
... and then I was James Stewart in a "classic leading man" test. Perhaps he is considered slightly too "nice," at least if remembered from the Frank Capra movies where he is almost sickeningly flexible and jovial. I prefer the ones by Hitchcock,
Vertigo (I don't like heights myself) and
Rear Window. He may be vulnerable - very concretely handicapped in both films - but gets the job done anyway. Most importantly, nice can't be too bad if Grace Kelly and Kim Novak like it.