Frank Coghlan Jr.
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1916-03-15
Day of Death
2009-09-07 (93 years old)
Place of Birth
New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Frank Coghlan Jr.
Biography
Frank Coghlan, Jr. (1916–2009) was an American actor who later became a career officer in the United States Navy and a Naval Aviator.
He appeared in approximately 129 films and television programs between 1920 and 1974. During the 1920s and 1930s, he became a popular child and juvenile actor appearing in early Our Gang comedies, but he is best known for the role of Billy Batson in Adventures of Captain Marvel.
Coghlan later served 23 years as an aviator and officer in the US Navy from 1942 to 1965. After retiring from the Navy, he returned to acting and appeared in television, films, and commercials.
Known For
Acting
(1993)
(1991)
The Republic Pictures Story
as Self
(1969)
The Love God?
as Reporter (uncredited)
(1968)
The Shakiest Gun in the West
as Man at Bar (uncredited)
(1967)
Valley of the Dolls
as Reporter (uncredited)
(1967)
The Love-Ins
as Reporter in Park
(1967)
The Love-Ins
as Reporter in Park (uncredited)
(1943)
Corvette K-225
as Rating
(1943)
Presenting Lily Mars
as Elevator Boy
(1942)
Lady in a Jam
as Young Man (uncredited)
(1941)
(1941)
Adventures of Captain Marvel
as Billy Batson
(1941)
Military Training
as Soldier Patient
(1941)
Uncle Joe
as Dick
(1941)
(1940)
Double Alibi
as Newspaper Switchboard Operator
(1940)
Murder Over New York
as Frankie O'Shaughnessy
(1940)
The Fighting 69th
as Jimmy (uncredited)
(1940)
Love Thy Neighbor
as Bellboy
(1940)
Remedy for Riches
as Bud
(1940)
Knute Rockne All American
as Messenger (uncredited)
(1940)
Free, Blonde and 21
as Sammy, Bellboy
(1939)
Gone with the Wind
as Collapsing Soldier (uncredited)
(1939)
The Flying Irishman
as Teenager Taking Photograph
(1939)
East Side of Heaven
as Messenger Boy (uncredited)
(1939)
Scouts to the Rescue
as Ken - a Boy Scout
(1939)
Angels Wash Their Faces
as Al - Boy Working Lathe (uncredited)
(1939)
Second Fiddle
as Studio Call Boy
(1939)
Off the Record
as Copyboy (uncredited)
(1939)
Dust Be My Destiny
as Newsboy (uncredited)
(1939)
It's a Wonderful World
as Elevator Boy (uncredited)
(1939)
Here I Am a Stranger
as Office Boy
(1939)
Ex-Champ
as Bellhop
(1939)
Day-time Wife
as Office Boy
(1939)
Boys' Reformatory
as Eddie O'Meara
(1939)
Meet Dr. Christian
as Bud
(1939)
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle
as Boy in Montage (uncredited)
(1938)
Service de Luxe
as Bellhop
(1937)
Blazing Barriers
as Tommy McGrath
(1937)
Let Them Live
as Bellhop
(1936)
The Little Red Schoolhouse
as Frank 'Frankie' Burke
(1936)
Red Lights Ahead
as Willie Wallace
(1936)
Charlie Chan at the Race Track
as Eddie Brill, Jockey
(1936)
Make Way for a Lady
as Billy Hopkins
(1936)
Melody in May
as Tommy
(1935)
It Never Rains
as Sonny
(1935)
Happiness C.O.D.
as Larry Sherridan
(1935)
Stranded
as Page (uncredited)
(1935)
Kentucky Blue Streak
as Johnny Bradley
(1934)
Pardon My Pups
as Sonny Rogers
(1934)
Managed Money
as Sonny Rogers
(1933)
Racetrack
as Jackie Curtis
(1933)
What's to Do?
as Sonny Rogers
(1933)
Drum Taps
as Eric Cartwright
(1933)
Merrily Yours
as James "Sonny" Rogers
(1933)
In the Money
as Dick Higginbottom
(1932)
Union Depot
as Ragged Urchin (uncredited)
(1932)
Man Wanted
as Youngster in Store
(1932)
The Last of the Mohicans
as Uncas
(1932)
Hell's House
as Shorty
(1931)
(1931)
The Public Enemy
as Tom as a Boy (uncredited)
(1931)
It Pays to Advertise
as Office Boy (as Junior Coghlan)
(1931)
Penrod and Sam
as Sam Williams
(1930)
River's End
as Mickey
(1930)
The Girl Said No
as Eddie Ward
(1929)
Square Shoulders
as Tad
(1928)
Let 'Er Go Gallegher
as John 'Let 'Er Go' Gallegher
(1928)
Marked Money
as The Kid
(1927)
The Yankee Clipper
as Mickey
(1927)
The Country Doctor
as Sard Jones
(1927)
Slide, Kelly, Slide
as Mickey Martin
(1927)
A Harp in Hock
as Tommy Shannon
(1927)
Rubber Tires
as Charley Stack
(1926)
(1926)
The Skyrocket
as Mickey (prologue)
(1926)
Mike
as Boy
(1926)
Her Man o' War
as Peterkin Schultz
(1925)
The Great Circus Mystery
as (as Junior Coghlan)
(1923)
The Darling of New York
as The Ross Kid
(1923)
The Spanish Dancer
as Page (uncredited)
(1923)
A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate
as Boy (uncredited)
(1923)
Little Old New York
as (uncredited)
(1923)
Cause for Divorce
as Tommie Parker (as Junior Coghlan)
(1922)
Bobbed Hair
as Lamont Child (as Junior Coghlan)
(1921)
(1920)