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