Actor · Acting

Frank Coghlan Jr.

Born 1916-03-15

Died 2009-09-07

📍 New Haven, Connecticut, USA

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.

Filmography 83

Shirley Temple: America's Little Darling

Cliffhangers: Adventures from the Thrill Factory

The Republic Pictures Story

as Reporter (uncredited)

The Shakiest Gun in the West

as Man at Bar (uncredited)

Valley of the Dolls

as Reporter (uncredited)

as Reporter in Park

as Reporter in Park (uncredited)

The Beverly Hillbillies

Presenting Lily Mars

as Elevator Boy

as Young Man (uncredited)

Screen Snapshots Series 21 No. 1

Adventures of Captain Marvel

as Billy Batson

Love Thy Neighbor

Murder Over New York

as Frankie O'Shaughnessy

Remedy for Riches

Knute Rockne All American

as Messenger (uncredited)

Free, Blonde and 21

as Sammy, Bellboy

as Newspaper Switchboard Operator

The Fighting 69th

as Jimmy (uncredited)

Gone with the Wind

as Collapsing Soldier (uncredited)

Meet Dr. Christian

Here I Am a Stranger

Dust Be My Destiny

as Newsboy (uncredited)

Angels Wash Their Faces

as Al - Boy Working Lathe (uncredited)

as Studio Call Boy

It's a Wonderful World

as Elevator Boy (uncredited)

Boys' Reformatory

as Eddie O'Meara

The Flying Irishman

as Teenager Taking Photograph

East Side of Heaven

as Messenger Boy (uncredited)

The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle

as Boy in Montage (uncredited)

as Copyboy (uncredited)

Scouts to the Rescue

as Ken - a Boy Scout

Service de Luxe

Red Lights Ahead

as Willie Wallace

Make Way for a Lady

as Billy Hopkins

Charlie Chan at the Race Track

as Eddie Brill, Jockey

The Little Red Schoolhouse

as Frank 'Frankie' Burke

Happiness C.O.D.

as Larry Sherridan

as Page (uncredited)

Kentucky Blue Streak

as Johnny Bradley

as Sonny Rogers

as Sonny Rogers

as Sonny Rogers

as Dick Higginbottom

as James "Sonny" Rogers

as Jackie Curtis

as Eric Cartwright

The Last of the Mohicans

as Youngster in Store

as Ragged Urchin (uncredited)

as Sam Williams

How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 5: 'The Medium Irons'

The Public Enemy

as Tom as a Boy (uncredited)

It Pays to Advertise

as Office Boy (as Junior Coghlan)

The Girl Said No

Square Shoulders

Let 'Er Go Gallegher

as John 'Let 'Er Go' Gallegher

as Tommy Shannon

The Country Doctor

The Yankee Clipper

Slide, Kelly, Slide

as Mickey Martin

as Charley Stack

as Peterkin Schultz

The Last Frontier

Whispering Smith

as Mickey (prologue)

The Darling of New York

as The Ross Kid

The Spanish Dancer

as Page (uncredited)

Cause for Divorce

as Tommie Parker (as Junior Coghlan)

A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate

as Boy (uncredited)

Little Old New York

as (uncredited)

as Lamont Child (as Junior Coghlan)

The Poverty of Riches

The Adventures of Daredevil Jack