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)
Uncle Joe
as Dick
(1941)
Military Training
as Soldier Patient
(1941)
(1940)
The Fighting 69th
as Jimmy (uncredited)
(1940)
Double Alibi
as Newspaper Switchboard Operator
(1940)
Murder Over New York
as Frankie O'Shaughnessy
(1940)
Free, Blonde and 21
as Sammy, Bellboy
(1940)
Knute Rockne All American
as Messenger (uncredited)
(1940)
Love Thy Neighbor
as Bellboy
(1940)
Remedy for Riches
as Bud
(1939)
Gone with the Wind
as Collapsing Soldier (uncredited)
(1939)
It's a Wonderful World
as Elevator Boy (uncredited)
(1939)
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle
as Boy in Montage (uncredited)
(1939)
Second Fiddle
as Studio Call Boy
(1939)
Ex-Champ
as Bellhop
(1939)
Angels Wash Their Faces
as Al - Boy Working Lathe (uncredited)
(1939)
Dust Be My Destiny
as Newsboy (uncredited)
(1939)
Off the Record
as Copyboy (uncredited)
(1939)
Day-time Wife
as Office Boy
(1939)
The Flying Irishman
as Teenager Taking Photograph
(1939)
Meet Dr. Christian
as Bud
(1939)
Here I Am a Stranger
as Office Boy
(1939)
East Side of Heaven
as Messenger Boy (uncredited)
(1939)
Scouts to the Rescue
as Ken - a Boy Scout
(1939)
Boys' Reformatory
as Eddie O'Meara
(1938)
Service de Luxe
as Bellhop
(1937)
Blazing Barriers
as Tommy McGrath
(1937)
Let Them Live
as Bellhop
(1936)
Make Way for a Lady
as Billy Hopkins
(1936)
Red Lights Ahead
as Willie Wallace
(1936)
Charlie Chan at the Race Track
as Eddie Brill, Jockey
(1936)
The Little Red Schoolhouse
as Frank 'Frankie' Burke
(1936)
Melody in May
as Tommy
(1935)
Stranded
as Page (uncredited)
(1935)
It Never Rains
as Sonny
(1935)
Happiness C.O.D.
as Larry Sherridan
(1935)
Kentucky Blue Streak
as Johnny Bradley
(1934)
Managed Money
as Sonny Rogers
(1934)
Pardon My Pups
as Sonny Rogers
(1933)
Racetrack
as Jackie Curtis
(1933)
Drum Taps
as Eric Cartwright
(1933)
What's to Do?
as Sonny Rogers
(1933)
Merrily Yours
as James "Sonny" Rogers
(1933)
In the Money
as Dick Higginbottom
(1932)
Hell's House
as Shorty
(1932)
Union Depot
as Ragged Urchin (uncredited)
(1932)
Man Wanted
as Youngster in Store
(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 John W. 'Tad' Collins Jr.
(1928)
Marked Money
as The Kid
(1928)
Let 'Er Go Gallegher
as John 'Let 'Er Go' Gallegher
(1927)
The Yankee Clipper
as Mickey
(1927)
Rubber Tires
as Charley Stack
(1927)
The Country Doctor
as Sard Jones
(1927)
A Harp in Hock
as Tommy Shannon
(1927)
Slide, Kelly, Slide
as Mickey Martin
(1926)
Mike
as Boy
(1926)
The Skyrocket
as Mickey (prologue)
(1926)
Her Man o' War
as Peterkin Schultz
(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)
Little Old New York
as (uncredited)
(1923)
The Darling of New York
as The Ross Kid
(1923)
Cause for Divorce
as Tommie Parker (as Junior Coghlan)
(1922)
Bobbed Hair
as Lamont Child (as Junior Coghlan)
(1921)
(1920)