
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)

The Public Enemy (1931)
as Tom as a Boy (uncredited)

Valley of the Dolls (1967)
as Reporter (uncredited)

A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate (1923)
as Boy (uncredited)

The Love God? (1969)
as Reporter (uncredited)

Boys' Reformatory (1939)
as Eddie O'Meara

The Fighting 69th (1940)
as Jimmy (uncredited)

Man Wanted (1932)
as Youngster in Store

It's a Wonderful World (1939)
as Elevator Boy (uncredited)

Union Depot (1932)
as Ragged Urchin (uncredited)

The Shakiest Gun in the West (1968)
as Man at Bar (uncredited)

Knute Rockne All American (1940)
as Messenger (uncredited)

Second Fiddle (1939)
as Studio Call Boy

Hell's House (1932)
as Shorty

Murder Over New York (1940)
as Frankie O'Shaughnessy

Lady in a Jam (1942)
as Young Man (uncredited)

The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle (1939)
as Boy in Montage (uncredited)

Stranded (1935)
as Page (uncredited)

Dust Be My Destiny (1939)
as Newsboy (uncredited)

Presenting Lily Mars (1943)
as Elevator Boy

Adventures of Captain Marvel (1941)
as Billy Batson

Off the Record (1939)
as Copyboy (uncredited)

Out of the Fog (1941)
Actor

Charlie Chan at the Race Track (1936)
as Eddie Brill, Jockey

Corvette K-225 (1943)
as Rating

Drum Taps (1933)
as Eric Cartwright

The Darling of New York (1923)
as The Ross Kid

Free, Blonde and 21 (1940)
as Sammy, Bellboy

Cliffhangers: Adventures from the Thrill Factory (1993)
as Himself

Angels Wash Their Faces (1939)
as Al - Boy Working Lathe (uncredited)

Screen Snapshots Series 21 No. 1 (1941)
as Self

The Flying Irishman (1939)
as Teenager Taking Photograph

The Yankee Clipper (1927)
as Mickey

The Spanish Dancer (1923)
as Page (uncredited)

It Pays to Advertise (1931)
as Office Boy (as Junior Coghlan)

Merrily Yours (1933)
as James "Sonny" Rogers

Let Them Live (1937)
as Bellhop

East Side of Heaven (1939)
as Messenger Boy (uncredited)

The Love-Ins (1967)
as Reporter in Park

The Adventures of Daredevil Jack (1920)
Actor

Here I Am a Stranger (1939)
as Office Boy

Whispering Smith (1926)
Actor

Uncle Joe (1941)
as Dick

Square Shoulders (1929)
as Tad

Love Thy Neighbor (1940)
as Bellboy

In the Money (1933)
as Dick Higginbottom

Double Alibi (1940)
as Newspaper Switchboard Operator

Penrod and Sam (1931)
as Sam Williams

Day-time Wife (1939)
as Office Boy

Shirley Temple: America's Little Darling (1993)
as Self

The Little Red Schoolhouse (1936)
as Frank 'Frankie' Burke
Melody in May (1936)
as Tommy

Happiness C.O.D. (1935)
as Larry Sherridan

Make Way for a Lady (1936)
as Billy Hopkins

Ex-Champ (1939)
as Bellhop

The Last of the Mohicans (1932)
as Uncas

The Poverty of Riches (1921)
Actor

River's End (1930)
as Mickey

How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 5: 'The Medium Irons' (1931)
as Junior

Slide, Kelly, Slide (1927)
as Mickey Martin

The Girl Said No (1930)
as Eddie Ward

The Republic Pictures Story (1991)
as Self

Racetrack (1933)
as Jackie Curtis

Red Lights Ahead (1936)
as Willie Wallace

The Skyrocket (1926)
as Mickey (prologue)

Scouts to the Rescue (1939)
as Ken - a Boy Scout

Little Old New York (1923)
as (uncredited)

Pardon My Pups (1934)
as Sonny Rogers

Her Man o' War (1926)
as Peterkin Schultz

Meet Dr. Christian (1939)
as Bud

Kentucky Blue Streak (1935)
as Johnny Bradley

Service de Luxe (1938)
as Bellhop

Remedy for Riches (1940)
as Bud

Rubber Tires (1927)
as Charley Stack

The Country Doctor (1927)
as Sard Jones

Bobbed Hair (1922)
as Lamont Child (as Junior Coghlan)

Let 'Er Go Gallegher (1928)
as John 'Let 'Er Go' Gallegher
The Great Circus Mystery (1925)
as (as Junior Coghlan)

The Last Frontier (1926)
as Buddy
Marked Money (1928)
as The Kid

Managed Money (1934)
as Sonny Rogers
It Never Rains (1935)
as Sonny
Blazing Barriers (1937)
as Tommy McGrath
Military Training (1941)
as Soldier Patient

What's to Do? (1933)
as Sonny Rogers

A Harp in Hock (1927)
as Tommy Shannon
Mike (1926)
as Boy

Cause for Divorce (1923)
as Tommie Parker (as Junior Coghlan)





