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Lively's credits as a character actor date back to the 1970s, beginning with TV roles on shows including The Waltons and The Dukes of Hazzard. He appeared in movies including Turner & Hooch, Air America, Passenger 57 and The Beverly Hillbillies and on popular TV shows like The X-Files, That '70s Show and The West Wing.
Jun 11, 2021 · The actor, who also appeared in 'The West Wing' and 'Turner and Hooch', passed away at 74 from cardiac complications. He was surrounded by his wife and five children, including his famous daughter Blake, when he died.
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- The Sisterhood of The Traveling Pants 1 & 2
- Passenger 57
- The Dukes of Hazzard
- Looking Glass
- The Man in The Moon
In perhaps his most recognizable role, Lively played the father of his real-life daughter, Blake, in this 2005 story of friendship among four young women and its 2008 sequel. Amber Tamblyn, who played Tibby in both movies, paid tribute to Lively on Instagram, calling him "our dear wonderful Sisterhood set papa." She added: "What a funny, kind, gene...
Lively appeared alongside Wesley Snipes and Tom Sizemore in this 90s action thriller about a plane hijacking. Lively plays Sheriff Biggs, the local lawman who mistakes the hero John Cutter, played by Snipes, for a terrorist and arrests him—until he escapes custody to save the day.
Lively had several roles across five years on The Dukes of Hazzard. For three episodes in 1980, he played the recurring character Longstreet B. Davenport. Longstreet was the cousin of Cooter Davenport and a friend of the Dukes. He watches the Hazzard Garage when Cooter is out of town.
One of Lively's final roles was in the 2018 Nicolas Cage film Looking Glass. Not one of Cage's biggest hits, it has a rating of just 4.6 on IMDB. In the thriller, Cage and Robin Tunney play a couple who buy a desert motel where an unexpected and mysterious event occurs. Lively was one of the motel's customers, a truck driver called Tommy.
Lively appeared alongside a 14-year-old Reese Witherspoon making her screen debut in The Man in the Moon. The 1991 coming-of-age film also starred Sam Waterston and Jason London.
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Ernie Lively (credited as Ernie W. Brown) L.B. was Cooter's cousin who filled for Cooter when he was away from the garage in several second-season episodes (in reality, this was to cover for Ben Jones's absence, after a disagreement with producers as to whether Cooter should have a beard or not).
Jun 9, 2021 · Ernie Lively, whose 50-year acting career included turns in Passenger 57, The Dukes of Hazzard, Turner & Hooch and as the father of his daughter Blake Lively ‘s character in the two...
Jun 10, 2021 · Ernie Lively, Blake Lively’s father, died in Los Angeles last Thursday at age 74 from cardiac complications after previously undergoing heart surgery in 2013.
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Jun 10, 2021 · Ernie Lively, a character actor who had turns in the likes of Turner and Hooch and The Dukes of Hazzard, has died. He was 74. Lively was the father of actor Blake Lively, and his other...
