Sure, you have Cooper, Laughton and Raft to swoon over, but how could you go past someone called Charlie Ruggles?
IMDB informs me that the comedic Ruggles (1886-1970) had one of the longest careers in the biz; starting in 1914's The Patchwork Girl of Oz – intriguingly credited "Undetermined Role (unconfirmed)" – he appeared in more than 100 films (including the seminal Son of Flubber) and popped up all over TV, in everything from The Munsters to The Beverly Hillbillies and Bewitched.
Here he is in Charley's Aunt (1930!), what has to be a rare early drag role:
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