Frank Coghlan Jr.
Birthday
1916/03/15
Day of death
2009/09/07 (93 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Also know as
Francis Edward Coghlan Jr., Frank 'Junior' Coghlan, Frank Coghlan, Frank Coghlin, Junior Coghlan, Junior Coughlan, Junior Coughlin
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...Read more
Acting
(1922) Bobbed Hair
as Lamont Child (as Junior Coghlan)
(1936) Charlie Chan at the Race Track
as Eddie Brill, Jockey
(1925) The Great Circus Mystery
as (as Junior Coghlan)
(1931) It Pays to Advertise
as Office Boy (as Junior Coghlan)
(1941) Adventures of Captain Marvel
as Billy Batson
(1921) The Poverty of Riches
as ---
(1923) Little Old New York
as (uncredited)
(1931) The Public Enemy
as Tom as a Boy (uncredited)
(1926) The Skyrocket
as Mickey (prologue)
(1926) Whispering Smith
as ---
(1932) The Last of the Mohicans
as Uncas
(1934) Pardon My Pups
as Sonny Rogers
(1934) Managed Money
as Sonny Rogers
(1932) Hell's House
as Shorty
(1941) Screen Snapshots Series 21 No. 1
as Self
(1936) Melody in May
as Tommy
(1933) Merrily Yours
as James "Sonny" Rogers
(1933) What's to Do?
as Sonny Rogers
(1935) Kentucky Blue Streak
as Johnny Bradley
(1991) The Republic Pictures Story
as Self
(1936) The Little Red Schoolhouse
as Frank 'Frankie' Burke
(1936) Red Lights Ahead
as Willie Wallace
(1933) In the Money
as Dick Higginbottom
(1935) Happiness C.O.D.
as Larry Sherridan
(1941) Uncle Joe
as Dick
(1928) Let 'Er Go Gallegher
as John 'Let 'Er Go' Gallegher
(1939) Boys' Reformatory
as Eddie O'Meara
(1937) Blazing Barriers
as Tommy McGrath
(1938) Service de Luxe
as Bellhop
(1930) River's End
as Mickey
(1923) The Spanish Dancer
as Page (uncredited)
(1927) Rubber Tires
as Charley Stack
(1930) The Girl Said No
as Eddie Ward
(1927) The Yankee Clipper
as Mickey
(1933) Drum Taps
as Eric Cartwright
(1931) Penrod and Sam
as Sam Williams
(1927) The Country Doctor
as Sard Jones
(1939) Meet Dr. Christian
as Bud
(1928) Marked Money
as The Kid
(1939) Angels Wash Their Faces
as Al - Boy Working Lathe (uncredited)
(1939) The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle
as Boy in Montage (uncredited)
(1939) East Side of Heaven
as Messenger Boy (uncredited)
(1939) The Flying Irishman
as Teenager Taking Photograph
(1939) It's a Wonderful World
as Elevator Boy (uncredited)
(1939) Second Fiddle
as Studio Call Boy
(1939) Gone with the Wind
as Collapsing Soldier (uncredited)
(1939) Day-time Wife
as Office Boy
(1926) Mike
as Boy
(1939) Dust Be My Destiny
as Newsboy (uncredited)
(1967) Valley of the Dolls
as Reporter (uncredited)
(1920) The Adventures of Daredevil Jack
as ---
(1939) Here I Am a Stranger
as Office Boy
(1940) Murder Over New York
as Frankie O'Shaughnessy
(1940) The Fighting 69th
as Jimmy (uncredited)
(1929) Square Shoulders
as John W. 'Tad' Collins Jr.
(1927) Slide, Kelly, Slide
as Mickey Martin
(1940) Knute Rockne All American
as Messenger (uncredited)
(1940) Remedy for Riches
as Bud
(1940) Love Thy Neighbor
as Bellboy
(1923) The Darling of New York
as The Ross Kid
(1923) A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate
as Boy (uncredited)
(1936) Make Way for a Lady
as Billy Hopkins
(1940) Free, Blonde and 21
as Sammy, Bellboy
(1939) Scouts to the Rescue
as Ken - a Boy Scout
(1993) Shirley Temple: America's Little Darling
as Self
(1967) The Love-Ins
as Reporter in Park
(1940) Double Alibi
as Newspaper Switchboard Operator
(1969) The Love God?
as Reporter (uncredited)
(1968) The Shakiest Gun in the West
as Man at Bar (uncredited)
(1939) Off the Record
as Copyboy (uncredited)
(1926) Her Man o' War
as Peterkin Schultz
(1931) How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 5: 'The Medium Irons'
as Junior
(1935) Stranded
as Page (uncredited)
(1943) Corvette K-225
as Rating
(1943) Presenting Lily Mars
as Elevator Boy
(1939) Ex-Champ
as Bellhop
(1937) Let Them Live
as Bellhop
(1932) Man Wanted
as Youngster in Store
(1933) Racetrack
as Jackie Curtis
(1923) Cause for Divorce
as Tommie Parker (as Junior Coghlan)
(1932) Union Depot
as Ragged Urchin (uncredited)
(1935) It Never Rains
as Sonny
(1927) A Harp in Hock
as Tommy Shannon
(1941) Out of the Fog
as ---
(1967) The Love-Ins
as Reporter in Park (uncredited)
(1941) Military Training
as Soldier Patient
(1942) Lady in a Jam
as Young Man (uncredited)
(1962) The Beverly Hillbillies
as Helmsman