Frank Coghlan Jr.
Acting • Born 1916-03-15 – Died 2009-09-07
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.
Filmography
90 credits
Bobbed Hair
Movie • 1922
Lamont Child (as Junior Coghlan)
Charlie Chan at the Race Track
Movie • 1936
Eddie Brill, Jockey
The Great Circus Mystery
Movie • 1925
(as Junior Coghlan)
It Pays to Advertise
Movie • 1931
Office Boy (as Junior Coghlan)
Adventures of Captain Marvel
Movie • 1941
Billy Batson
The Poverty of Riches
Movie • 1921
Little Old New York
Movie • 1923
(uncredited)
The Public Enemy
Movie • 1931
Tom as a Boy (uncredited)
The Skyrocket
Movie • 1926
Mickey (prologue)
Whispering Smith
Movie • 1926
The Last of the Mohicans
Movie • 1932
Uncas
Pardon My Pups
Movie • 1934
Sonny Rogers
Managed Money
Movie • 1934
Sonny Rogers
Hell's House
Movie • 1932
Shorty
Screen Snapshots Series 21 No. 1
Movie • 1941
Self
Melody in May
Movie • 1936
Tommy
Merrily Yours
Movie • 1933
James "Sonny" Rogers
What's to Do?
Movie • 1933
Sonny Rogers
Kentucky Blue Streak
Movie • 1935
Johnny Bradley
The Republic Pictures Story
Movie • 1991
Self
The Little Red Schoolhouse
Movie • 1936
Frank 'Frankie' Burke
Red Lights Ahead
Movie • 1936
Willie Wallace
In the Money
Movie • 1933
Dick Higginbottom
Happiness C.O.D.
Movie • 1935
Larry Sherridan
Uncle Joe
Movie • 1941
Dick
Let 'Er Go Gallegher
Movie • 1928
John 'Let 'Er Go' Gallegher
Boys' Reformatory
Movie • 1939
Eddie O'Meara
Blazing Barriers
Movie • 1937
Tommy McGrath
Service de Luxe
Movie • 1938
Bellhop
River's End
Movie • 1930
Mickey
The Spanish Dancer
Movie • 1923
Page (uncredited)
Rubber Tires
Movie • 1927
Charley Stack
The Girl Said No
Movie • 1930
Eddie Ward
The Yankee Clipper
Movie • 1927
Mickey
Drum Taps
Movie • 1933
Eric Cartwright
Penrod and Sam
Movie • 1931
Sam Williams
The Country Doctor
Movie • 1927
Sard Jones
Meet Dr. Christian
Movie • 1939
Bud
Marked Money
Movie • 1928
The Kid
Angels Wash Their Faces
Movie • 1939
Al - Boy Working Lathe (uncredited)
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle
Movie • 1939
Boy in Montage (uncredited)
East Side of Heaven
Movie • 1939
Messenger Boy (uncredited)
The Flying Irishman
Movie • 1939
Teenager Taking Photograph
It's a Wonderful World
Movie • 1939
Elevator Boy (uncredited)
Second Fiddle
Movie • 1939
Studio Call Boy
Gone with the Wind
Movie • 1939
Collapsing Soldier (uncredited)
Day-time Wife
Movie • 1939
Office Boy
Mike
Movie • 1926
Boy
Dust Be My Destiny
Movie • 1939
Newsboy (uncredited)
Valley of the Dolls
Movie • 1967
Reporter (uncredited)
The Adventures of Daredevil Jack
Movie • 1920
Here I Am a Stranger
Movie • 1939
Office Boy
Murder Over New York
Movie • 1940
Frankie O'Shaughnessy
The Fighting 69th
Movie • 1940
Jimmy (uncredited)
Square Shoulders
Movie • 1929
Tad
Slide, Kelly, Slide
Movie • 1927
Mickey Martin
Knute Rockne All American
Movie • 1940
Messenger (uncredited)
Remedy for Riches
Movie • 1940
Bud
Love Thy Neighbor
Movie • 1940
Bellboy
The Darling of New York
Movie • 1923
The Ross Kid
A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate
Movie • 1923
Boy (uncredited)
Make Way for a Lady
Movie • 1936
Billy Hopkins
Free, Blonde and 21
Movie • 1940
Sammy, Bellboy
Scouts to the Rescue
Movie • 1939
Ken - a Boy Scout
Shirley Temple: America's Little Darling
Movie • 1993
Self
The Love-Ins
Movie • 1967
Reporter in Park
Double Alibi
Movie • 1940
Newspaper Switchboard Operator
The Love God?
Movie • 1969
Reporter (uncredited)
The Shakiest Gun in the West
Movie • 1968
Man at Bar (uncredited)
Off the Record
Movie • 1939
Copyboy (uncredited)
Her Man o' War
Movie • 1926
Peterkin Schultz
How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 5: 'The Medium Irons'
Movie • 1931
Junior
Stranded
Movie • 1935
Page (uncredited)
Corvette K-225
Movie • 1943
Rating
Presenting Lily Mars
Movie • 1943
Elevator Boy
Ex-Champ
Movie • 1939
Bellhop
Let Them Live
Movie • 1937
Bellhop
Man Wanted
Movie • 1932
Youngster in Store
Racetrack
Movie • 1933
Jackie Curtis
Cause for Divorce
Movie • 1923
Tommie Parker (as Junior Coghlan)
Union Depot
Movie • 1932
Ragged Urchin (uncredited)
It Never Rains
Movie • 1935
Sonny
A Harp in Hock
Movie • 1927
Tommy Shannon
Out of the Fog
Movie • 1941
The Love-Ins
Movie • 1967
Reporter in Park (uncredited)
Military Training
Movie • 1941
Soldier Patient
Lady in a Jam
Movie • 1942
Young Man (uncredited)
The Last Frontier
Movie • 1926
Buddy
Cliffhangers: Adventures from the Thrill Factory
Movie • 1993
Himself
The Beverly Hillbillies
TV • 1962
Helmsman