Portrait of Frank Coghlan Jr.

Frank Coghlan Jr.

Acting

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.

Born: March 15, 1916

Place of Birth: New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Filmography

1969
The Love God?

as Reporter (uncredited)

1968
The Shakiest Gun in the West

as Man at Bar (uncredited)

1967
Valley of the Dolls

as Reporter (uncredited)

1967
The Love-Ins

as Reporter in Park

1967
The Love-Ins

as Reporter in Park (uncredited)

1943
1943
Presenting Lily Mars

as Elevator Boy

1942
Lady in a Jam

as Young Man (uncredited)

1941
Uncle Joe

as Dick

1941
1940
1940
Murder Over New York

as Frankie O'Shaughnessy

1940
Knute Rockne All American

as Messenger (uncredited)

1940
Free, Blonde and 21

as Sammy, Bellboy

1940
Double Alibi

as Newspaper Switchboard Operator

1940
The Fighting 69th

as Jimmy (uncredited)

1939
Gone with the Wind

as Collapsing Soldier (uncredited)

1939
Day-time Wife

as Office Boy

1939
1939
Dust Be My Destiny

as Newsboy (uncredited)

1939
Angels Wash Their Faces

as Al - Boy Working Lathe (uncredited)

1939
Second Fiddle

as Studio Call Boy

1939
It's a Wonderful World

as Elevator Boy (uncredited)

1939
Ex-Champ

as Bellhop

1939
Boys' Reformatory

as Eddie O'Meara

1939
East Side of Heaven

as Messenger Boy (uncredited)

1939
The Flying Irishman

as Teenager Taking Photograph

1939
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle

as Boy in Montage (uncredited)

1939
Off the Record

as Copyboy (uncredited)

1939
Scouts to the Rescue

as Ken - a Boy Scout

1938
Service de Luxe

as Bellhop

1937
Let Them Live

as Bellhop

1936
Red Lights Ahead

as Willie Wallace

1936
Make Way for a Lady

as Billy Hopkins

1936
Charlie Chan at the Race Track

as Eddie Brill, Jockey

1936
The Little Red Schoolhouse

as Frank 'Frankie' Burke

1935
Happiness C.O.D.

as Larry Sherridan

1935
Stranded

as Page (uncredited)

1935
Kentucky Blue Streak

as Johnny Bradley

1934
Managed Money

as Sonny Rogers

1934
Pardon My Pups

as Sonny Rogers

1933
What's to Do?

as Sonny Rogers

1933
In the Money

as Dick Higginbottom

1933
Merrily Yours

as James "Sonny" Rogers

1933
Racetrack

as Jackie Curtis

1933
Drum Taps

as Eric Cartwright

1932
Man Wanted

as Youngster in Store

1932
Hell's House

as Shorty

1932
Union Depot

as Ragged Urchin (uncredited)

1931
Penrod and Sam

as Sam Williams

1931
The Public Enemy

as Tom as a Boy (uncredited)

1931
It Pays to Advertise

as Office Boy (as Junior Coghlan)

1930
River's End

as Mickey

1930
The Girl Said No

as Eddie Ward

1928
Let 'Er Go Gallegher

as John 'Let 'Er Go' Gallegher

1927
A Harp in Hock

as Tommy Shannon

1927
The Country Doctor

as Sard Jones

1927
1927
Slide, Kelly, Slide

as Mickey Martin

1927
Rubber Tires

as Charley Stack

1926
Her Man o' War

as Peterkin Schultz

1926
1926
The Skyrocket

as Mickey (prologue)

1925
The Great Circus Mystery

as (as Junior Coghlan)

1923
1923
The Spanish Dancer

as Page (uncredited)

1923
Cause for Divorce

as Tommie Parker (as Junior Coghlan)

1923
1923
Little Old New York

as (uncredited)

1922
Bobbed Hair

as Lamont Child (as Junior Coghlan)