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)
Presenting Lily Mars
as Elevator Boy
(1943)
Corvette K-225
as Rating
(1942)
Lady in a Jam
as Young Man (uncredited)
(1941)
(1941)
Adventures of Captain Marvel
as Billy Batson
(1941)
(1941)
Uncle Joe
as Dick
(1941)
Military Training
as Soldier Patient
(1940)
Murder Over New York
as Frankie O'Shaughnessy
(1940)
Love Thy Neighbor
as Bellboy
(1940)
Knute Rockne All American
as Messenger (uncredited)
(1940)
The Fighting 69th
as Jimmy (uncredited)
(1940)
Double Alibi
as Newspaper Switchboard Operator
(1940)
Remedy for Riches
as Bud
(1940)
Free, Blonde and 21
as Sammy, Bellboy
(1939)
Gone with the Wind
as Collapsing Soldier (uncredited)
(1939)
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle
as Boy in Montage (uncredited)
(1939)
It's a Wonderful World
as Elevator Boy (uncredited)
(1939)
Second Fiddle
as Studio Call Boy
(1939)
The Flying Irishman
as Teenager Taking Photograph
(1939)
Dust Be My Destiny
as Newsboy (uncredited)
(1939)
Angels Wash Their Faces
as Al - Boy Working Lathe (uncredited)
(1939)
Here I Am a Stranger
as Office Boy
(1939)
Boys' Reformatory
as Eddie O'Meara
(1939)
Day-time Wife
as Office Boy
(1939)
East Side of Heaven
as Messenger Boy (uncredited)
(1939)
Scouts to the Rescue
as Ken - a Boy Scout
(1939)
Meet Dr. Christian
as Bud
(1939)
Off the Record
as Copyboy (uncredited)
(1939)
Ex-Champ
as Bellhop
(1938)
Service de Luxe
as Bellhop
(1937)
Blazing Barriers
as Tommy McGrath
(1937)
Let Them Live
as Bellhop
(1936)
Charlie Chan at the Race Track
as Eddie Brill, Jockey
(1936)
Melody in May
as Tommy
(1936)
Red Lights Ahead
as Willie Wallace
(1936)
The Little Red Schoolhouse
as Frank 'Frankie' Burke
(1936)
Make Way for a Lady
as Billy Hopkins
(1935)
It Never Rains
as Sonny
(1935)
Stranded
as Page (uncredited)
(1935)
Happiness C.O.D.
as Larry Sherridan
(1935)
Kentucky Blue Streak
as Johnny Bradley
(1934)
Pardon My Pups
as Sonny Rogers
(1934)
Managed Money
as Sonny Rogers
(1933)
In the Money
as Dick Higginbottom
(1933)
Drum Taps
as Eric Cartwright
(1933)
Racetrack
as Jackie Curtis
(1933)
What's to Do?
as Sonny Rogers
(1933)
Merrily Yours
as James "Sonny" Rogers
(1932)
Man Wanted
as Youngster in Store
(1932)
Union Depot
as Ragged Urchin (uncredited)
(1932)
Hell's House
as Shorty
(1932)
The Last of the Mohicans
as Uncas
(1931)
The Public Enemy
as Tom as a Boy (uncredited)
(1931)
Penrod and Sam
as Sam Williams
(1931)
It Pays to Advertise
as Office Boy (as Junior Coghlan)
(1931)
(1930)
The Girl Said No
as Eddie Ward
(1930)
River's End
as Mickey
(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)
Rubber Tires
as Charley Stack
(1927)
A Harp in Hock
as Tommy Shannon
(1927)
Slide, Kelly, Slide
as Mickey Martin
(1927)
The Country Doctor
as Sard Jones
(1926)
Her Man o' War
as Peterkin Schultz
(1926)
Mike
as Boy
(1926)
The Skyrocket
as Mickey (prologue)
(1926)
(1925)
The Great Circus Mystery
as (as Junior Coghlan)
(1923)
A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate
as Boy (uncredited)
(1923)
The Spanish Dancer
as Page (uncredited)
(1923)
The Darling of New York
as The Ross Kid
(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)