
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)

It's a Wonderful World (1939)
as Elevator Boy (uncredited)

Boys' Reformatory (1939)
as Eddie O'Meara

The Public Enemy (1931)
as Tom as a Boy (uncredited)

Man Wanted (1932)
as Youngster in Store

A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate (1923)
as Boy (uncredited)

Merrily Yours (1933)
as James "Sonny" Rogers

Angels Wash Their Faces (1939)
as Al - Boy Working Lathe (uncredited)

The Shakiest Gun in the West (1968)
as Man at Bar (uncredited)

Knute Rockne All American (1940)
as Messenger (uncredited)

Adventures of Captain Marvel (1941)
as Billy Batson

In the Money (1933)
as Dick Higginbottom

Presenting Lily Mars (1943)
as Elevator Boy

The Fighting 69th (1940)
as Jimmy (uncredited)

Let Them Live (1937)
as Bellhop

Cliffhangers: Adventures from the Thrill Factory (1993)
as Himself

Charlie Chan at the Race Track (1936)
as Eddie Brill, Jockey

Pardon My Pups (1934)
as Sonny Rogers

Second Fiddle (1939)
as Studio Call Boy

The Flying Irishman (1939)
as Teenager Taking Photograph

Dust Be My Destiny (1939)
as Newsboy (uncredited)

Union Depot (1932)
as Ragged Urchin (uncredited)

The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle (1939)
as Boy in Montage (uncredited)

Here I Am a Stranger (1939)
as Office Boy

Corvette K-225 (1943)
as Rating

Day-time Wife (1939)
as Office Boy

Murder Over New York (1940)
as Frankie O'Shaughnessy

The Love-Ins (1967)
as Reporter in Park

Service de Luxe (1938)
as Bellhop

Off the Record (1939)
as Copyboy (uncredited)

Make Way for a Lady (1936)
as Billy Hopkins

The Yankee Clipper (1927)
as Mickey

Double Alibi (1940)
as Newspaper Switchboard Operator

The Spanish Dancer (1923)
as Page (uncredited)

Ex-Champ (1939)
as Bellhop

Meet Dr. Christian (1939)
as Bud

East Side of Heaven (1939)
as Messenger Boy (uncredited)

Lady in a Jam (1942)
as Young Man (uncredited)

Out of the Fog (1941)
Actor

Love Thy Neighbor (1940)
as Bellboy

Scouts to the Rescue (1939)
as Ken - a Boy Scout

Rubber Tires (1927)
as Charley Stack

Stranded (1935)
as Page (uncredited)

Whispering Smith (1926)
Actor

The Little Red Schoolhouse (1936)
as Frank 'Frankie' Burke

The Love God? (1969)
as Reporter (uncredited)

River's End (1930)
as Mickey

The Last of the Mohicans (1932)
as Uncas

Remedy for Riches (1940)
as Bud

The Girl Said No (1930)
as Eddie Ward

Square Shoulders (1929)
as Tad

It Pays to Advertise (1931)
as Office Boy (as Junior Coghlan)

Red Lights Ahead (1936)
as Willie Wallace

Let 'Er Go Gallegher (1928)
as John 'Let 'Er Go' Gallegher

Free, Blonde and 21 (1940)
as Sammy, Bellboy

The Last Frontier (1926)
as Buddy

Little Old New York (1923)
as (uncredited)

Drum Taps (1933)
as Eric Cartwright

Kentucky Blue Streak (1935)
as Johnny Bradley
Mike (1926)
as Boy

Uncle Joe (1941)
as Dick

Her Man o' War (1926)
as Peterkin Schultz

The Country Doctor (1927)
as Sard Jones

Screen Snapshots Series 21 No. 1 (1941)
as Self

Penrod and Sam (1931)
as Sam Williams

The Darling of New York (1923)
as The Ross Kid

The Republic Pictures Story (1991)
as Self

Slide, Kelly, Slide (1927)
as Mickey Martin
Military Training (1941)
as Soldier Patient

Hell's House (1932)
as Shorty

The Skyrocket (1926)
as Mickey (prologue)
Melody in May (1936)
as Tommy

What's to Do? (1933)
as Sonny Rogers
Blazing Barriers (1937)
as Tommy McGrath
Marked Money (1928)
as The Kid

How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 5: 'The Medium Irons' (1931)
as Junior

Managed Money (1934)
as Sonny Rogers

Happiness C.O.D. (1935)
as Larry Sherridan

Cause for Divorce (1923)
as Tommie Parker (as Junior Coghlan)

A Harp in Hock (1927)
as Tommy Shannon

The Adventures of Daredevil Jack (1920)
Actor

Bobbed Hair (1922)
as Lamont Child (as Junior Coghlan)

Shirley Temple: America's Little Darling (1993)
as Self

The Poverty of Riches (1921)
Actor
It Never Rains (1935)
as Sonny

Racetrack (1933)
as Jackie Curtis
The Great Circus Mystery (1925)
as (as Junior Coghlan)





