Ernie Lively

Acting · Directing

Born January 29, 1947, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Ernie Lively (January 29, 1947 - June 3, 2021) was an American actor, acting coach and producer, best known for his roles in Passenger 57 (1992) and The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (2005). He was the father by adoption of actors Lori Lively, Jason Lively, and Robyn Lively, and the father of actors Eric Lively and Blake Lively.

Filmography

• 2020Phobic — Jack Sanders
• 2018Looking Glass — Tommy
• 2016Razor — Ernie
• 2015Waffle Street — Wright Adams
• 2009The Perfect Game — Coach Sam Hicks
• 2008The Art of Travel — Mr. Layne
• 2008The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 — Franz Vreeland
• Saving Grace — Ham's Dad
• 2007Simon Says — Pig, Producer
• 2007The Darwin Awards — RV Salesman
• Ghost Whisperer — Ranger Neher
• 2005The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants — Franz Vreeland
• 2001American Pie 2 — Sergeant
• Crossing Jordan — Sheriff Roper
• 1999Goodbye Lover — Sheriff
• 1999The Thirteenth Floor — 30's Cop
• The West Wing — Mr. Loch, Georgia Congressman
• 1998Sandman — Director
• 1998Senseless — Coach Brandau
• That '70s Show — Ted
• 1997Fire Down Below — Todd
• Just Shoot Me! — Frank
• 1996A Stranger to Love — Capt. Simpson
• Arli$$
• Dark Skies
• Malibu Shores
• 1996Mulholland Falls — Foreman
• 1996The People Next Door — Lt. Jack Driscoll
• JAG — Joel Yarrow
• 1995Legacy of Sin: The William Coit Story — Gerry Boggs
• The Drew Carey Show — Mike
• 1994Accidental Meeting — Obrenski
• Diagnosis: Murder — Principal Wallace Morrison
• 1993The Beverly Hillbillies — Briggs
• The X-Files — Sheriff John Teller
• 1992Breaking the Silence — Coach Hodgkiss
• Hangin' with Mr. Cooper — Freddy
• 1992Overkill: The Aileen Wuornos Story — Maj. Dan Henry
• 1992Passenger 57 — Chief Biggs
• 1992Past Midnight — Detective Allan Tobias
• Renegade
• 1992Sleepwalkers — Animal Control Officer
• 1992Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot — Man at Airport
• 1991Dead in the Water — Dignitary
• 1991For the Very First Time — Mr. O'Neil
• 1991Showdown in Little Tokyo — Detective Nelson
• The Commish
• 1991The Less Than Perfect Daughter — Jack Harmon
• 1991The Man in the Moon — Will Sanders
• The Torkelsons — J.W.
• 1990Air America — Truck Driver
• 1990Follow Your Heart — Mitch
• 1990Hard to Kill — Commander
• 1990The Knife and Gun Club — Ralph
• Voices Within: The Lives of Truddi Chase — Paul, Truddi's Stepfather
• 1989An Innocent Man — Donatelli's Dealer
• Baywatch — Mr. Kent
• Quantum Leap — Col. Deke Grimwald
• Seinfeld — Zeke
• 1989Shocker — Warden
• 1989Turner & Hooch — Motel Clerk
• 1988Buckeye and Blue — Jess Thatcher
• 1988Scandal in a Small Town — Jeremy Travis
• 1988The Secret Life of Kathy McCormick — Jeff
• 1988The Tracker — Bob
• Beauty and the Beast — Cavanaugh
• 1987Ghost Chase — Production Manager
• 1987Into the Homeland — Tom Burnside
• 1987Warm Hearts, Cold Feet — Ernie
• thirtysomething
• 1986Wisdom — Bill, Motel Manager
• 1985Badge of the Assassin — US Marshal
• 1985Secret Admirer — Guard
• Murder, She Wrote — Hal Palmer, Jake, Joe Hardin, SFPD Lt. Martin Kinicki, Richard 'Rick' Shipley
• Scarecrow and Mrs. King
• 1982Drop-Out Father — Conductor
• Fame
• Newhart — Eric Hall
• Remington Steele — Dallas
• Falcon Crest — Security Guard, Dr. Franklin
• Hill Street Blues
• 1980It's My Turn — Man at Restaurant (as Ernie Brown)
• Magnum, P.I.
• The Dukes of Hazzard — Longstreet B. Davenport, Clyde, The Guard, Dobro Doolan
• WKRP in Cincinnati
• Rhoda
• ABC Afterschool Special — Jack Harmon
• The Waltons — Railroad Conductor
• McCloud