Charles is Ralph Nickleby in The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby

a movie released for TV in 2001, directed by Stephen Whittaker, based on the novel of Charles Dickens

Charles Dance as Ralph Nickleby, the wealthy and cold-hearted uncle whom Nicholas and his sister Kate turn to when their father's death leaves them destitute. Nicholas eagerly takes on a teaching job at a boy's boarding school, but flees after rebelling against the unspeakable horrors there. Meanwhile, his sister's beauty attracts menacing attention from a group of rich, boorish swells. With powerful enemies marshaled against him, Nicholas struggles to find his way in the world and rescue his family. 

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Charles in The professionals : The Ojuka situation episode (1983)

date : 23 January 1983 S04, Ep 11

"Hakim Ojuka was the leader of the African state of Betan until overthrown by political enemies. Seeking reinstatement with assistance from the British Government, he finds his adversaries are soon on his trail. CI5 take Ojuka into hiding but Cowley's usually watertight security is clearly leaking as the villains track him effortlessly."

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Charles was Edward Forester in First born in 1988

First Born begins in 1975, with Edward Forester (Charles Dance) and his wife Ann (Julie Peasgood), who is days away from giving birth. Cut to the delivery theatre, and a baby boy is born, only out of the ordinary by having an unusual amount of body hair. But then the mother goes into convulsions, and a large hairy arm is seen: the mother is a gorilla called Mary. Edward Forester has succeeded in producing the first hybrid of primate and human, a boy he calls Gordon, or Gor for short.