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Frank Coghlan Jr.

Frank Coghlan Jr.
  • Name: Frank Coghlan Jr.
  • Birthday: 1916-03-15
  • Also known as: Francis Edward Coghlan Jr.,Frank 'Junior' Coghlan,Frank Coghlan,Frank Coghlin,Junior Coghlan,Junior Coughlan,Junior Coughlin
  • Place of birth: New Haven, Connecticut, USA
  • Popularity: 1.044
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.

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Title Release date
Shirley Temple: America's Little Darling   as  Self 1993-08-31
The Republic Pictures Story   as  Self 1991-03-15
The Love God?   as  Reporter (uncredited) 1969-08-01
The Shakiest Gun in the West   as  Man at Bar (uncredited) 1968-07-10
Valley of the Dolls   as  Reporter (uncredited) 1967-12-27
The Love-Ins   as  Reporter in Park 1967-07-26
The Love-Ins   as  Reporter in Park (uncredited) 1967-07-26
Corvette K-225   as  Rating 1943-09-29
Presenting Lily Mars   as  Elevator Boy 1943-04-29
Uncle Joe   as  Dick 1941-10-18
Screen Snapshots Series 21 No. 1   as  Self 1941-08-15
Out of the Fog 1941-06-14
Adventures of Captain Marvel   as  Billy Batson 1941-03-28
Love Thy Neighbor   as  Bellboy 1940-12-27
Murder Over New York   as  Frankie O'Shaughnessy 1940-12-13
Remedy for Riches   as  Bud 1940-11-29
Knute Rockne All American   as  Messenger (uncredited) 1940-10-05
Free, Blonde and 21   as  Sammy, Bellboy 1940-03-28
Double Alibi   as  Newspaper Switchboard Operator 1940-03-01
The Fighting 69th   as  Jimmy (uncredited) 1940-01-27
Day-time Wife   as  Office Boy 1939-11-24
Meet Dr. Christian   as  Bud 1939-11-17
Here I Am a Stranger   as  Office Boy 1939-09-29
Dust Be My Destiny   as  Newsboy (uncredited) 1939-09-16
Angels Wash Their Faces   as  Al - Boy Working Lathe (uncredited) 1939-08-26
Second Fiddle   as  Studio Call Boy 1939-06-30
It's a Wonderful World   as  Elevator Boy (uncredited) 1939-05-19
Ex-Champ   as  Bellhop 1939-05-11
Boys' Reformatory   as  Eddie O'Meara 1939-05-01
The Flying Irishman   as  Teenager Taking Photograph 1939-04-07
East Side of Heaven   as  Messenger Boy (uncredited) 1939-04-07
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle   as  Boy in Montage (uncredited) 1939-03-29
Gone with the Wind   as  Collapsing Soldier (uncredited) 1939-03-12
Off the Record   as  Copyboy (uncredited) 1939-01-21
Scouts to the Rescue   as  Ken - a Boy Scout 1939-01-17
Service de Luxe   as  Bellhop 1938-10-12
Blazing Barriers   as  Tommy McGrath 1937-06-29
Let Them Live   as  Bellhop 1937-04-25
Red Lights Ahead   as  Willie Wallace 1936-11-28
Make Way for a Lady   as  Billy Hopkins 1936-11-13
Charlie Chan at the Race Track   as  Eddie Brill, Jockey 1936-08-07
Melody in May 1936-04-30
The Little Red Schoolhouse   as  Frank 'Frankie' Burke 1936-03-02
Happiness C.O.D.   as  Larry Sherridan 1935-10-14
Stranded   as  Page (uncredited) 1935-06-29
It Never Rains 1935-05-24
Kentucky Blue Streak   as  Johnny Bradley 1935-05-01
Managed Money   as  Sonny Rogers 1934-02-22
Pardon My Pups   as  Sonny Rogers 1934-01-25
What's to Do?   as  Sonny Rogers 1933-11-23
In the Money   as  Dick Higginbottom 1933-11-06
Merrily Yours   as  James "Sonny" Rogers 1933-10-05
Racetrack   as  Jackie Curtis 1933-02-25
Drum Taps   as  Eric Cartwright 1933-01-23
The Last of the Mohicans   as  Uncas 1932-05-17
Man Wanted   as  Youngster in Store 1932-04-23
Hell's House   as  Shorty 1932-01-30
Union Depot   as  Ragged Urchin (uncredited) 1932-01-14
Penrod and Sam   as  Sam Williams 1931-10-01
How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 5: 'The Medium Irons'   as  Junior 1931-07-01
The Public Enemy   as  Tom as a Boy (uncredited) 1931-04-23
It Pays to Advertise   as  Office Boy (as Junior Coghlan) 1931-02-18
River's End   as  Mickey 1930-11-01
The Girl Said No   as  Eddie Ward 1930-03-15
Square Shoulders   as  John W. 'Tad' Collins Jr. 1929-03-10
Marked Money   as  The Kid 1928-11-11
Let 'Er Go Gallegher   as  John 'Let 'Er Go' Gallegher 1928-01-14
A Harp in Hock   as  Tommy Shannon 1927-10-10
The Country Doctor   as  Sard Jones 1927-08-22
The Yankee Clipper   as  Mickey 1927-05-07
Slide, Kelly, Slide   as  Mickey Martin 1927-03-12
Rubber Tires   as  Charley Stack 1927-02-07
Her Man o' War   as  Peterkin Schultz 1926-08-25
Mike   as  Boy 1926-05-10
Whispering Smith 1926-03-28
The Skyrocket   as  Mickey (prologue) 1926-02-14
The Great Circus Mystery   as  (as Junior Coghlan) 1925-03-09
The Darling of New York   as  The Ross Kid 1923-12-03
The Spanish Dancer   as  Page (uncredited) 1923-10-06
Cause for Divorce   as  Tommie Parker (as Junior Coghlan) 1923-10-06
A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate   as  Boy (uncredited) 1923-10-01
Little Old New York   as  (uncredited) 1923-08-01
Bobbed Hair   as  Lamont Child (as Junior Coghlan) 1922-01-01
The Poverty of Riches 1921-11-01
The Adventures of Daredevil Jack 1920-06-30