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Ernie Lively

Ernie Lively

Highest Rated: 91% The Man in the Moon (1991)

Lowest Rated: 22% Looking Glass (2018)

Birthday: Jan 29, 1947

Birthplace: Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Having coached a number of young working actors, Ernie Lively became known not only as a performer but as a well-respected mentor. Lively's first steady work came on the rollicking buddy comedy "The Dukes of Hazzard," and he soon followed up with guest appearances on several other hit primetime shows, including the police drama "Hill Street Blues," in which he played several different characters, and the primetime soap "Falcon Crest" where he had a recurring role as a security guard. In film, Lively first distinguished himself as the priceless motel clerk in "Turner & Hooch," the early Tom Hanks comedy, and as the local sheriff, Chief Biggs, in the prescient thriller "Passenger 57," about a terrorist takeover of a jet airliner. At roughly the same time, Lively was working on the Angela Lansbury mystery series "Murder, She Wrote," again playing an assortment of characters. Lively returned to film comedy as the hapless sergeant in "American Pie 2" and teamed up with his real-life daughter, Blake Lively, in the film adaptation of the bestselling novel by Delia Ephron, "The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants," and its sequel "The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2." Ernie Lively died on June 3, 2021 in Los Angeles, CA at the age of 74.

Highest rated movies

91% 85% The Man in the Moon
82% 78% The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
66% 66% The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2
63% 52% The Art of Travel
33% 52% Showdown in Little Tokyo
31% 39% Mulholland Falls
30% 38% Passenger 57
22% 10% Looking Glass

Filmography

Movies

Credit
No Score Yet No Score Yet Phobic Jack Sanders (Character) - 2020
22% 10% Looking Glass Tommy (Character) - 2018
No Score Yet No Score Yet Razor Ernie (Character) - 2016
No Score Yet 47% Waffle Street Wright Adams (Character) - 2015
No Score Yet No Score Yet Shadow Dr. Holden (Character) - 2013
63% 52% The Art of Travel Mr. Layne (Character) - 2008
66% 66% The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 Bridget's Father (Character) $44.1M 2008
No Score Yet 20% Simon Says Producer - 2006
82% 78% The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants Bridget's Father (Character) $39.0M 2005
No Score Yet 43% Wanted Sheriff (Character) - 1999
No Score Yet 37% Balloon Farm Unknown (Character) - 1999
No Score Yet 57% The Legend of Cryin' Ryan Leonard Greene (Character) - 1998
31% 39% Mulholland Falls Foreman (Character) $11.5M 1996
No Score Yet 40% The People Next Door Lt. Jack Driscoll (Character) - 1996
No Score Yet No Score Yet A Stranger to Love Capt. Simpson (Character) - 1996
No Score Yet No Score Yet Legacy of Sin: The William Coit Story Gerry Boggs (Character) - 1995
30% 38% Passenger 57 Chief Biggs (Character) $42.9M 1992
91% 85% The Man in the Moon Will Sanders (Character) $2.2M 1991
33% 52% Showdown in Little Tokyo Detective Nelson (Character) $1.0M 1991
No Score Yet 50% For the Very First Time Mr. O'Neil (Character) - 1991
No Score Yet No Score Yet Follow Your Heart Mitch (Character) - 1990
No Score Yet 49% Wisdom Bill (Character) $5.7M 1986

TV

Credit
No Score Yet 87% Ghost Whisperer Unknown (Guest Star) 2006
No Score Yet 90% The Suite Life of Zack & Cody Unknown (Guest Star) 2005
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Drew Carey Show Unknown (Guest Star) 2004
No Score Yet 80% CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Unknown (Guest Star) 2002
No Score Yet 81% That '70s Show Unknown (Guest Star) 2000
No Score Yet No Score Yet JAG Unknown (Guest Star) 1999
No Score Yet No Score Yet Just Shoot Me Frank (Guest Star) 1997
No Score Yet No Score Yet Diagnosis Murder Unknown (Guest Star) 1996
No Score Yet 89% Murder, She Wrote Hal Palmer (Guest Star) 1990 1992 1994 1996
89% 92% Seinfeld Zeke (Guest Star) 1995
74% 85% The X-Files Sheriff John Teller (Guest Star) 1995
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Commish Ryan Dunnegan (Guest Star) 1995
No Score Yet No Score Yet Baywatch Mr. Kent (Guest Star) 1992
No Score Yet 90% Quantum Leap Col. Deke Grimwald (Guest Star) 1990
No Score Yet No Score Yet Newhart Unknown (Guest Star) 1984 1989
83% No Score Yet thirtysomething Security Guard (Guest Star) 1987
No Score Yet 86% Beauty and the Beast Cavanaugh (Guest Star) 1987
No Score Yet No Score Yet Alfred Hitchcock Presents Unknown (Character) 1986
No Score Yet No Score Yet Fame Unknown (Guest Star) 1985
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Dukes of Hazzard Longstreet B. Davenport (Guest Star) 1979-1980 1984
No Score Yet No Score Yet Fantasy Island Unknown (Guest Star) 1981
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Waltons Unknown (Guest Star) 1975