Person
Frank Coghlan Jr.
Acting · 1916–2009 · New Haven, Connecticut, USA
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
The Beverly Hillbillies
Helmsman
Gone with the Wind
Collapsing Soldier (uncredited)
Valley of the Dolls
Reporter (uncredited)
The Public Enemy
Tom as a Boy (uncredited)
Knute Rockne All American
Messenger (uncredited)
It's a Wonderful World
Elevator Boy (uncredited)
The Shakiest Gun in the West
Man at Bar (uncredited)
A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate
Boy (uncredited)
The Fighting 69th
Jimmy (uncredited)
Charlie Chan at the Race Track
Eddie Brill, Jockey
Filmography
- 1993Shirley Temple: America's Little DarlingSelf
- 1993Cliffhangers: Adventures from the Thrill FactoryHimself
- 1991The Republic Pictures StorySelf
- 1969The Love God?Reporter (uncredited)
- 1968The Shakiest Gun in the WestMan at Bar (uncredited)
- 1967Valley of the DollsReporter (uncredited)
- 1967The Love-InsReporter in Park
- 1962The Beverly HillbilliesHelmsman
- 1943Corvette K-225Rating
- 1943Presenting Lily MarsElevator Boy
- 1942Lady in a JamYoung Man (uncredited)
- 1941Military TrainingSoldier Patient
- 1941Uncle JoeDick
- 1941Screen Snapshots Series 21 No. 1Self
- 1941Out of the Fog
- 1941Adventures of Captain MarvelBilly Batson
- 1940Love Thy NeighborBellboy
- 1940Murder Over New YorkFrankie O'Shaughnessy
- 1940Remedy for RichesBud
- 1940Knute Rockne All AmericanMessenger (uncredited)
- 1940Free, Blonde and 21Sammy, Bellboy
- 1940Double AlibiNewspaper Switchboard Operator
- 1940The Fighting 69thJimmy (uncredited)
- 1939Gone with the WindCollapsing Soldier (uncredited)
- 1939Day-time WifeOffice Boy
- 1939Meet Dr. ChristianBud
- 1939Here I Am a StrangerOffice Boy
- 1939Dust Be My DestinyNewsboy (uncredited)
- 1939Angels Wash Their FacesAl - Boy Working Lathe (uncredited)
- 1939Second FiddleStudio Call Boy
- 1939It's a Wonderful WorldElevator Boy (uncredited)
- 1939Ex-ChampBellhop
- 1939Boys' ReformatoryEddie O'Meara
- 1939East Side of HeavenMessenger Boy (uncredited)
- 1939The Flying IrishmanTeenager Taking Photograph
- 1939The Story of Vernon and Irene CastleBoy in Montage (uncredited)
- 1939Off the RecordCopyboy (uncredited)
- 1939Scouts to the RescueKen - a Boy Scout
- 1938Service de LuxeBellhop
- 1937Blazing BarriersTommy McGrath
- 1937Let Them LiveBellhop
- 1936Red Lights AheadWillie Wallace
- 1936Make Way for a LadyBilly Hopkins
- 1936Charlie Chan at the Race TrackEddie Brill, Jockey
- 1936Melody in MayTommy
- 1936The Little Red SchoolhouseFrank 'Frankie' Burke
- 1935Happiness C.O.D.Larry Sherridan
- 1935StrandedPage (uncredited)
- 1935It Never RainsSonny
- 1935Kentucky Blue StreakJohnny Bradley
- 1934Managed MoneySonny Rogers
- 1934Pardon My PupsSonny Rogers
- 1933What's to Do?Sonny Rogers
- 1933In the MoneyDick Higginbottom
- 1933Merrily YoursJames "Sonny" Rogers
- 1933RacetrackJackie Curtis
- 1933Drum TapsEric Cartwright
- 1932The Last of the MohicansUncas
- 1932Man WantedYoungster in Store
- 1932Hell's HouseShorty
- 1932Union DepotRagged Urchin (uncredited)
- 1931Penrod and SamSam Williams
- 1931How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 5: 'The Medium Irons'Junior
- 1931The Public EnemyTom as a Boy (uncredited)
- 1931It Pays to AdvertiseOffice Boy (as Junior Coghlan)
- 1930River's EndMickey
- 1930The Girl Said NoEddie Ward
- 1929Square ShouldersTad
- 1928Marked MoneyThe Kid
- 1928Let 'Er Go GallegherJohn 'Let 'Er Go' Gallegher
- 1927A Harp in HockTommy Shannon
- 1927The Country DoctorSard Jones
- 1927The Yankee ClipperMickey
- 1927Slide, Kelly, SlideMickey Martin
- 1927Rubber TiresCharley Stack
- 1926Her Man o' WarPeterkin Schultz
- 1926The Last FrontierBuddy
- 1926MikeBoy
- 1926Whispering Smith
- 1926The SkyrocketMickey (prologue)
- 1925The Great Circus Mystery(as Junior Coghlan)
- 1923The Darling of New YorkThe Ross Kid
- 1923The Spanish DancerPage (uncredited)
- 1923Cause for DivorceTommie Parker (as Junior Coghlan)
- 1923A Woman of Paris: A Drama of FateBoy (uncredited)
- 1923Little Old New York(uncredited)
- 1922Bobbed HairLamont Child (as Junior Coghlan)
- 1921The Poverty of Riches
- 1920The Adventures of Daredevil Jack
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