suave villains in costume dramas and swashbucklers, including David Copperfield (1935) as the abusive stepfather Mr. Murdstone; Anna Karenina (1935) as her distant husband, Karenin; The Last Days of Pompeii (1935) portraying Pontius Pilate ; Captain Blood (1935); A Tale of Two Cities (1935), as the Marquis St. Evremonde ; The Adventures of Robin Hood