MANILA – Veteran actor Spanky Manikan is currently battling cancer and he is in need of financial assistance, his fellow actor Nanding Josef wrote on social media.

According to Josef, Manikan has stage four lung cancer and “has been hospitalized four times already for various complications which has drained family savings.”

While Manikan is slowly getting better, according to Josef, he still needs six more cycles of chemotherapy. As of writing, Josef said Manikan is still confined at the hospital for “lung fluid drainage.”

“Your kind and generous assistance will be very much appreciated. Spanky's Savings Account is at BPI Magallanes, 0086-3268-64 under his full (real) name Manuel Manikan,” he added,

Manikan, 75, is married to veteran actress Susan Africa.

He is best known for his roles in the films "Maynila sa Kuko Ng Liwanag," "Bona," "Broken Marriage," and "Himala," for which he was named best supporting actor at the 1981 Metro Manila Film Festival.