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