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Frank Coghlan Jr.
Born · March 15, 1916
Died · September 7, 2009 (93 years old)
Known For: Acting
Place of Birth: New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Bio
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.
Shirley Temple: America's Little Darling
Self
0.0
1993
The Republic Pictures Story
Self
0.0
1991
The Love God?
Reporter (uncredited)
6.0
1969
The Shakiest Gun in the West
Man at Bar (uncredited)
6.2
1968
Valley of the Dolls
Reporter (uncredited)
6.0
1967
The Love-Ins
Reporter in Park
3.8
1967
The Love-Ins
Reporter in Park (uncredited)
3.8
1967
The Beverly Hillbillies
Helmsman · (1 episode)
6.8
1962
Corvette K-225
Rating
6.2
1943
Presenting Lily Mars
Elevator Boy
6.1
1943
Lady in a Jam
Young Man (uncredited)
5.5
1942
Military Training
Soldier Patient
0.0
1941
Uncle Joe
Dick
6.0
1941
Screen Snapshots Series 21 No. 1
Self
0.0
1941
Out of the Fog
6.4
1941
Adventures of Captain Marvel
Billy Batson
6.2
1941
Love Thy Neighbor
Bellboy
6.5
1940
Murder Over New York
Frankie O'Shaughnessy
6.1
1940
Remedy for Riches
Bud
5.8
1940
Knute Rockne All American
Messenger (uncredited)
6.0
1940
Free, Blonde and 21
Sammy, Bellboy
8.0
1940
Double Alibi
Newspaper Switchboard Operator
4.5
1940
The Fighting 69th
Jimmy (uncredited)
5.4
1940
Gone with the Wind
Collapsing Soldier (uncredited)
7.9
1939
Day-time Wife
Office Boy
6.2
1939
Meet Dr. Christian
Bud
0.0
1939
Here I Am a Stranger
Office Boy
7.0
1939
Dust Be My Destiny
Newsboy (uncredited)
6.2
1939
Angels Wash Their Faces
Al - Boy Working Lathe (uncredited)
6.4
1939
Second Fiddle
Studio Call Boy
4.5
1939
It's a Wonderful World
Elevator Boy (uncredited)
6.4
1939
Ex-Champ
Bellhop
6.0
1939
Boys' Reformatory
Eddie O'Meara
5.5
1939
East Side of Heaven
Messenger Boy (uncredited)
7.1
1939
The Flying Irishman
Teenager Taking Photograph
4.6
1939
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle
Boy in Montage (uncredited)
7.0
1939
Off the Record
Copyboy (uncredited)
6.0
1939
Scouts to the Rescue
Ken - a Boy Scout
0.0
1939
Service de Luxe
Bellhop
6.5
1938
Blazing Barriers
Tommy McGrath
0.0
1937
Let Them Live
Bellhop
0.0
1937
Red Lights Ahead
Willie Wallace
5.2
1936
Make Way for a Lady
Billy Hopkins
5.0
1936
Charlie Chan at the Race Track
Eddie Brill, Jockey
7.1
1936
Melody in May
0.0
1936
The Little Red Schoolhouse
Frank 'Frankie' Burke
5.5
1936
Happiness C.O.D.
Larry Sherridan
6.0
1935
Stranded
Page (uncredited)
5.8
1935
It Never Rains
0.0
1935
Kentucky Blue Streak
Johnny Bradley
4.0
1935
Managed Money
Sonny Rogers
4.6
1934
Pardon My Pups
Sonny Rogers
5.6
1934
What's to Do?
Sonny Rogers
5.5
1933
In the Money
Dick Higginbottom
3.5
1933
Merrily Yours
James "Sonny" Rogers
5.8
1933
Racetrack
Jackie Curtis
0.0
1933
Drum Taps
Eric Cartwright
4.5
1933
The Last of the Mohicans
Uncas
6.0
1932
Man Wanted
Youngster in Store
5.5
1932
Hell's House
Shorty
5.3
1932
Union Depot
Ragged Urchin (uncredited)
6.1
1932
Penrod and Sam
Sam Williams
6.0
1931
How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 5: 'The Medium Irons'
Junior
0.0
1931
The Public Enemy
Tom as a Boy (uncredited)
7.3
1931
It Pays to Advertise
Office Boy (as Junior Coghlan)
4.7
1931
River's End
Mickey
6.2
1930
The Girl Said No
Eddie Ward
5.5
1930
Square Shoulders
John W. 'Tad' Collins Jr.
0.0
1929
Marked Money
The Kid
0.0
1928
Let 'Er Go Gallegher
John 'Let 'Er Go' Gallegher
5.5
1928
A Harp in Hock
Tommy Shannon
0.0
1927
The Country Doctor
Sard Jones
6.0
1927
The Yankee Clipper
Mickey
6.2
1927
Slide, Kelly, Slide
Mickey Martin
0.0
1927
Rubber Tires
Charley Stack
6.5
1927
Her Man o' War
Peterkin Schultz
0.0
1926
Mike
Boy
0.0
1926
Whispering Smith
0.0
1926
The Skyrocket
Mickey (prologue)
0.0
1926
The Great Circus Mystery
(as Junior Coghlan)
0.0
1925
The Darling of New York
The Ross Kid
7.0
1923
The Spanish Dancer
Page (uncredited)
4.0
1923
Cause for Divorce
Tommie Parker (as Junior Coghlan)
1.0
1923
A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate
Boy (uncredited)
6.8
1923
Little Old New York
(uncredited)
6.4
1923
Bobbed Hair
Lamont Child (as Junior Coghlan)
0.0
1922
The Poverty of Riches
0.0
1921
The Adventures of Daredevil Jack
0.0
1920