Who was the best Charlie Chan?

Warner Oland shall always be my Number One Charlie Chan but Sidney Toler runs a close second. It's not a "no context" or a "landslide" in my book. I like both men's work as Charlie, find Oland the warmer and more traditional of the two. Warner's Charlie is Buddha-like, all knowing and understanding. Sidney's is more human seeming, sometimes moody, occasionally assertive, even acerbic, nearer to an Asian Sherlock Holmes, with Jimmy his Watson (okay, that's a stretch). LeStrade is whatever (excuse please) dumb Irish cop Detective Chan encounters in whatever American city he happens to be visiting.

My favorite Chan pictures are those that Sidney Toler appeared in made for Fox, 1938-42. Oland may be my favorite Charlie but Toler's movies (Fox studio only) are my favorite films in the series. The switch from sober, dignified Number One Son Lee, as perfectly embodied by Keye Luke, to the bumptious, eager beaver Number Two son Jimmy was a stroke of serendipitous genius. Luke really was the perfect fit for Oland, behaved as if he was Oland's Chan's son. Sen Yung, more American seeming, aggressive, occasionally accident prone, seems like he could be the somewhat less secure offspring of the cooler, more severe Mr. Toler.