Moesa Pancho, also credited as Moesa, was an Indonesian actor who was the founder of Tangkiwood. He was the father of actress Habibah, grandfather of actress Hadidjah, great-grandfather of musician Idris Sardi, as well great-great-grandfather of actor Lukman Sardi.

Life and career

Moesa was born in Ternate, Dutch East Indies.^[1] He later married and had a daughter, Habibah, who went to became an actress and starred together with him in Fatima (1938).^[1][2] Habibah later married to Harun Seman, a stage actor, and later gave birth to a daughter, Hadidjah, who also went to became an actress and starred together with him in Alang-Alang (1939).^[1] Moesa later became a stage and film actor which was known in Asia and then starred in several films, such as: Matjan Berbisik (1940), Harta Berdarah (1940), Bajar dengan Djiwa (1940), Mega Mendoeng (1941), and made his last film appearance in Garoeda Mas (1941).^[3]

Due to his popularity, Moesa was given a house at Tangki Lio street in Mangga Besar, West Jakarta, by Tan Ing Hi, the owner of Princen Park.^[4] The village later turned into an artists village and was named Tangkiwood by Bing Slamet, a parody of Hollywood, which was being inhabited by artists from the 1940s until 1950s, including Laila Sari.^[4] Moesa's was resided at Gang Tangkiwood II next to Warung Sengki in front of Beton river and next to the house of other artists who came from Java, Palembang, and Philippines.^[4]

His great-grandson, Idris Sardi, is a musician from Hadidjah marriage to Mas Sardi.^[1][5] Idris later married to Zerlita and had a son, Lukman Sardi, who later went to become an actor.^[6]