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Frank Coghlan Jr.

Known For: Acting
Born: March 15, 1916
Place of Birth: New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Died: September 7, 2009

Frank Coghlan Jr.

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

Shirley Temple: America's Little Darling

1993 · Self

Cliffhangers: Adventures from the Thrill Factory

1993 · Himself

The Republic Pictures Story

1991 · Self

The Love God?

1969 · Reporter (uncredited)

The Shakiest Gun in the West

1968 · Man at Bar (uncredited)

Valley of the Dolls

1967 · Reporter (uncredited)

The Love-Ins

1967 · Reporter in Park, Reporter in Park (uncredited)

The Beverly Hillbillies

1962 · Helmsman

Corvette K-225

1943 · Rating

Presenting Lily Mars

1943 · Elevator Boy

Lady in a Jam

1942 · Young Man (uncredited)

Military Training

Military Training

1941 · Soldier Patient

Uncle Joe

1941 · Dick

Screen Snapshots Series 21 No. 1

1941 · Self

Out of the Fog

1941

Adventures of Captain Marvel

1941 · Billy Batson

Love Thy Neighbor

1940 · Bellboy

Murder Over New York

1940 · Frankie O'Shaughnessy

Remedy for Riches

1940 · Bud

Knute Rockne All American

1940 · Messenger (uncredited)

Free, Blonde and 21

1940 · Sammy, Bellboy

Double Alibi

1940 · Newspaper Switchboard Operator

The Fighting 69th

1940 · Jimmy (uncredited)

Gone with the Wind

1939 · Collapsing Soldier (uncredited)

Day-time Wife

1939 · Office Boy

Meet Dr. Christian

1939 · Bud

Here I Am a Stranger

1939 · Office Boy

Dust Be My Destiny

1939 · Newsboy (uncredited)

Angels Wash Their Faces

1939 · Al - Boy Working Lathe (uncredited)

Second Fiddle

1939 · Studio Call Boy

It's a Wonderful World

1939 · Elevator Boy (uncredited)

Ex-Champ

1939 · Bellhop

Boys' Reformatory

1939 · Eddie O'Meara

The Flying Irishman

1939 · Teenager Taking Photograph

East Side of Heaven

1939 · Messenger Boy (uncredited)

The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle

1939 · Boy in Montage (uncredited)

Off the Record

1939 · Copyboy (uncredited)

Scouts to the Rescue

1939 · Ken - a Boy Scout

Service de Luxe

1938 · Bellhop

Blazing Barriers

Blazing Barriers

1937 · Tommy McGrath

Let Them Live

1937 · Bellhop

Red Lights Ahead

1936 · Willie Wallace

Make Way for a Lady

1936 · Billy Hopkins

Charlie Chan at the Race Track

1936 · Eddie Brill, Jockey

Melody in May

1936 · Tommy

The Little Red Schoolhouse

1936 · Frank 'Frankie' Burke

Happiness C.O.D.

1935 · Larry Sherridan

Stranded

1935 · Page (uncredited)

It Never Rains

1935 · Sonny

Kentucky Blue Streak

1935 · Johnny Bradley

Managed Money

1934 · Sonny Rogers

Pardon My Pups

1934 · Sonny Rogers

What's to Do?

1933 · Sonny Rogers

In the Money

1933 · Dick Higginbottom

Merrily Yours

1933 · James "Sonny" Rogers

Racetrack

1933 · Jackie Curtis

Drum Taps

1933 · Eric Cartwright

The Last of the Mohicans

1932 · Uncas

Man Wanted

1932 · Youngster in Store

Hell's House

1932 · Shorty

Union Depot

1932 · Ragged Urchin (uncredited)

Penrod and Sam

1931 · Sam Williams

How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 5: 'The Medium Irons'

1931 · Junior

The Public Enemy

1931 · Tom as a Boy (uncredited)

It Pays to Advertise

1931 · Office Boy (as Junior Coghlan)

River's End

1930 · Mickey

The Girl Said No

1930 · Eddie Ward

Square Shoulders

1929 · Tad

Marked Money

1928 · The Kid

Let 'Er Go Gallegher

1928 · John 'Let 'Er Go' Gallegher

A Harp in Hock

1927 · Tommy Shannon

The Country Doctor

1927 · Sard Jones

The Yankee Clipper

1927 · Mickey

Slide, Kelly, Slide

1927 · Mickey Martin

Rubber Tires

1927 · Charley Stack

Her Man o' War

1926 · Peterkin Schultz

The Last Frontier

1926 · Buddy

Mike

1926 · Boy

Whispering Smith

1926

The Skyrocket

1926 · Mickey (prologue)

The Great Circus Mystery

The Great Circus Mystery

1925 · (as Junior Coghlan)

The Darling of New York

1923 · The Ross Kid

The Spanish Dancer

1923 · Page (uncredited)

Cause for Divorce

1923 · Tommie Parker (as Junior Coghlan)

A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate

1923 · Boy (uncredited)

Little Old New York

1923 · (uncredited)

Bobbed Hair

1922 · Lamont Child (as Junior Coghlan)

The Poverty of Riches

1921

The Adventures of Daredevil Jack

1920

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