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