Cast
Frank Coghlan Jr.
Acting
Cast
Frank Coghlan Jr.
Known for
Acting
Born
1916-03-15
From
New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Died
2009-09-07
Also known as Francis Edward Coghlan Jr., Frank 'Junior' Coghlan, Frank Coghlan
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.
★7.9
MOVIE1939
Gone with the Wind
as Collapsing Soldier (uncredited)
★6.0
MOVIE1967
Valley of the Dolls
as Reporter (uncredited)
★6.5
MOVIE1939
It's a Wonderful World
as Elevator Boy (uncredited)
★5.3
MOVIE1939
Boys' Reformatory
as Eddie O'Meara
★7.3
MOVIE1931
The Public Enemy
as Tom as a Boy (uncredited)
★5.5
MOVIE1932
Man Wanted
as Youngster in Store
★6.8
MOVIE1923
A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate
as Boy (uncredited)
★5.7
MOVIE1933
Merrily Yours
as James "Sonny" Rogers
★6.7
MOVIE1939
Angels Wash Their Faces
as Al - Boy Working Lathe (uncredited)
★6.2
MOVIE1968
The Shakiest Gun in the West
as Man at Bar (uncredited)
★6.2
MOVIE1940
Knute Rockne All American
as Messenger (uncredited)
★6.4
MOVIE1941
Adventures of Captain Marvel
as Billy Batson
★5.7
MOVIE1933
In the Money
as Dick Higginbottom
★6.4
MOVIE1943
Presenting Lily Mars
as Elevator Boy
★5.8
MOVIE1940
The Fighting 69th
as Jimmy (uncredited)
★8.0
MOVIE1937
Let Them Live
as Bellhop
MOVIE1993
Cliffhangers: Adventures from the Thrill Factory
as Himself
★7.1
MOVIE1936
Charlie Chan at the Race Track
as Eddie Brill, Jockey
★6.0
MOVIE1934
Pardon My Pups
as Sonny Rogers
★5.1
MOVIE1939
Second Fiddle
as Studio Call Boy
★5.0
MOVIE1939
The Flying Irishman
as Teenager Taking Photograph
★6.5
MOVIE1939
Dust Be My Destiny
as Newsboy (uncredited)
★6.1
MOVIE1932
Union Depot
as Ragged Urchin (uncredited)
★7.0
MOVIE1939
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle
as Boy in Montage (uncredited)
★7.3
MOVIE1939
Here I Am a Stranger
as Office Boy
★6.2
MOVIE1943
Corvette K-225
as Rating
★6.0
MOVIE1939
Day-time Wife
as Office Boy
★6.2
MOVIE1940
Murder Over New York
as Frankie O'Shaughnessy
★4.8
MOVIE1967
The Love-Ins
as Reporter in Park
★4.8
MOVIE1967
The Love-Ins
as Reporter in Park (uncredited)
★6.5
MOVIE1938
Service de Luxe
as Bellhop
★6.4
MOVIE1939
Off the Record
as Copyboy (uncredited)
★5.5
MOVIE1936
Make Way for a Lady
as Billy Hopkins
★6.7
MOVIE1927
The Yankee Clipper
as Mickey
★5.3
MOVIE1940
Double Alibi
as Newspaper Switchboard Operator
★5.0
MOVIE1923
The Spanish Dancer
as Page (uncredited)
★7.3
MOVIE1939
Ex-Champ
as Bellhop
★7.0
MOVIE1939
Meet Dr. Christian
as Bud
★7.4
MOVIE1939
East Side of Heaven
as Messenger Boy (uncredited)
★5.6
MOVIE1942
Lady in a Jam
as Young Man (uncredited)
★6.3
MOVIE1941
Out of the Fog
★7.3
MOVIE1940
Love Thy Neighbor
as Bellboy
★10.0
MOVIE1939
Scouts to the Rescue
as Ken - a Boy Scout
★6.3
MOVIE1927
Rubber Tires
as Charley Stack
★6.0
MOVIE1935
Stranded
as Page (uncredited)
★9.0
MOVIE1926
Whispering Smith
★6.7
MOVIE1936
The Little Red Schoolhouse
as Frank 'Frankie' Burke
★6.0
MOVIE1969
The Love God?
as Reporter (uncredited)
★6.4
MOVIE1930
River's End
as Mickey
★6.8
MOVIE1932
The Last of the Mohicans
as Uncas
★5.5
MOVIE1940
Remedy for Riches
as Bud
★5.8
MOVIE1930
The Girl Said No
as Eddie Ward
★8.0
MOVIE1929
Square Shoulders
as Tad
★5.6
MOVIE1931
It Pays to Advertise
as Office Boy (as Junior Coghlan)
★5.6
MOVIE1936
Red Lights Ahead
as Willie Wallace
★7.0
MOVIE1928
Let 'Er Go Gallegher
as John 'Let 'Er Go' Gallegher
★7.3
MOVIE1940
Free, Blonde and 21
as Sammy, Bellboy
★9.0
MOVIE1926
The Last Frontier
as Buddy
★6.5
MOVIE1923
Little Old New York
as (uncredited)
★5.5
MOVIE1933
Drum Taps
as Eric Cartwright
★7.0
MOVIE1935
Kentucky Blue Streak
as Johnny Bradley
★10.0
MOVIE1926
Mike
as Boy
★7.0
MOVIE1941
Uncle Joe
as Dick
★7.0
MOVIE1926
Her Man o' War
as Peterkin Schultz
★7.5
MOVIE1927
The Country Doctor
as Sard Jones
MOVIE1941
Screen Snapshots Series 21 No. 1
as Self
★7.0
MOVIE1931
Penrod and Sam
as Sam Williams
★8.0
MOVIE1923
The Darling of New York
as The Ross Kid
MOVIE1991
The Republic Pictures Story
as Self
★8.0
MOVIE1927
Slide, Kelly, Slide
as Mickey Martin
★7.0
MOVIE1941
Military Training
as Soldier Patient
★5.3
MOVIE1932
Hell's House
as Shorty
★10.0
MOVIE1926
The Skyrocket
as Mickey (prologue)
★8.0
MOVIE1936
Melody in May
as Tommy
★6.5
MOVIE1933
What's to Do?
as Sonny Rogers
★10.0
MOVIE1937
Blazing Barriers
as Tommy McGrath
★10.0
MOVIE1928
Marked Money
as The Kid
★7.5
MOVIE1931
How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 5: 'The Medium Irons'
as Junior
★5.3
MOVIE1934
Managed Money
as Sonny Rogers
★7.5
MOVIE1935
Happiness C.O.D.
as Larry Sherridan
★3.0
MOVIE1923
Cause for Divorce
as Tommie Parker (as Junior Coghlan)
★7.0
MOVIE1927
A Harp in Hock
as Tommy Shannon
★10.0
MOVIE1920
The Adventures of Daredevil Jack
★10.0
MOVIE1922
Bobbed Hair
as Lamont Child (as Junior Coghlan)
MOVIE1993
Shirley Temple: America's Little Darling
as Self
★7.0
MOVIE1921
The Poverty of Riches
MOVIE1935
It Never Rains
as Sonny
★7.0
MOVIE1933
Racetrack
as Jackie Curtis
★8.0
MOVIE1925
The Great Circus Mystery
as (as Junior Coghlan)