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Oliver North

1943-10-07 (81 years old) in San Antonio, Texas, USA

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.

Movies

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Joan Didion: The Center Will Not Hold
72 %|Oct 11, 2017
Documentary
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Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry
70 %|Jun 14, 2012
Documentary
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Family Fundamentals
42 %|May 26, 2002
Documentary
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A Perfect Candidate
56 %|Jun 19, 1996
Documentary
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The Last Party
42 %|Aug 27, 1993
Documentary
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Beyond JFK: The Question of Conspiracy
56 %|Jan 20, 1993
Documentary
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Post No Bills
0 %|Sep 9, 1992
Documentary

Series

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Firing Line with Margaret Hoover
75 %|Jun 22, 2018
Talk, War & Politics
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Fatal News
42 %|Feb 6, 2016
Drama, Mystery
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First Monday
60 %|Jan 15, 2002
Drama
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Where Are They Now?
75 %|Jun 7, 1999
Documentary
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The Daily Show
64 %|Jul 22, 1996
News, Comedy
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JAG
73 %|Sep 23, 1995
Drama, Action & Adventure, Crime
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JAG
73 %|Sep 23, 1995
Drama, Action & Adventure, Crime
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Wings
69 %|Apr 19, 1990
Comedy, Drama