Oliver North

Known for ActingBorn 1943-10-07 (age 82)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.Read more

Movies & web series

Post No Bills

The Americans

Firing Line with Margaret Hoover

Where Are They Now?

Joan Didion: The Center Will Not Hold

JAG

Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry

Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol

Wings

First Monday

The Daily Show

A Perfect Candidate

Panorama

The Last Party

Tribulation 99: Alien Anomalies Under America

Family Fundamentals

Fatal News

Never Surrender