Frank Coghlan Jr.
84 movies · 2 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Mar 15, 1916
- Died
- Sep 7, 2009 (age 93)
- Place of birth
- New Haven, Connecticut, USA
- Also known as
- Francis Edward Coghlan Jr. · Frank 'Junior' Coghlan · Frank Coghlan · Frank Coghlin
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.
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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.
Profiles IMDb
Known for
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★ 7.9 Gone with the Wind
1939 · Film
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★ 7.3 The Public Enemy
1931 · Film
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★ 6.7 A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate
1923 · Film
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★ 6.1 Valley of the Dolls
1967 · Film
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★ 6.9 The Beverly Hillbillies
1962 · TV
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★ 6.2 The Shakiest Gun in the West
1968 · Film
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★ 6.5 It's a Wonderful World
1939 · Film
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★ 7.0 The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle
1939 · Film
Frank Coghlan Jr.: movies and TV shows
Acting (86)
- 1969 The Love God?
as Reporter (uncredited)
- 1968 The Shakiest Gun in the West
as Man at Bar (uncredited)
- 1967 Valley of the Dolls
as Reporter (uncredited)
- 1967 The Love-Ins
as Reporter in Park / Reporter in Park (uncredited)
- 1962
- 1943 Corvette K-225
as Rating
- 1943 Presenting Lily Mars
as Elevator Boy
- 1942 Lady in a Jam
as Young Man (uncredited)
- 1941 Military Training
as Soldier Patient
- 1941 Uncle Joe
as Dick
- 1941
- 1941 Adventures of Captain Marvel
as Billy Batson
- 1941
- 1940 Love Thy Neighbor
as Bellboy
- 1940 Murder Over New York
as Frankie O'Shaughnessy
- 1940 Remedy for Riches
as Bud
- 1940 Knute Rockne All American
as Messenger (uncredited)
- 1940 Free, Blonde and 21
as Sammy, Bellboy
- 1940 Double Alibi
as Newspaper Switchboard Operator
- 1940 The Fighting 69th
as Jimmy (uncredited)
- 1939 Gone with the Wind
as Collapsing Soldier (uncredited)
- 1939 Day-time Wife
as Office Boy
- 1939 Meet Dr. Christian
as Bud
- 1939 Here I Am a Stranger
as Office Boy
- 1939 Dust Be My Destiny
as Newsboy (uncredited)
- 1939 Angels Wash Their Faces
as Al - Boy Working Lathe (uncredited)
- 1939 Second Fiddle
as Studio Call Boy
- 1939 It's a Wonderful World
as Elevator Boy (uncredited)
- 1939 Ex-Champ
as Bellhop
- 1939 Boys' Reformatory
as Eddie O'Meara
- 1939 East Side of Heaven
as Messenger Boy (uncredited)
- 1939 The Flying Irishman
as Teenager Taking Photograph
- 1939 The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle
as Boy in Montage (uncredited)
- 1939 Off the Record
as Copyboy (uncredited)
- 1939 Scouts to the Rescue
as Ken - a Boy Scout
- 1938 Service de Luxe
as Bellhop
- 1937 Blazing Barriers
as Tommy McGrath
- 1937 Let Them Live
as Bellhop
- 1936 Red Lights Ahead
as Willie Wallace
- 1936 Make Way for a Lady
as Billy Hopkins
- 1936 Charlie Chan at the Race Track
as Eddie Brill, Jockey
- 1936 Melody in May
as Tommy
- 1936 The Little Red Schoolhouse
as Frank 'Frankie' Burke
- 1935 Happiness C.O.D.
as Larry Sherridan
- 1935 Stranded
as Page (uncredited)
- 1935 It Never Rains
as Sonny
- 1935 Kentucky Blue Streak
as Johnny Bradley
- 1934 Managed Money
as Sonny Rogers
- 1934 Pardon My Pups
as Sonny Rogers
- 1933 What's to Do?
as Sonny Rogers
- 1933 In the Money
as Dick Higginbottom
- 1933 Merrily Yours
as James "Sonny" Rogers
- 1933 Racetrack
as Jackie Curtis
- 1933 Drum Taps
as Eric Cartwright
- 1932 The Last of the Mohicans
as Uncas
- 1932 Man Wanted
as Youngster in Store
- 1932 Hell's House
as Shorty
- 1932 Union Depot
as Ragged Urchin (uncredited)
- 1931 Penrod and Sam
as Sam Williams
- 1931
- 1931 The Public Enemy
as Tom as a Boy (uncredited)
- 1931 It Pays to Advertise
as Office Boy
- 1930 River's End
as Mickey
- 1930 The Girl Said No
as Eddie Ward
- 1929 Square Shoulders
as Tad
- 1928 Marked Money
as The Kid
- 1928 Let 'Er Go Gallegher
as John 'Let 'Er Go' Gallegher
- 1927 A Harp in Hock
as Tommy Shannon
- 1927 The Country Doctor
as Sard Jones
- 1927 The Yankee Clipper
as Mickey
- 1927 Slide, Kelly, Slide
as Mickey Martin
- 1927 Rubber Tires
as Charley Stack
- 1926 Her Man o' War
as Peterkin Schultz
- 1926 The Last Frontier
as Buddy
- 1926 Mike
as Boy
- 1926
- 1926 The Skyrocket
as Mickey (prologue)
- 1925 The Great Circus Mystery
as (as Junior Coghlan)
- 1923 The Darling of New York
as The Ross Kid
- 1923 The Spanish Dancer
as Page (uncredited)
- 1923 Cause for Divorce
as Tommie Parker (as Junior Coghlan)
- 1923 A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate
as Boy (uncredited)
- 1923 Little Old New York
as (uncredited)
- 1922 Bobbed Hair
as Lamont Child (as Junior Coghlan)
- 1921
- 1920
Talk shows and appearances (4)
- 1993
- 1993
- 1991
- 1941