Lively played opposite his real-life daughter Blake as her character's father in "Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants"

The Maryland native was born in Baltimore in January 1947 and earned his first acting credit at age 28 with an appearance on "The Waltons."

He played Blake's onscreen father in The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants

Lively -- who has had a 50-year acting career with credits including “Passenger 57," "The Dukes of Hazzard," and "Turner & Hooch" -- died on Thursday of cardiac complications in Los Angeles, his family said.

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