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