Barry Corbin Add to My Celebs Age 71 Birthday Oct. 16th, 1940 Born in Lamesa, Texas, USA Height 5' 11"

Barry Corbin's Main TV Roles Show Character(s) One Tree Hill Coach White… Northern Exposure Maurice J. … The Thorn Birds Pete Chicken Soup for the Soul Doctor Boone Merit Sawyer Spies Thomas Brad… The Famous Teddy Z Zed Westhymer Washingtoon Senator Bun…

Main Movie Roles 2008 - Beer for My Horses 2008 - Lake City 2007 - No Country for Old Men 2007 - In the Valley of Elah 2007 - The Grand 2006 - Beautiful Dreamer 2005 - The Dukes of Hazzard 1999 - Held Up 1996 - Curdled 1996 - Solo 1991 - Career Opportunities 1990 - Ghost Dad 1990 - The Hot Spot 1990 - Short Time 1989 - Who's Harry Crumb? 1986 - Nothing in Common 1985 - My Science Project 1983 - WarGames 1982 - The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas 1982 - Six Pack 1982 - Honkytonk Man 1981 - Dead & Buried 1980 - Stir Crazy 1980 - Urban Cowboy 1980 - Any Which Way You Can

NOTE: Complete List of Works can be found at IMDB


BIOGRAPHY:

Barry's full given name is Leonard Barrie Corbin, and he was born on October 16, 1940, to Kilmer Blain Corbin, an attorney, and Alma Corbin, an elementary school teacher in Lamesa, Texas. Barry has a daughter named Shannon Ross, with whom he shares his 15-acre ranch in Fort Worth, Texas, when he isn't working. He says that he rides horses there every chance he gets.


TRIVIA:

• Is father of Shannon (b. 1965), Bernard (b. 1970), Jim (b. 1979) and Chris (b. 1982).
• Like his father, he attended Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas. He appeared in a number of college plays from 1960 through 1964, including "The Merry Wives of Windsor" (as Falstaff), "The Imaginary Invalid" (title role), "A View from the Bridge" (as Tony), and Ondine (as Auguste).
• Served in the USMC.
• Played General Carville in the Red Alert and Red Alert 2 computer games.
• Won the Buffalo Bill Cody Award for quality family entertainment and the Western Heritage Award from the National Cowboy Hall of Fame for his performance in _Conagher (1991) (TV)_ (qv). He was also nominated for the Media Owl Award, the American Television Award, and the Emmy Award for his work in _"Northern Exposure" (1990)_ (qv).
• His family originally came from Virginia where they were farmers. Eventually the family wound up in Texas. The eldest of three children, his father, Kilmer Blaine Corbin, was a lawyer, judge and school principal. He was also the youngest State Senator at the time he entered the Senate at age 26. He served two terms before being beaten. Mother Alma was an elementary school teacher.
• Appeared in both of the famous mechanical bull movies of 1980: _Urban Cowboy (1980)_ (qv) and _Stir Crazy (1980)_ (qv).
• At 21, Barry left his Texas university to join the Marine Corps and spent about two years at Camp Pendleton in California, training South Vietnamese officers. He remained in the Marine Corps Reserve, rejoining the 40th Rifle Company in Lubbock, Texas, as an assistant Browning Automatic Rifle (BAR) man. He was discharged in August 1963.

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