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Oliver North

Oliver North

Oliver Laurence North (born October 7, 1943) is an American political commentator, television host, military historian, author, and retired United States Marine Corps lieutenant colonel. North was a National Security Council staff member during the Iran–Contra affair, a political scandal of the late 1980s. It involved the illegal sale of weapons to the Khomeini regime of the Islamic Republic of Iran to encourage the release of American hostages then held in Lebanon. North formulated the second part of the plan, which was to divert proceeds from the arms sales to support the Contra rebel groups in Nicaragua, sales which had been specifically prohibited under the Boland Amendment. North was granted limited immunity from prosecution in exchange for testifying before Congress about the scheme. He was initially convicted on three felony charges, but the convictions were vacated and reversed and all charges against him dismissed in 1991. North unsuccessfully ran for the U.S. Senate seat held by Chuck Robb from Virginia in 1994. In a three-way race, North narrowly lost to Robb by a margin of 2.73%. He then hosted a talk show on Radio America from 1995 to 2003 and one on Fox News from 2001 to 2016. He was also president of the National Rifle Association from 2018 to 2019. Description above from the Wikipedia article Oliver North, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Personal information

Birthday

1943-10-07

Birth Place

San Antonio, Texas, USA

Movies and TV shows :

A Perfect Candidate

A Perfect Candidate

1996

5.6

Movie
Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry

Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry

2012

7.0

Movie
Beyond JFK: The Question of Conspiracy

Beyond JFK: The Question of Conspiracy

1993

5.6

Movie
Family Fundamentals

Family Fundamentals

2002

4.2

Movie
poster

Fatal News

2016

4.2

TV
poster

Firing Line with Margaret Hoover

2018

7.5

TV
poster

First Monday

2002

6.0

TV
poster

JAG

1995

7.3

TV
Joan Didion: The Center Will Not Hold

Joan Didion: The Center Will Not Hold

2017

7.2

Movie
Post No Bills

Post No Bills

1992

0.0

Movie
Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol

Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol

1990

7.3

Movie
poster

The Daily Show

1996

6.4

TV
The Last Party

The Last Party

1993

4.2

Movie
poster

Where Are They Now?

1999

7.5

TV
poster

Wings

1990

6.9

TV