Know For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1916-03-15 (93 years old)
Deathday
2009-09-07
Place of Birth
New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Also known As
Francis Edward Coghlan Jr.
Frank 'Junior' Coghlan
Frank Coghlan
Frank Coghlin
Junior Coghlan
Junior Coughlan
Junior Coughlin
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.
1922
as Lamont Child (as Junior Coghlan)
1936
as Eddie Brill, Jockey
1925
as (as Junior Coghlan)
1931
as Office Boy (as Junior Coghlan)
1941
as Billy Batson
1923
as (uncredited)
1931
as Tom as a Boy (uncredited)
1926
as Mickey (prologue)
1926
1932
as Uncas
1934
as Sonny Rogers
1934
as Sonny Rogers
1932
as Shorty
1941
1936
as Tommy
1933
as James "Sonny" Rogers
1933
as Sonny Rogers
1935
as Johnny Bradley
1991
as Self
1936
as Frank 'Frankie' Burke
1936
as Willie Wallace
1933
as Dick Higginbottom
1935
as Larry Sherridan
1941
as Dick
1928
as John 'Let 'Er Go' Gallegher
1939
as Eddie O'Meara
1937
as Tommy McGrath
1938
as Bellhop
1930
as Mickey
1923
as Page (uncredited)
1927
as Charley Stack
1930
as Eddie Ward
1927
as Mickey
1933
as Eric Cartwright
1931
as Sam Williams
1927
as Sard Jones
1939
as Bud
1928
as The Kid
1939
as Al - Boy Working Lathe (uncredited)
1939
as Boy in Montage (uncredited)
1939
as Messenger Boy (uncredited)
1939
as Teenager Taking Photograph
1939
as Elevator Boy (uncredited)
1939
as Studio Call Boy
1939
as Collapsing Soldier (uncredited)
1939
as Office Boy
1926
as Boy
1939
as Newsboy (uncredited)
1967
as Reporter (uncredited)
1939
as Office Boy
1940
as Frankie O'Shaughnessy
1940
as Jimmy (uncredited)
1927
as Mickey Martin
1929
as Tad
1940
as Messenger (uncredited)
1940
as Bud
1940
as Bellboy
1923
as The Ross Kid
1923
as Boy (uncredited)
1936
as Billy Hopkins
1940
as Sammy, Bellboy
1939
as Ken - a Boy Scout
1993
1967
as Reporter in Park
1940
as Newspaper Switchboard Operator
1969
as Reporter (uncredited)
1968
as Man at Bar (uncredited)
1939
as Copyboy (uncredited)
1926
as Peterkin Schultz
1935
as Page (uncredited)
1943
as Rating
1943
as Elevator Boy
1939
as Bellhop
1937
as Bellhop
1932
as Youngster in Store
1933
as Jackie Curtis
1923
as Tommie Parker (as Junior Coghlan)
1932
as Ragged Urchin (uncredited)
1935
as Sonny
1927
as Tommy Shannon
1941
1967
as Reporter in Park (uncredited)
1941
as Soldier Patient
1942
as Young Man (uncredited)
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