Frank Coghlan Jr.
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
Mar 15, 1916 (110 years old)
Place of Birth
New Haven, Connecticut, USA
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.
Known For
| 1993 | Shirley Temple: America's Little DarlingSelf | |
| 1993 | Cliffhangers: Adventures from the Thrill FactoryHimself | |
| 1991 | The Republic Pictures StorySelf | |
| 1969 | The Love God?Reporter (uncredited) | |
| 1968 | The Shakiest Gun in the WestMan at Bar (uncredited) | |
| 1967 | Valley of the DollsReporter (uncredited) | |
| 1967 | The Love-InsReporter in Park | |
| 1967 | The Love-InsReporter in Park (uncredited) | |
| 1962 | The Beverly HillbilliesHelmsman | |
| 1943 | Corvette K-225Rating | |
| 1943 | Presenting Lily MarsElevator Boy | |
| 1942 | Lady in a JamYoung Man (uncredited) | |
| 1941 | Adventures of Captain MarvelBilly Batson | |
| 1941 | Screen Snapshots Series 21 No. 1Self | |
| 1941 | Uncle JoeDick | |
| 1941 | Out of the Fog | |
| 1941 | Military TrainingSoldier Patient | |
| 1940 | Murder Over New YorkFrankie O'Shaughnessy | |
| 1940 | The Fighting 69thJimmy (uncredited) | |
| 1940 | Knute Rockne All AmericanMessenger (uncredited) | |
| 1940 | Remedy for RichesBud | |
| 1940 | Love Thy NeighborBellboy | |
| 1940 | Free, Blonde and 21Sammy, Bellboy | |
| 1940 | Double AlibiNewspaper Switchboard Operator | |
| 1939 | Boys' ReformatoryEddie O'Meara | |
| 1939 | Meet Dr. ChristianBud | |
| 1939 | Angels Wash Their FacesAl - Boy Working Lathe (uncredited) | |
| 1939 | The Story of Vernon and Irene CastleBoy in Montage (uncredited) | |
| 1939 | The Flying IrishmanTeenager Taking Photograph | |
| 1939 | East Side of HeavenMessenger Boy (uncredited) | |
| 1939 | It's a Wonderful WorldElevator Boy (uncredited) | |
| 1939 | Second FiddleStudio Call Boy | |
| 1939 | Gone with the WindCollapsing Soldier (uncredited) | |
| 1939 | Day-time WifeOffice Boy | |
| 1939 | Dust Be My DestinyNewsboy (uncredited) | |
| 1939 | Here I Am a StrangerOffice Boy | |
| 1939 | Scouts to the RescueKen - a Boy Scout | |
| 1939 | Off the RecordCopyboy (uncredited) | |
| 1939 | Ex-ChampBellhop | |
| 1938 | Service de LuxeBellhop | |
| 1937 | Blazing BarriersTommy McGrath | |
| 1937 | Let Them LiveBellhop | |
| 1936 | Charlie Chan at the Race TrackEddie Brill, Jockey | |
| 1936 | Melody in MayTommy | |
| 1936 | The Little Red SchoolhouseFrank 'Frankie' Burke | |
| 1936 | Red Lights AheadWillie Wallace | |
| 1936 | Make Way for a LadyBilly Hopkins | |
| 1935 | Kentucky Blue StreakJohnny Bradley | |
| 1935 | Happiness C.O.D.Larry Sherridan | |
| 1935 | StrandedPage (uncredited) | |
| 1935 | It Never RainsSonny | |
| 1934 | Managed MoneySonny Rogers | |
| 1934 | Pardon My PupsSonny Rogers | |
| 1933 | What's to Do?Sonny Rogers | |
| 1933 | Merrily YoursJames "Sonny" Rogers | |
| 1933 | In the MoneyDick Higginbottom | |
| 1933 | Drum TapsEric Cartwright | |
| 1933 | RacetrackJackie Curtis | |
| 1932 | The Last of the MohicansUncas | |
| 1932 | Hell's HouseShorty | |
| 1932 | Man WantedYoungster in Store | |
| 1932 | Union DepotRagged Urchin (uncredited) | |
| 1931 | It Pays to AdvertiseOffice Boy (as Junior Coghlan) | |
| 1931 | The Public EnemyTom as a Boy (uncredited) | |
| 1931 | Penrod and SamSam Williams | |
| 1931 | How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 5: 'The Medium Irons'Junior | |
| 1930 | River's EndMickey | |
| 1930 | The Girl Said NoEddie Ward | |
| 1929 | Square ShouldersTad | |
| 1928 | Let 'Er Go GallegherJohn 'Let 'Er Go' Gallegher | |
| 1928 | Marked MoneyThe Kid | |
| 1927 | Rubber TiresCharley Stack | |
| 1927 | The Yankee ClipperMickey | |
| 1927 | The Country DoctorSard Jones | |
| 1927 | Slide, Kelly, SlideMickey Martin | |
| 1927 | A Harp in HockTommy Shannon | |
| 1926 | The SkyrocketMickey (prologue) | |
| 1926 | Whispering Smith | |
| 1926 | MikeBoy | |
| 1926 | Her Man o' WarPeterkin Schultz | |
| 1926 | The Last FrontierBuddy | |
| 1925 | The Great Circus Mystery(as Junior Coghlan) | |
| 1923 | Little Old New York(uncredited) | |
| 1923 | The Spanish DancerPage (uncredited) | |
| 1923 | The Darling of New YorkThe Ross Kid | |
| 1923 | A Woman of Paris: A Drama of FateBoy (uncredited) | |
| 1923 | Cause for DivorceTommie Parker (as Junior Coghlan) | |
| 1922 | Bobbed HairLamont Child (as Junior Coghlan) | |
| 1921 | The Poverty of Riches | |
| 1920 | The Adventures of Daredevil Jack |