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