Birthday:
Mar 15, 1916
Place of Birth: New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Place of Birth: New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Frank Coghlan Jr.
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.
Filmography
| Movie | Cast | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Bobbed Hair | Lamont Child (as Junior Coghlan) | 1922 |
| Charlie Chan at the Race Track | Eddie Brill, Jockey | 1936 |
| The Great Circus Mystery | (as Junior Coghlan) | 1925 |
| It Pays to Advertise | Office Boy (as Junior Coghlan) | 1931 |
| Adventures of Captain Marvel | Billy Batson | 1941 |
| The Poverty of Riches | 1921 | |
| Little Old New York | (uncredited) | 1923 |
| The Public Enemy | Tom as a Boy (uncredited) | 1931 |
| The Skyrocket | Mickey (prologue) | 1926 |
| Whispering Smith | 1926 | |
| The Last of the Mohicans | Uncas | 1932 |
| Pardon My Pups | Sonny Rogers | 1934 |
| Managed Money | Sonny Rogers | 1934 |
| Hell's House | Shorty | 1932 |
| Screen Snapshots Series 21 No. 1 | Self | 1941 |
| Melody in May | 1936 | |
| Merrily Yours | James "Sonny" Rogers | 1933 |
| What's to Do? | Sonny Rogers | 1933 |
| Kentucky Blue Streak | Johnny Bradley | 1935 |
| The Republic Pictures Story | Self | 1991 |
| The Little Red Schoolhouse | Frank 'Frankie' Burke | 1936 |
| Red Lights Ahead | Willie Wallace | 1936 |
| In the Money | Dick Higginbottom | 1933 |
| Happiness C.O.D. | Larry Sherridan | 1935 |
| Uncle Joe | Dick | 1941 |
| Let 'Er Go Gallegher | John 'Let 'Er Go' Gallegher | 1928 |
| Boys' Reformatory | Eddie O'Meara | 1939 |
| Blazing Barriers | Tommy McGrath | 1937 |
| Service de Luxe | Bellhop | 1938 |
| River's End | Mickey | 1930 |
| The Spanish Dancer | Page (uncredited) | 1923 |
| Rubber Tires | Charley Stack | 1927 |
| The Girl Said No | Eddie Ward | 1930 |
| The Yankee Clipper | Mickey | 1927 |
| Drum Taps | Eric Cartwright | 1933 |
| Penrod and Sam | Sam Williams | 1931 |
| The Country Doctor | Sard Jones | 1927 |
| Meet Dr. Christian | Bud | 1939 |
| Marked Money | The Kid | 1928 |
| Angels Wash Their Faces | Al - Boy Working Lathe (uncredited) | 1939 |
| The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle | Boy in Montage (uncredited) | 1939 |
| East Side of Heaven | Messenger Boy (uncredited) | 1939 |
| The Flying Irishman | Teenager Taking Photograph | 1939 |
| It's a Wonderful World | Elevator Boy (uncredited) | 1939 |
| Second Fiddle | Studio Call Boy | 1939 |
| Gone with the Wind | Collapsing Soldier (uncredited) | 1939 |
| Day-time Wife | Office Boy | 1939 |
| Mike | Boy | 1926 |
| Dust Be My Destiny | Newsboy (uncredited) | 1939 |
| Valley of the Dolls | Reporter (uncredited) | 1967 |
| The Adventures of Daredevil Jack | 1920 | |
| Here I Am a Stranger | Office Boy | 1939 |
| Murder Over New York | Frankie O'Shaughnessy | 1940 |
| The Fighting 69th | Jimmy (uncredited) | 1940 |
| Square Shoulders | John W. 'Tad' Collins Jr. | 1929 |
| Slide, Kelly, Slide | Mickey Martin | 1927 |
| Knute Rockne All American | Messenger (uncredited) | 1940 |
| Remedy for Riches | Bud | 1940 |
| Love Thy Neighbor | Bellboy | 1940 |
| The Darling of New York | The Ross Kid | 1923 |
| A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate | Boy (uncredited) | 1923 |
| Make Way for a Lady | Billy Hopkins | 1936 |
| Free, Blonde and 21 | Sammy, Bellboy | 1940 |
| Scouts to the Rescue | Ken - a Boy Scout | 1939 |
| Shirley Temple: America's Little Darling | Self | 1993 |
| The Love-Ins | Reporter in Park | 1967 |
| Double Alibi | Newspaper Switchboard Operator | 1940 |
| The Love God? | Reporter (uncredited) | 1969 |
| The Shakiest Gun in the West | Man at Bar (uncredited) | 1968 |
| Off the Record | Copyboy (uncredited) | 1939 |
| Her Man o' War | Peterkin Schultz | 1926 |
| How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 5: 'The Medium Irons' | Junior | 1931 |
| Stranded | Page (uncredited) | 1935 |
| Corvette K-225 | Rating | 1943 |
| Presenting Lily Mars | Elevator Boy | 1943 |
| Ex-Champ | Bellhop | 1939 |
| Let Them Live | Bellhop | 1937 |
| Man Wanted | Youngster in Store | 1932 |
| Racetrack | Jackie Curtis | 1933 |
| Cause for Divorce | Tommie Parker (as Junior Coghlan) | 1923 |
| Union Depot | Ragged Urchin (uncredited) | 1932 |
| It Never Rains | 1935 | |
| A Harp in Hock | Tommy Shannon | 1927 |
| Out of the Fog | 1941 | |
| The Love-Ins | Reporter in Park (uncredited) | 1967 |
| Military Training | Soldier Patient | 1941 |
| Lady in a Jam | Young Man (uncredited) | 1942 | Series | Cast | Year |
| The Beverly Hillbillies | Helmsman | 1962 |
