Frank Coghlan Jr.
Known for: Acting
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
Series
The Beverly Hillbillies
Helmsman
1962
Film
Gone with the Wind
Collapsing Soldier (uncredited)
1939
Film
Valley of the Dolls
Reporter (uncredited)
1967
Film
The Public Enemy
Tom as a Boy (uncredited)
1931
Film
A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate
Boy (uncredited)
1923
Film
It's a Wonderful World
Elevator Boy (uncredited)
1939
Film
Presenting Lily Mars
Elevator Boy
1943
Film
Adventures of Captain Marvel
Billy Batson
1941
Film
The Shakiest Gun in the West
Man at Bar (uncredited)
1968
Film
Knute Rockne All American
Messenger (uncredited)
1940
Film
Corvette K-225
Rating
1943
Film
The Fighting 69th
Jimmy (uncredited)
1940
Film
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle
Boy in Montage (uncredited)
1939
Film
Dust Be My Destiny
Newsboy (uncredited)
1939
Film
The Love God?
Reporter (uncredited)
1969
Film
Man Wanted
Youngster in Store
1932
Film
Out of the Fog
1941
Film
Boys' Reformatory
Eddie O'Meara
1939
Film
The Girl Said No
Eddie Ward
1930
Film
Second Fiddle
Studio Call Boy
1939
Film
Day-time Wife
Office Boy
1939
Film
Union Depot
Ragged Urchin (uncredited)
1932
Film
Let Them Live
Bellhop
1937
Film
The Last of the Mohicans
Uncas
1932
Film
Lady in a Jam
Young Man (uncredited)
1942
Film
Angels Wash Their Faces
Al - Boy Working Lathe (uncredited)
1939
Film
Merrily Yours
James "Sonny" Rogers
1933
Film
East Side of Heaven
Messenger Boy (uncredited)
1939
Film
Ex-Champ
Bellhop
1939
Film
The Spanish Dancer
Page (uncredited)
1923
Film
River's End
Mickey
1930
Film
Stranded
Page (uncredited)
1935
Film
Here I Am a Stranger
Office Boy
1939
Film
Murder Over New York
Frankie O'Shaughnessy
1940
Film
In the Money
Dick Higginbottom
1933
Film
The Republic Pictures Story
Self
1991
Film
The Love-Ins
Reporter in Park
1967
Film
The Love-Ins
Reporter in Park (uncredited)
1967
Film
Charlie Chan at the Race Track
Eddie Brill, Jockey
1936
Film
Rubber Tires
Charley Stack
1927
Film
Remedy for Riches
Bud
1940
Film
The Flying Irishman
Teenager Taking Photograph
1939
Film
Slide, Kelly, Slide
Mickey Martin
1927
Film
Love Thy Neighbor
Bellboy
1940
Film
Double Alibi
Newspaper Switchboard Operator
1940
Film
Meet Dr. Christian
Bud
1939
Film
Little Old New York
(uncredited)
1923
Film
Cliffhangers: Adventures from the Thrill Factory
Himself
1993
Film
Make Way for a Lady
Billy Hopkins
1936
Film
Free, Blonde and 21
Sammy, Bellboy
1940
Film
Off the Record
Copyboy (uncredited)
1939
Film
Service de Luxe
Bellhop
1938
Film
The Skyrocket
Mickey (prologue)
1926
Film
The Yankee Clipper
Mickey
1927
Film
Drum Taps
Eric Cartwright
1933
Film
Whispering Smith
1926
Film
The Adventures of Daredevil Jack
1920
Film
Managed Money
Sonny Rogers
1934
Film
It Pays to Advertise
Office Boy (as Junior Coghlan)
1931
Film
Hell's House
Shorty
1932
Film
The Little Red Schoolhouse
Frank 'Frankie' Burke
1936
Film
Screen Snapshots Series 21 No. 1
Self
1941
Film
Pardon My Pups
Sonny Rogers
1934
Film
Scouts to the Rescue
Ken - a Boy Scout
1939
Film
A Harp in Hock
Tommy Shannon
1927
Film
Penrod and Sam
Sam Williams
1931
Film
Let 'Er Go Gallegher
John 'Let 'Er Go' Gallegher
1928
Film
Happiness C.O.D.
Larry Sherridan
1935
Film
Kentucky Blue Streak
Johnny Bradley
1935
Film
Uncle Joe
Dick
1941
Marked Money
The Kid
1928
Melody in May
Tommy
1936
Film
Red Lights Ahead
Willie Wallace
1936
Film
Cause for Divorce
Tommie Parker (as Junior Coghlan)
1923
Film
Bobbed Hair
Lamont Child (as Junior Coghlan)
1922
Film
Racetrack
Jackie Curtis
1933
Film
Shirley Temple: America's Little Darling
Self
1993
Film
The Country Doctor
Sard Jones
1927
Film
Square Shoulders
Tad
1929
Film
The Last Frontier
Buddy
1926
Film
The Poverty of Riches
1921
Military Training
Soldier Patient
1941
Blazing Barriers
Tommy McGrath
1937
Film
Her Man o' War
Peterkin Schultz
1926
Film
How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 5: 'The Medium Irons'
Junior
1931
It Never Rains
Sonny
1935
The Great Circus Mystery
(as Junior Coghlan)
1925
Film
The Darling of New York
The Ross Kid
1923
Film
What's to Do?
Sonny Rogers
1933
Mike
Boy
1926