Leonard Barrie Corbin
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Leonard Barrie Corbin is an American character actor best known for his roles in films like "Urban Cowboy" and "No Country for Old Men" and the TV series "Northern Exposure."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Leonard Barrie Corbin canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11438959 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Leonard Barrie Corbin Context triple: [Barry Corbin, birthName, Leonard Barrie Corbin]
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A.
Charles B. Atwood
Charles B. Atwood was an American architect known for his influential work on Chicago’s late-19th-century architecture, including major contributions to the World’s Columbian Exposition and landmark buildings such as the Reliance Building.
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B.
William Bowers
William Bowers was an American screenwriter known for his sharp, witty scripts in mid-20th-century Hollywood crime films and comedies.
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C.
Leonard Burrows
Leonard Burrows was an Anglican bishop best known for serving as the inaugural Bishop of Sheffield in the early 20th century.
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D.
Robert N. Fitch
Robert N. Fitch was a composer best known for writing the University of California fight song "Fight for California."
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E.
L. Nelson Bell
L. Nelson Bell was an American Presbyterian medical missionary and surgeon who served in China and was the father of Ruth Bell Graham, wife of evangelist Billy Graham.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Leonard Barrie Corbin Target entity description: Leonard Barrie Corbin is an American character actor best known for his roles in films like "Urban Cowboy" and "No Country for Old Men" and the TV series "Northern Exposure."
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A.
Charles B. Atwood
Charles B. Atwood was an American architect known for his influential work on Chicago’s late-19th-century architecture, including major contributions to the World’s Columbian Exposition and landmark buildings such as the Reliance Building.
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B.
William Bowers
William Bowers was an American screenwriter known for his sharp, witty scripts in mid-20th-century Hollywood crime films and comedies.
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C.
Leonard Burrows
Leonard Burrows was an Anglican bishop best known for serving as the inaugural Bishop of Sheffield in the early 20th century.
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D.
Robert N. Fitch
Robert N. Fitch was a composer best known for writing the University of California fight song "Fight for California."
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E.
L. Nelson Bell
L. Nelson Bell was an American Presbyterian medical missionary and surgeon who served in China and was the father of Ruth Bell Graham, wife of evangelist Billy Graham.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (54)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
actor
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film actor ⓘ human ⓘ television actor ⓘ voice actor ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Primetime Emmy Award nomination NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Lamesa, Texas, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| characterPlayed |
Clayton Farlow in Dallas
NERFINISHED
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Ellis in No Country for Old Men NERFINISHED ⓘ Maurice Minnifield in Northern Exposure ⓘ Uncle Bob in Urban Cowboy ⓘ Whitey Durham in One Tree Hill NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1940-10-16 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Texas Tech University NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Corbin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
Western film
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drama ⓘ |
| givenName | Leonard ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| middleName | Barrie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | United States Marine Corps ⓘ |
| name | Leonard Barrie Corbin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| nominatedFor |
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
NERFINISHED
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Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Anger Management
NERFINISHED
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Any Which Way You Can NERFINISHED ⓘ Conagher NERFINISHED ⓘ Critters 2: The Main Course NERFINISHED ⓘ Dallas NERFINISHED ⓘ Lonesome Dove NERFINISHED ⓘ No Country for Old Men NERFINISHED ⓘ Northern Exposure NERFINISHED ⓘ One Tree Hill NERFINISHED ⓘ Stir Crazy NERFINISHED ⓘ The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas NERFINISHED ⓘ The Closer NERFINISHED ⓘ The Homesman NERFINISHED ⓘ The Hot Spot NERFINISHED ⓘ The Ranch NERFINISHED ⓘ Urban Cowboy NERFINISHED ⓘ WarGames NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberOfChildren | 4 ⓘ |
| occupation |
actor
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voice actor ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Lamesa, Texas, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence | Fort Worth, Texas, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| serviceNumber | unknown ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| spouse |
Marie Elyse Soape
NERFINISHED
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Susan Berger NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| stageName | Barry Corbin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| yearsActive | 1960s–present ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Leonard Barrie Corbin Description of subject: Leonard Barrie Corbin is an American character actor best known for his roles in films like "Urban Cowboy" and "No Country for Old Men" and the TV series "Northern Exposure."
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.