Frank Coghlan Jr.

Mar 15, 1916 - Sep 07, 2009 (93 years old) in New Haven, Connecticut, USA

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

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The Beverly Hillbillies

Helmsman

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Union Depot

Ragged Urchin (uncredited)

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Screen Snapshots Series 21 No. 1

Self

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Marked Money

The Kid

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Red Lights Ahead

Willie Wallace

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The Flying Irishman

Teenager Taking Photograph

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The Adventures of Daredevil Jack

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The Skyrocket

Mickey (prologue)

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Gone with the Wind

Collapsing Soldier (uncredited)

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The Public Enemy

Tom as a Boy (uncredited)

Credits

Shirley Temple: America's Little Darling 1993

Self

★ NR
The Republic Pictures Story 1991

Self

★ NR
The Love God? 1969

Reporter (uncredited)

★ 5.8
The Shakiest Gun in the West 1968

Man at Bar (uncredited)

★ 6.2
Valley of the Dolls 1967

Reporter (uncredited)

★ 6
The Love-Ins 1967

Reporter in Park

★ 3.8
The Beverly Hillbillies 1962

Helmsman

★ 6.9
Corvette K-225 1943

Rating

★ 6.1
Presenting Lily Mars 1943

Elevator Boy

★ 6.3
Lady in a Jam 1942

Young Man (uncredited)

★ 5.3
Military Training 1941

Soldier Patient

★ NR
Uncle Joe 1941

Dick

★ 6
Screen Snapshots Series 21 No. 1 1941

Self

★ NR
Out of the Fog 1941

★ 6.2
Adventures of Captain Marvel 1941

Billy Batson

★ 6.3
Love Thy Neighbor 1940

Bellboy

★ 6.5
Murder Over New York 1940

Frankie O'Shaughnessy

★ 6.1
Remedy for Riches 1940

Bud

★ 4.8
Knute Rockne All American 1940

Messenger (uncredited)

★ 6.1
Free, Blonde and 21 1940

Sammy, Bellboy

★ 8
Double Alibi 1940

Newspaper Switchboard Operator

★ 4
The Fighting 69th 1940

Jimmy (uncredited)

★ 5.5
Gone with the Wind 1939

Collapsing Soldier (uncredited)

★ 7.9
Day-time Wife 1939

Office Boy

★ 5.9
Meet Dr. Christian 1939

Bud

★ NR
Here I Am a Stranger 1939

Office Boy

★ 7
Dust Be My Destiny 1939

Newsboy (uncredited)

★ 6.2
Melekler Yüzlerini Yıkıyor 1939

Al - Boy Working Lathe (uncredited)

★ 6.4
Second Fiddle 1939

Studio Call Boy

★ 4.9
It's a Wonderful World 1939

Elevator Boy (uncredited)

★ 6.3
Ex-Champ 1939

Bellhop

★ 6
Boys' Reformatory 1939

Eddie O'Meara

★ 4
East Side of Heaven 1939

Messenger Boy (uncredited)

★ 7.1
The Flying Irishman 1939

Teenager Taking Photograph

★ 4.6
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle 1939

Boy in Montage (uncredited)

★ 6.9
Off the Record 1939

Copyboy (uncredited)

★ 6
Scouts to the Rescue 1939

Ken - a Boy Scout

★ NR
Service de Luxe 1938

Bellhop

★ 6.4
Blazing Barriers 1937

Tommy McGrath

★ NR
Let Them Live 1937

Bellhop

★ NR
Red Lights Ahead 1936

Willie Wallace

★ 5.2
Make Way for a Lady 1936

Billy Hopkins

★ 5
Charlie Chan at the Race Track 1936

Eddie Brill, Jockey

★ 7.1
Melody in May 1936

Tommy

★ NR
The Little Red Schoolhouse 1936

Frank 'Frankie' Burke

★ 5.5
Happiness C.O.D. 1935

Larry Sherridan

★ 6
Stranded 1935

Page (uncredited)

★ 5.8
It Never Rains 1935

Sonny

★ NR
Kentucky Blue Streak 1935

Johnny Bradley

★ 4
Managed Money 1934

Sonny Rogers

★ 4.6
Pardon My Pups 1934

Sonny Rogers

★ 5.6
What's to Do? 1933

Sonny Rogers

★ 5.5
In the Money 1933

Dick Higginbottom

★ 3.5
Merrily Yours 1933

James "Sonny" Rogers

★ 4.8
Racetrack 1933

Jackie Curtis

★ NR
Drum Taps 1933

Eric Cartwright

★ 4.5
The Last of the Mohicans 1932

Uncas

★ 6
Man Wanted 1932

Youngster in Store

★ 5.1
Hell's House 1932

Shorty

★ 5.1
Union Depot 1932

Ragged Urchin (uncredited)

★ 5.8
Penrod and Sam 1931

Sam Williams

★ 6
How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 5: 'The Medium Irons' 1931

Junior

★ NR
The Public Enemy 1931

Tom as a Boy (uncredited)

★ 7.2
It Pays to Advertise 1931

Office Boy (as Junior Coghlan)

★ 4.7
River's End 1930

Mickey

★ 6.2
The Girl Said No 1930

Eddie Ward

★ 5.5
Square Shoulders 1929

Tad

★ NR
Marked Money 1928

The Kid

★ NR
Let 'Er Go Gallegher 1928

John 'Let 'Er Go' Gallegher

★ 5.5
A Harp in Hock 1927

Tommy Shannon

★ NR
The Country Doctor 1927

Sard Jones

★ 6
The Yankee Clipper 1927

Mickey

★ 6.4
Slide, Kelly, Slide 1927

Mickey Martin

★ NR
Rubber Tires 1927

Charley Stack

★ 6
Her Man o' War 1926

Peterkin Schultz

★ NR
The Last Frontier 1926

Buddy

★ NR
Mike 1926

Boy

★ NR
Whispering Smith 1926

★ NR
The Skyrocket 1926

Mickey (prologue)

★ NR
The Great Circus Mystery 1925

(as Junior Coghlan)

★ NR
The Darling of New York 1923

The Ross Kid

★ 7
The Spanish Dancer 1923

Page (uncredited)

★ 4
Cause for Divorce 1923

Tommie Parker (as Junior Coghlan)

★ 1
A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate 1923

Boy (uncredited)

★ 6.7
Little Old New York 1923

(uncredited)

★ 6.5
Bobbed Hair 1922

Lamont Child (as Junior Coghlan)

★ NR
The Poverty of Riches 1921

★ NR
The Adventures of Daredevil Jack 1920

★ NR