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, which he shares his 15-acre ranch in Fort Worth, Texas with when he isn't working. He says that he rides horses there every chance he gets.
Is father of Shannon (b. 1965), Bernard (b. 1970), Jim (b. 1979) and Chris (b. 1982). A daughter that he didn't know he had, found him in 1991. served in the USMC Played General Carville in the Red Alert and Red Alert 2 computer games. Graduated from Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas. Appeared in both of the famous mechanical bull movies of 1980: Urban Cowboy and Stir Crazy. Is the official "Station Voice" of KPLX-FM 99.5 The Wolf, Dallas, Texas