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 1965. After retiring from the Navy, he returned to acting and appeared in television, films, and commercials.
Known For
Lamont Child (as Junior Coghlan)
Bobbed Hair
Eddie Brill, Jockey
Charlie Chan at the Race Track
(as Junior Coghlan)
The Great Circus Mystery
Office Boy (as Junior Coghlan)
It Pays to Advertise
Billy Batson
Adventures of Captain Marvel
The Poverty of Riches
(uncredited)
Little Old New York
Tom as a Boy (uncredited)
The Public Enemy
Mickey (prologue)
The Skyrocket
Whispering Smith
Uncas
The Last of the Mohicans
Sonny Rogers
Pardon My Pups
Sonny Rogers
Managed Money
Shorty
Hell's House
Self
Screen Snapshots Series 21 No. 1
Tommy
Melody in May
James "Sonny" Rogers
Merrily Yours
Sonny Rogers
What's to Do?
Johnny Bradley
Kentucky Blue Streak
Self
The Republic Pictures Story
Frank 'Frankie' Burke
The Little Red Schoolhouse
Willie Wallace
Red Lights Ahead
Dick Higginbottom
In the Money
Larry Sherridan
Happiness C.O.D.
Dick
Uncle Joe
John 'Let 'Er Go' Gallegher
Let 'Er Go Gallegher
Eddie O'Meara
Boys' Reformatory
Tommy McGrath
Blazing Barriers
Bellhop
Service de Luxe
Mickey
River's End
Page (uncredited)
The Spanish Dancer
Charley Stack
Rubber Tires
Eddie Ward
The Girl Said No
Mickey
The Yankee Clipper
Eric Cartwright
Drum Taps
Sam Williams
Penrod and Sam
Sard Jones
The Country Doctor
Bud
Meet Dr. Christian
The Kid
Marked Money
Al - Boy Working Lathe (uncredited)
Angels Wash Their Faces
Boy in Montage (uncredited)
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle
Messenger Boy (uncredited)
East Side of Heaven
Teenager Taking Photograph
The Flying Irishman
Elevator Boy (uncredited)
It's a Wonderful World
Studio Call Boy
Second Fiddle
Collapsing Soldier (uncredited)
Gone with the Wind
Office Boy
Day-time Wife
Boy
Mike
Newsboy (uncredited)
Dust Be My Destiny
Reporter (uncredited)
Valley of the Dolls
The Adventures of Daredevil Jack
Office Boy
Here I Am a Stranger
Frankie O'Shaughnessy
Murder Over New York
Jimmy (uncredited)
The Fighting 69th
Tad
Square Shoulders
Mickey Martin
Slide, Kelly, Slide
Messenger (uncredited)
Knute Rockne All American
Bud
Remedy for Riches
Bellboy
Love Thy Neighbor
The Ross Kid
The Darling of New York
Boy (uncredited)
A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate
Billy Hopkins
Make Way for a Lady
Sammy, Bellboy
Free, Blonde and 21
Ken - a Boy Scout
Scouts to the Rescue
Self
Shirley Temple: America's Little Darling
Reporter in Park
The Love-Ins
Newspaper Switchboard Operator
Double Alibi
Reporter (uncredited)
The Love God?
Man at Bar (uncredited)
The Shakiest Gun in the West
Copyboy (uncredited)
Off the Record
Peterkin Schultz
Her Man o' War
Junior
How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 5: 'The Medium Irons'
Page (uncredited)
Stranded
Rating
Corvette K-225
Elevator Boy
Presenting Lily Mars
Bellhop
Ex-Champ
Bellhop
Let Them Live
Youngster in Store
Man Wanted
Jackie Curtis
Racetrack
Tommie Parker (as Junior Coghlan)
Cause for Divorce
Ragged Urchin (uncredited)
Union Depot
Sonny
It Never Rains
Tommy Shannon
A Harp in Hock
Out of the Fog
Reporter in Park (uncredited)
The Love-Ins
Soldier Patient
Military Training
Young Man (uncredited)
Lady in a Jam
Buddy
The Last Frontier
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
88
Gender
Male
Birthday
1916-03-15
Place of Birth
New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Also Known As
Francis Edward Coghlan Jr.