. Emery Collins ( 1990 ) The Hot Spot Sheriff ( 1991 ) Career Opportunities Officer Don ( 1991 ) TV Movie Conagher Charlie McCloud, Stage Driver ( 1991 ) TV Movie The Chase Wallis ( 1996 ) Solo General Clyde Haynes ( 1999 ) Held Up Pembry ( 2001 ) TV Movie Crossfire Trail Sheriff Walter Moncrief ( 2002 ) Timequest Lyndon B. Johnson ( 2003 ) TV Movie Monte Walsh Bob the Storekeeper ( 2005 ) River 's End Sheriff ' Buster ' Watkins ( 2005 ) The Dukes of Hazzard Mr. Pullman ( uncredited ) ( 2006 ) Beautiful Dreamer Grandpa ( 2007 ) In the Valley of Elah Arnold Bickman ( 2007 ) No Country for Old Men Ellis ( 2007 ) The Grand Jimminy ' Lucky ' Faro ( 2007 ) Trail End Hank ( 2008 ) Beer for My Horses Buck Baker ( 2009 ) Ben 10 : Alien Swarm Grandpa Max Tennyson ( 2009 ) Feed the Fish Axel Andersen ( 2009 ) Not Since You Uncle Dennis ( 2009 ) That Evening Sun Thurl Chessor ( 2009 ) TV Movie Wyvern Hass ( 2012 ) The Man Who Shook the Hand of Vicente Fernandez Walker ( 2014 ) Dawn of the Crescent Moon Cyrus ( 2014 ) Planes : Fire & Rescue Ol ' Jammer ( voice ) ( 2014 ) The Homesman Buster Shaver ( 2016 ) At the Edge of Time Titus ( 2016 ) Windsor Gil Denton ( 2016 ) Last Man Club Pete Williams ( 2017 ) The Valley Gary ( 2017 ) The Time War in production Television Man Against the Mob Celebrity Poker Showdown Dallas - Sheriff Fenton Washburn, Sheriff of Braddock County Northern Exposure - 110 episodes - Maurice J. Minnifield / Mace Mobrey ( 1990 - 1995 ) One Tree Hill - Coach Whitey Durham This House Possessed - Lieutenant Fletcher ( 1981 ) Hart to Hart - Hart, Line, and Sinker, Sheriff Bud Williams ( 1982 ) The A-Team - Kinkaid Lonesome Dove miniseries - Roscoe Brown The Thorn Birds miniseries Matlock The Court Martial - Army Col. Steven McRea ( 1987 ) Moon Shot The Inside Story of America 's Race to the Moon ( narrator ) ( 1994 ) Life with Louie - episode - The Fourth Thursday in November - Uncle Sammy ( voice ) ( 1995 ) Ellen `` A Penney Saved... '' - Jack ( 1996 ) M * A * S * H - Sgt. Joe Vickers in episode `` Your Retention, Please '' ( episode 205 ) The Big Easy - 35 episodes - C.D. LeBlanc ( 1996 - 1997 ) Murder She Wrote Flight 90 : Disaster on the Potomac ( TV film ) - Burt Hamilton Walker, Texas Ranger - episode - Widow Maker - Ben Crowder ( 1999 ) Chicken Soup for the Soul - episode - The Real Father - Doctor ( 1999 ) Columbo - episode - A Trace of Murder - Clifford Calvert ( 1997 ) Understanding - narrator for `` Traffic '' episode Spin City - Peter Noland The Closer - Clay Johnson The Closer - episode - Pilot - Angus Clayton ( 1998 ) The Magnificent Seven - episode - Working Girls - Wickes ( 1998 ) King of the Hill - Fire Chief Psych - Bamford The Drew Carey Show - Mr. Pheifer Hidden Places ( Hallmark movie ) - Sheriff The Unit - Carson Hope Ranch ( TV film ) - Shorty Reba - J.V. McKinney Modern Family - Merle Tucker ( 3 episodes ) Anger Management - Ed ( main cast, 2012 - 2014 ) Ghoul ( TV movie ) The Looney Tunes Show - episode - A Christmas Carol - Santa Claus ( voice ) ( 2012 ) Suit Up - 16 episodes - Dick Devereaux ( 2012 - 2013 ) Dallas ( 2012 TV series ) - J.R. Ewing 's lawyer Dallas - episode - Ewings Unite ! - Executor ( 2013 ) Blood & Oil - Clifton Lundegren ( 6 episodes, 2015 ) Netflix 's The Ranch - Dale the Veterinarian, 2016 - Computer games Red Alert : Retaliation as General Ben Carville. In the sequel, Command & Conquer : Red Alert 2, he reprised this character with a much larger role. 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. References Jump up ^ `` Movies ''. Jump up ^ `` Barry Corbin Biography ( 1940 - ) ''. www.filmreference.com. ^ Jump up to : Sumner, Jane ( 4 March 2012 ). `` Texas ' Corbin returns to his roots ''. Austin American - Statesman. ^ Jump up to : `` Northern Exposure : Barry Corbin bio ''. ^ Jump up to : `` Barry Corbin ''. IMDb. Jump up ^ `` The Official Barry Corbin Site - Articles ''. www.barrycorbin.com. Jump up ^ `` Tracey Birdsall ''. IMDb. Retrieved 2016 - 09 - 25. Jump up ^ Loudon, Kirk ( 2014 - 04 - 01 ), Dawn of the Crescent Moon, retrieved 2016 - 09 - 25 Jump up ^ Johnson, Neil ( 2000 - 01 - 01 ), At the Edge of Time, retrieved 2016 - 09 - 25 Jump up ^ The Time War ( 2017 ), retrieved 2016 - 09 - 25 Jump up ^ `` The Official Barry Corbin Site - Achievement ''. www.barrycorbin.com. Jump up ^ Museum exhibit, Texas Cowboy Hall of Fame, Fort Worth. Jump up ^ `` National Cowboy Symposium & Celebration, Inc. ( Lubbock, Texas ) ''. cowboy.org. Retrieved September 5, 2013. Jump up ^ Cangialosi, Jason. `` Estes Park Film Festival : Barry Corbin 's Lifetime Achievement Award. '' www.milehighcinema.com, ( 1 ) Archived April 24, 2012, at the Wayback Machine. External links Wikimedia Commons has media related to Barry Corbin. 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