34 Facts About Bob Dornan

Robert Kenneth Dornan was born on April 3,1933 and is an American politician and actor from California.

Bob Dornan has become well known for publicly outing Republican US Representative Steve Gunderson as gay on the House of Representatives floor in 1994.

Bob Dornan unsuccessfully sought the Republican nomination for president of the United States in 1996.

In New York, Bob Dornan's mother had been a vaudeville performer as part of an act called the McFadden Sisters and a Ziegfeld Follies showgirl, and had performed under the stage name Bara Wilkes; her sister was the wife of actor Jack Haley.

Bob Dornan was active in harness racing, a pastime in which many celebrities participated during the 1940s and 1950s.

Robert Bob Dornan took advantage of his family's entertainment industry experience and connections after he embarked on his own acting and talk show career.

Bob Dornan used celebrity endorsements and campaign contributions to launch his political career.

Bob Dornan attended Loyola University of Los Angeles from 1950 to 1953.

Bob Dornan became a fighter pilot, and during his time in the Air Force, he survived two emergency parachute ejections and two "dead stick" forced landings.

Bob Dornan was on active duty until 1958, and attained the rank of captain.

Bob Dornan served in the California Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve until retiring in 1975.

Bob Dornan served as a combat journalist and photographer on several missions in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia during the Vietnam War and flew relief flights into Biafra.

Bob Dornan was involved in the entertainment industry as an actor.

Bob Dornan starred in the film The Starfighters, cast as Lt.

Bob Dornan had a frequent role as Captain Fowler on ABC's Twelve O'Clock High television series and smaller roles on ABC's Bewitched and NBC's I Dream of Jeannie.

Dornan was an Emmy-award-winning television talk show host on Tempo and The Robert K Dornan Show broadcast from Los Angeles from 1967 to 1973.

Bob Dornan took an active role in the civil rights movement.

Bob Dornan took part in the historic 1963 March on Washington led by Martin Luther King Jr.

Bob Dornan moved into politics in 1973 as national spokesman for the Citizens for Decency Through Law advocacy group.

In 1976, Bob Dornan was elected to the House of Representatives, representing the 27th congressional district in western Los Angeles County.

Bob Dornan was such an unswerving advocate for the development of the B-1 bomber, that he was nicknamed "B-1 Bob".

Bob Dornan moved to Garden Grove, in the more Republican Orange County.

Bob Dornan was re-elected four more times and served on the Intelligence Committee.

Bob Dornan made headlines in March 1985 for a confrontation with Representative Thomas Downey on the House floor.

Bob Dornan claimed he was merely straightening Downey's tie and refused to apologize for the incident or the derogatory comment.

In 1966, Bob Dornan had been convicted of a domestic violence offense and sentenced to jail time; however, it was unclear whether his sentence had ever been served.

In 1995, Bob Dornan received a minor reprimand from the House for stating in a floor speech that President Bill Clinton had "given aid and comfort to the enemy" during the Vietnam War.

Bob Dornan was a dark horse candidate for president of the United States in 1996.

Bob Dornan later dropped out of the presidential race and ran for reelection to his seat in the House; he was defeated by Democrat Loretta Sanchez by less than 1,000 votes.

Bob Dornan claimed the book was backed by director Oliver Stone, whom Bob Dornan labeled "a Bolshevik enemy".

Bob Dornan ran against Loretta Sanchez again in 1998, but was defeated.

In 2004, Bob Dornan challenged Congressman Dana Rohrabacher, a fellow Republican, in the primary.

Bob Dornan charged Rohrabacher with being soft on terrorism and being too close to Islamic extremists.

Bob Dornan was interested in running as the nominee of the American Independent Party but did not, allegedly rebuffed by party officials.