Oliver North
Oliver North
Biography
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.
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Acting
Known Credits
18
Gender
Male
Birthday
1943-10-07 (81 years old)
Place of Birth
San Antonio, Texas, USA
Acting

2018

Firing Line with Margaret Hoover as Not available

2016

Fatal News as Self (archive footage)

2012

Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry as Self - US Military Officer (archive footage)

2012

Never Surrender as Not available

2002

First Monday as Not available

2002

Family Fundamentals as Self (archive footage)

1999

Where Are They Now? as Self

1996

The Daily Show as Self

1996

A Perfect Candidate as Self

1995

JAG as Oliver North

1995

JAG as Ollie

1993

Beyond JFK: The Question of Conspiracy as Self (archive footage)

1993

The Last Party as Self

1992

Post No Bills as Not available

1990

Wings as Oliver North

1990

Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Crew

2013

The Americans Story