William Takaku

William Takaku (died 3 January 2011)[1] was a Papua New Guinean film, television and theatre actor. He was also a screenwriter and a former theatre director.

William Takaku
BornDate: unknown
Born: Autonomous Region of Bougainville, Papua New Guinea
Died3 January 2011
Port Moresby
OccupationStoryteller, Actor, Screenwriter and Theatre director
Years activefrom 1992 (screen)

Career

In the late 1980s and early 1990s, he travelled far from his birthplace on the island of Bougainville, as a storyteller and spokesperson for his people. They had recently expelled from the island copper mining operations which had been polluting the river they depended upon.[2] In June 1991, he was a guest speaker and storyteller at the International Gathering of Mother Earth's People, in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.

He was for a time director of the National Theatre Company in Papua New Guinea.[3]

He co-wrote, with Albert Toro, and directed the television miniseries Warriors in Transit (1992).[3] Takaku has also directed the Milne Bay Provincial Theatre Group.[3]

As an actor, he co-starred as Man Friday alongside Pierce Brosnan in the film Robinson Crusoe (1997)[4][5] and he appeared as Magnus in the television miniseries The Violent Earth (1998).

Filmography
Year Title Role Notes
1997Robinson CrusoeMan Friday
1998The Violent EarthMagnus3 episodes, (final appearance)

References
  1. Munjin, Margaret (7 February 2011). "Farewell Takaku, you were truly a legend". The National. Port Moresby. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
  2. Theroux, Paul (8 December 2006). The Happy Isles of Oceania: Paddling the Pacific. ISBN 9780547525181.
  3. Thompson, Liz (18 October 2000). "Warriors in Transit: Theatre in Papua New Guinea". arTok – Pacific Arts Online ("an ABC Online-Radio Australia initiative"), hosted on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's website. Accessed 20 January 2010.
  4. Maltin, Leonard (2014). Leonard Maltin's 2015 Movie Guide. Penguin Books. p. 1632. ISBN 978-0698183612.
  5. Rowan, Terry. "Pirates, Buccaneers & other Scallywags & Swashbucklers A Complete Film Guide". Lulu.com. p. 95. ISBN 978-1312146006.


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