Spanky Manikan
Began as a theatre actor at the Philippine Educational Theater Association (PETA), he ventured to film and television work years later. Spanky Manikan was recognized in films like "Manila in the Claws of Light" (1975), "Bona" (1980), and "Himala" (1982).
He died on 14 January 2018, due to stage 4 lung cancer. He was survived by his wife, actress Susan Africa, and their three children.
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 0.3964 |
| Birthday | 1942-03-22 |
| Place of Birth | Philippines |
| Also Known As |
2011
Amok
4/1
The bustling and sweltering rugged intersection of Pasay Rotonda serves as the main setting for this story of interconnected fate and destiny. As a ra...
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Amok
2001
The Reaper
6/2
A group of prisoners was secretly commissioned by Gen. Torre to fight those who intend to destabilize the government. And after successfully ridding t...
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The Reaper
2011
Amigo
4.895/19
Rafael is a village mayor caught in the murderous crossfire of the Philippine-American War. When U.S. troops occupy his village, Rafael comes under pr...
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Amigo
1982
Miracle
8/21
When plain orphan Elsa begins having visions of the Virgin Mary, the rest of the residents of her isolated village find themselves questioning their o...
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Miracle
1975
Dung-aw
8.3/5
Diego and Gabriela Silang are landed Ilocos natives disaffected with the imposition of the indulto de comercio (a law giving right to Spanish official...
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Dung-aw
2004
Kulimlim
7/1
A man takes the law into his own hands when his wife's rapists are released from prison on a technicality, only to be possessed by the spirits of the...
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Kulimlim
2014
Alienasyon
10/1
A retired university professor who refused to leave his home in the campus despite an administrative order for eviction. With his whole life bearing w...
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Alienasyon
1984
Bona
6.615/13
Bona, a middle-class student, becomes infatuated with a struggling actor, Gardo, and drops out of school to live with him. She becomes his unpaid maid...
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Bona
1983
Broken Marriage
8.4/5
Trapped in a world of hectic schedules, pressure, and little time for each other, married couple Ellen and Rene decide to have a temporary separation.
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Broken Marriage
2008
Ploning
5.3/3
In the picturesque island of Cuyo, Palawan, an illegal Taiwanese fishing vessel docks carrying the fisherman named Muo Sei, a man looking for somethin...
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Ploning
2011
Forever and a Day
4.2/2
Eugene arrives in Bukidnon with only one intention: to forget his problems at work. But when he meets Raffy and as they travel and go on ridiculous an...
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Forever and a Day
2000
Deathrow
7.25/8
A neglected and unloved orphan raised by poor relatives in the slums of Manila is wrongfully convicted of murder that resulted from a heist he was com...
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Deathrow
2002
Au bout du rouleau
8/1
An aging captain who has spent his life sailing the China Sea agrees to do one last race for a crooked shipowner.
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Au bout du rouleau
2012
Himala Ngayon
9/2
A 2012 documentary about the making and the legacy of the 1982 drama masterpiece directed by Ishmael Bernal that ended up being one of the greatest As...
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Himala Ngayon
2012
The Strangers
5.5/2
A family becomes trapped in a village full of mysterious people and transforms into black dogs.
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The Strangers
1990
Fatal Vacation
6.938/16
A pleasent trip to the Phillipines is turned into tragedy when the tour bus is kidnapped by a group of rebels that want to exchange the prisoners for...
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Fatal Vacation
2001
Buhay Kamao
10/1
Pepe upon the order of his father did not want anything to do with boxing, after all it was boxing which took his brother’s life. But the easy money i...
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Buhay Kamao
2013
Alfredo S. Lim: The Untold Story
0/0
Alfredo S. Lim has just been awarded as one of Manila's ten most outstanding policemen. The celebration has abruptly ended when one of his co-honorees...
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Alfredo S. Lim: The Untold Story
1988
Saigon Commandos
5.667/3
A series of drug-related murders haunt Saigon. Ex-Green Beret Mark Stryker and his MP's must find the culprits. With the help of Jean Lassiter, a nose...
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Saigon Commandos
1990
Fatal Vacation
6.938/16
A pleasent trip to the Phillipines is turned into tragedy when the tour bus is kidnapped by a group of rebels that want to exchange the prisoners for...
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Fatal Vacation
1999
Bullet
4.333/3
Bullet, a skilled marksman, accidentally films gangsters beating up a kidnap victim. He and his cousins witness a gangland murder, putting them in dan...
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Bullet
1997
Behind Enemy Lines
4.87/23
An ex-marine returns to Vietnam when he learns his former mercenary partner whom he thought was killed is being held by a sadistic general.
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Behind Enemy Lines
2010
Lure of the Nest
0/0
An American woman hopes to have a happy reunion with her long-lost Filipino father and finds instead an aloof and unforgiving stranger who hasn't gott...
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Lure of the Nest
1975
Manila in the Claws of Light
7.368/72
Julio, a young fisherman from a provincial village, descends into social alienation as he arrives in Manila to search for his loved one.
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Manila in the Claws of Light
2025
Lakambini, Gregoria de Jesus
0/0
Beloved by revolutionaries Andres Bonifacio and Julio Nakpil, Lakambini Gregoria de Jesus' quest for justice mirrors the film's journey to reclaim the...
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Lakambini, Gregoria de Jesus
2016
Piding
0/0
Once upon a time, you were born. In the Philippines, there was no science education when you were a child. When they began to offer it in your adultho...
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