Though chief among them might have been the seemingly 101 roles for RD which were essentially the same screaming, hair-touching, hands-all-over-his-female-costars character.
I've recently seen enough RD to assess the hair-touching thing, and I think this refers to his grasping his head with both hands to express fear. I've also noticed that Quentin and Willie do this too, sometimes. Not the best way to convey fear admittedly, and Davis's attempts are more incoherent than the other actors', but someone was clearly telling these actors to do that.
I missed Ned Stuart entirely. My tapes don't cover that period. (And basically only 3 roles, right?) But Bradford being as physical as he was with Victoria seemed somewhat touching (no pun intended) to me, despite RD's con reputation, and Bradford/Clark were respectable protagonists. Tate was a credible agitated artist, this coming from someone who can understand the mentality a bit. Tate: primo nutso centagenarian. Mwaugh. I just did that thing where you simulate a kiss out into the air to indicate artsy appreciation.