Beadle Bamford

NOTE: This page is only about his film incarnation as his musical incarnation was not voted pure evil. Thus, only info of his film version should be put here.

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Pure Evil

Full Name

Beadle Bamford

Alias

The Beadle

Beatle

Origin

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007 film)

Allies

Judge Turpin (master)

Powers / Skills

Authority

Goals

Aid Judge Turpin in any way he can (succeeded until his murder by Sweeney Todd).

Escape the consequences of his actions (failed).

Moral Event Horizon

Arranging for Benjamin Barker to be sent away to a life of hard labor so Turpin can prey on his wife Lucy.

Luring Lucy to Judge Turpin's home so Turpin can rape her while Bamford watches with a sadistic grin.

Kill Count

1

Several (all indirectly)

Worst Crimes

Incrimination

Rape by association
Assault
Corruption
Animal abuse
Unlawful imprisonment

Type of Villain

Sadistic Right-Hand

Beadle Bamford is the secondary antagonist of the 2007 film Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, based on the 1979 musical of the same name. He is the corrupt Beadle of London and the right hand of Judge Turpin.

He was portrayed by Timothy Spall, who also played Peter Pettigrew in the Harry Potter film series.

What Makes Him Pure Evil?[]

He arranges for Benjamin Barker to be sent to a prison where he would be forced to do hard labour for the rest of his life so Judge Turpin can rape his wife Lucy.
He lures Lucy to Turpin's home so he can rape her and watches with a sadistic grin.
- It's implied that Bamford himself took advantage of her at some point as well with how she mentioned that she knows the Beadle and how she has a tendency to offer herself in the streets.
He fully supports Turpin's plot to force Johanna, his own adoptive daughter who is decades younger than him, to marry him.
He throws Anthony out on the street and savagely beats him with a cane, threatening to kill him if he or Turpin see him again. And whilst he gives him his stuff, he only does it so he can chuck it at him.
He watches as Judge Turpin sentences a little boy to death by hanging for petty theft and even smiles at the boy for crying. When asked by Turpin if the boy was actually guilty, he responds that everyone is guilty of something so it doesn't matter, showing that he has no qualms with Turpin sentencing a child to death for a petty crime they may not have even committed.
He attacks Johanna and sends her to a bedlam house where he knows she'll be abused after she refuses Turpin's advances.
While most of his actions are done under the orders of Turpin, he is clearly sadistic and takes joy in carrying them out, and his participation is necessary for Turpin to get as far as he does in his villainy, so he passes the heinous standards.
While he does speak formally towards Judge Turpin, and seems genuinely loyal to his master, this is mostly likely because of Turpin's cruelty and callous nature towards others, similar to his nature.