Frank Coghlan Jr.

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1916-03-15 (93 years old)

Deathday

2009-09-07

Place of Birth

New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Frank Coghlan Jr.

Biography

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.

Acting

1922

Bobbed Hair

as Lamont Child (as Junior Coghlan)

1936

Charlie Chan at the Race Track

as Eddie Brill, Jockey

1925

The Great Circus Mystery

as (as Junior Coghlan)

1931

It Pays to Advertise

as Office Boy (as Junior Coghlan)

1941

1923

Little Old New York

as (uncredited)

1931

The Public Enemy

as Tom as a Boy (uncredited)

1926

The Skyrocket

as Mickey (prologue)

1934

Pardon My Pups

as Sonny Rogers

1934

Managed Money

as Sonny Rogers

1932

Hell's House

as Shorty

1936

1933

Merrily Yours

as James "Sonny" Rogers

1933

What's to Do?

as Sonny Rogers

1935

Kentucky Blue Streak

as Johnny Bradley

1936

The Little Red Schoolhouse

as Frank 'Frankie' Burke

1936

Red Lights Ahead

as Willie Wallace

1933

In the Money

as Dick Higginbottom

1935

Happiness C.O.D.

as Larry Sherridan

1941

Uncle Joe

as Dick

1928

Let 'Er Go Gallegher

as John 'Let 'Er Go' Gallegher

1939

Boys' Reformatory

as Eddie O'Meara

1937

Blazing Barriers

as Tommy McGrath

1938

Service de Luxe

as Bellhop

1930

River's End

as Mickey

1923

The Spanish Dancer

as Page (uncredited)

1927

Rubber Tires

as Charley Stack

1930

The Girl Said No

as Eddie Ward

1927

1933

Drum Taps

as Eric Cartwright

1931

Penrod and Sam

as Sam Williams

1927

The Country Doctor

as Sard Jones

1928

Marked Money

as The Kid

1939

Angels Wash Their Faces

as Al - Boy Working Lathe (uncredited)

1939

The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle

as Boy in Montage (uncredited)

1939

East Side of Heaven

as Messenger Boy (uncredited)

1939

The Flying Irishman

as Teenager Taking Photograph

1939

It's a Wonderful World

as Elevator Boy (uncredited)

1939

Second Fiddle

as Studio Call Boy

1939

Gone with the Wind

as Collapsing Soldier (uncredited)

1939

Day-time Wife

as Office Boy

1926

Mike

as Boy

1939

Dust Be My Destiny

as Newsboy (uncredited)

1967

Valley of the Dolls

as Reporter (uncredited)

1939

1940

Murder Over New York

as Frankie O'Shaughnessy

1940

The Fighting 69th

as Jimmy (uncredited)

1927

Slide, Kelly, Slide

as Mickey Martin

1940

Knute Rockne All American

as Messenger (uncredited)

1940

1923

1923

1936

Make Way for a Lady

as Billy Hopkins

1940

Free, Blonde and 21

as Sammy, Bellboy

1939

Scouts to the Rescue

as Ken - a Boy Scout

1967

The Love-Ins

as Reporter in Park

1940

Double Alibi

as Newspaper Switchboard Operator

1969

The Love God?

as Reporter (uncredited)

1968

The Shakiest Gun in the West

as Man at Bar (uncredited)

1939

Off the Record

as Copyboy (uncredited)

1926

Her Man o' War

as Peterkin Schultz

1935

Stranded

as Page (uncredited)

1943

1943

Presenting Lily Mars

as Elevator Boy

1939

Ex-Champ

as Bellhop

1937

Let Them Live

as Bellhop

1932

Man Wanted

as Youngster in Store

1933

Racetrack

as Jackie Curtis

1923

Cause for Divorce

as Tommie Parker (as Junior Coghlan)

1932

Union Depot

as Ragged Urchin (uncredited)

1935

1927

A Harp in Hock

as Tommy Shannon

1967

The Love-Ins

as Reporter in Park (uncredited)

1941

Military Training

as Soldier Patient

1942

Lady in a Jam

as Young Man (uncredited)

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