Cedric Charles Dickens the Dickens Fellowship, a worldwide association of people who share an interest in the life and works of Charles Dickens, first taking that position on the death of his father in 1968, and again on his retirement in 1976, when he also founded the Dickens Pickwick Club, a society with an international membership. This he kept true to the spirit of the original in "The Pickwick Papers" by only allowing men to join, which in 2000 led to an accusation of sexism. In demand internationally as a guest and speaker at meetings of Dickens Fellowships and other events connected with
Peter Weller Burroughs's novel "Naked Lunch" (1991). Aside from a Saturn Award nomination for his "RoboCop" role, Weller received an Academy Award nomination for his 1993 short "Partners," in which he also acted. In television, he hosted the program "Engineering an Empire" on the History Channel from 2005 to 2007. He also played Christopher Henderson in the fifth season of "24", Stan Liddy in the fifth season of the Showtime original series "Dexter", as well as Charles "Charlie" Barosky in 11 episodes in (Season 6) of Kurt Sutter 's long running "Sons of Anarchy". Since 2012, Weller has been involved in the