Samuel A. Weller a series of talented designers and potters and profited from their work. Charles Babcock Upjohn worked for him from 1885–1904, with the first and second Dickens lines, as well as Eocean and Corleone lines. The Dickens lines were copied from a very successful line of figurines produced by Doulton of England, based on Charles Dickens characters. Weller was amused that Sam Weller was also the name of a servant in the "Pickwick Papers". He is reported to have declared, "If Dickens can create a character named Sam Weller, the least I can do is reciprocate and name a line for
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