Before He Wore Cowboy Boots 24/7

 A good-looking lad was he ...

And in a movie wearing a suit and tie ... yes, a good-looking lad.  His co-star in the movie Girls Demand Excitement (1931) was Virginia Cherrill, Cary Grant's first wife (they met in 1932, got married in 1933 and divorced in 1934.  Ahh, true love.)