Personal Info
Known Credits
87
Gender
Male
Birthdate
1916-03-15 (109 Y.O)
Place Of Birth
New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Also Known For
Francis Edward Coghlan Jr.Frank 'Junior' CoghlanFrank CoghlanFrank CoghlinJunior CoghlanJunior CoughlanJunior Coughlin
Frank Coghlan Jr.
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 ...
Known For
Acting
1993 --
Shirley Temple: America's Little Darling
| Self
1991 --
The Republic Pictures Story
| Self
1969 --
The Love God?
| Reporter (uncredited)
1968 --
The Shakiest Gun in the West
| Man at Bar (uncredited)
1967 --
Valley of the Dolls
| Reporter (uncredited)
1967 --
The Love-Ins
| Reporter in Park (uncredited)
1967 --
The Love-Ins
| Reporter in Park
1943 --
Corvette K-225
| Rating
1943 --
Presenting Lily Mars
| Elevator Boy
1942 --
Lady in a Jam
| Young Man (uncredited)
1941 --
Military Training
| Soldier Patient
1941 --
Uncle Joe
| Dick
1941 --
Screen Snapshots Series 21 No. 1
| Self
1941 --
Out of the Fog
|
1941 --
Adventures of Captain Marvel
| Billy Batson
1940 --
Love Thy Neighbor
| Bellboy
1940 --
Murder Over New York
| Frankie O'Shaughnessy
1940 --
Remedy for Riches
| Bud
1940 --
Knute Rockne All American
| Messenger (uncredited)
1940 --
Free, Blonde and 21
| Sammy, Bellboy
1940 --
Double Alibi
| Newspaper Switchboard Operator
1940 --
The Fighting 69th
| Jimmy (uncredited)
1939 --
Gone with the Wind
| Collapsing Soldier (uncredited)
1939 --
Day-time Wife
| Office Boy
1939 --
Meet Dr. Christian
| Bud
1939 --
Here I Am a Stranger
| Office Boy
1939 --
Dust Be My Destiny
| Newsboy (uncredited)
1939 --
Angels Wash Their Faces
| Al - Boy Working Lathe (uncredited)
1939 --
Second Fiddle
| Studio Call Boy
1939 --
It's a Wonderful World
| Elevator Boy (uncredited)
1939 --
Ex-Champ
| Bellhop
1939 --
Boys' Reformatory
| Eddie O'Meara
1939 --
The Flying Irishman
| Teenager Taking Photograph
1939 --
East Side of Heaven
| Messenger Boy (uncredited)
1939 --
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle
| Boy in Montage (uncredited)
1939 --
Off the Record
| Copyboy (uncredited)
1939 --
Scouts to the Rescue
| Ken - a Boy Scout
1938 --
Service de Luxe
| Bellhop
1937 --
Blazing Barriers
| Tommy McGrath
1937 --
Let Them Live
| Bellhop
1936 --
Red Lights Ahead
| Willie Wallace
1936 --
Make Way for a Lady
| Billy Hopkins
1936 --
Charlie Chan at the Race Track
| Eddie Brill, Jockey
1936 --
Melody in May
| Tommy
1936 --
The Little Red Schoolhouse
| Frank 'Frankie' Burke
1935 --
Happiness C.O.D.
| Larry Sherridan
1935 --
Stranded
| Page (uncredited)
1935 --
It Never Rains
| Sonny
1935 --
Kentucky Blue Streak
| Johnny Bradley
1934 --
Managed Money
| Sonny Rogers
1934 --
Pardon My Pups
| Sonny Rogers
1933 --
What's to Do?
| Sonny Rogers
1933 --
In the Money
| Dick Higginbottom
1933 --
Merrily Yours
| James "Sonny" Rogers
1933 --
Racetrack
| Jackie Curtis
1933 --
Drum Taps
| Eric Cartwright
1932 --
The Last of the Mohicans
| Uncas
1932 --
Man Wanted
| Youngster in Store
1932 --
Hell's House
| Shorty
1932 --
Union Depot
| Ragged Urchin (uncredited)
1931 --
Penrod and Sam
| Sam Williams
1931 --
How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 5: 'The Medium Irons'
| Junior
1931 --
The Public Enemy
| Tom as a Boy (uncredited)
1931 --
It Pays to Advertise
| Office Boy (as Junior Coghlan)
1930 --
River's End
| Mickey
1930 --
The Girl Said No
| Eddie Ward
1929 --
Square Shoulders
| John W. 'Tad' Collins Jr.
1928 --
Marked Money
| The Kid
1928 --
Let 'Er Go Gallegher
| John 'Let 'Er Go' Gallegher
1927 --
A Harp in Hock
| Tommy Shannon
1927 --
The Country Doctor
| Sard Jones
1927 --
The Yankee Clipper
| Mickey
1927 --
Slide, Kelly, Slide
| Mickey Martin
1927 --
Rubber Tires
| Charley Stack
1926 --
Her Man o' War
| Peterkin Schultz
1926 --
Mike
| Boy
1926 --
Whispering Smith
|
1926 --
The Skyrocket
| Mickey (prologue)
1925 --
The Great Circus Mystery
| (as Junior Coghlan)
1923 --
The Darling of New York
| The Ross Kid
1923 --
Cause for Divorce
| Tommie Parker (as Junior Coghlan)
1923 --
The Spanish Dancer
| Page (uncredited)
1923 --
A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate
| Boy (uncredited)
1923 --
Little Old New York
| (uncredited)
1922 --
Bobbed Hair
| Lamont Child (as Junior Coghlan)
1921 --
The Poverty of Riches
|
1920 --
The Adventures of Daredevil Jack
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