thanks to MR BK for answering the question yesterday....and I would agree with his choices.....and DR JOHN G's additions.
I will add:
Charley Chase who was a bit of an "every man" character and particularly his silents although he made shorts into the 1940's.
Thank you for this reminder, DR Jrand68.
I do love Laurel & Hardy, but I, too, would be hard put to watch a whole lot of them at a time. I'd also say that about Abbott & Costello, with whom I have much less familiarity. In fact, I can't think of much I do know about them aside from the Who's On First routine.
Charlie Chaplin, goes without saying. Genius.
I haven't seen all that much Buster Keaton and don't have a feel for him or his material.
Harold Lloyd is someone I really admire now, but that only started last fall with my spending a lot of time studying THE FRESHMAN when I played in that orchestra for it.
I'd never even heard of Charley Chase until I attended a film festival a few years ago where they played a couple of his films. Absolutely wonderful, and I want to see more.