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Frank Coghlan Jr.
Frank Coghlan Jr.

Frank Coghlan Jr.

ActingBorn March 15, 1916Died September 7, 2009 (age 93)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.

Filmography

1969
The Love God?

as Reporter (uncredited)

Movie
1968
The Shakiest Gun in the West

as Man at Bar (uncredited)

Movie
1967
Valley of the Dolls

as Reporter (uncredited)

Movie
1967
The Love-Ins

as Reporter in Park

Movie
1967
The Love-Ins

as Reporter in Park (uncredited)

Movie
1962TV
1943Movie
1943
Presenting Lily Mars

as Elevator Boy

Movie
1942
Lady in a Jam

as Young Man (uncredited)

Movie
1941
Military Training

as Soldier Patient

Movie
1941
Uncle Joe

as Dick

Movie
1941Movie
1940Movie
1940
Murder Over New York

as Frankie O'Shaughnessy

Movie
1940Movie
1940
Knute Rockne All American

as Messenger (uncredited)

Movie
1940
Free, Blonde and 21

as Sammy, Bellboy

Movie
1940
Double Alibi

as Newspaper Switchboard Operator

Movie
1940
The Fighting 69th

as Jimmy (uncredited)

Movie
1939
Gone with the Wind

as Collapsing Soldier (uncredited)

Movie
1939
Day-time Wife

as Office Boy

Movie
1939Movie
1939Movie
1939
Dust Be My Destiny

as Newsboy (uncredited)

Movie
1939
Angels Wash Their Faces

as Al - Boy Working Lathe (uncredited)

Movie
1939
Second Fiddle

as Studio Call Boy

Movie
1939
It's a Wonderful World

as Elevator Boy (uncredited)

Movie
1939
Ex-Champ

as Bellhop

Movie
1939
Boys' Reformatory

as Eddie O'Meara

Movie
1939
East Side of Heaven

as Messenger Boy (uncredited)

Movie
1939
The Flying Irishman

as Teenager Taking Photograph

Movie
1939
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle

as Boy in Montage (uncredited)

Movie
1939
Off the Record

as Copyboy (uncredited)

Movie
1939
Scouts to the Rescue

as Ken - a Boy Scout

Movie
1938
Service de Luxe

as Bellhop

Movie
1937
Blazing Barriers

as Tommy McGrath

Movie
1937
Let Them Live

as Bellhop

Movie
1936
Red Lights Ahead

as Willie Wallace

Movie
1936
Make Way for a Lady

as Billy Hopkins

Movie
1936
Charlie Chan at the Race Track

as Eddie Brill, Jockey

Movie
1936Movie
1936
The Little Red Schoolhouse

as Frank 'Frankie' Burke

Movie
1935
Happiness C.O.D.

as Larry Sherridan

Movie
1935
Stranded

as Page (uncredited)

Movie
1935Movie
1935
Kentucky Blue Streak

as Johnny Bradley

Movie
1934
Managed Money

as Sonny Rogers

Movie
1934
Pardon My Pups

as Sonny Rogers

Movie
1933
What's to Do?

as Sonny Rogers

Movie
1933
In the Money

as Dick Higginbottom

Movie
1933
Merrily Yours

as James "Sonny" Rogers

Movie
1933
Racetrack

as Jackie Curtis

Movie
1933
Drum Taps

as Eric Cartwright

Movie
1932Movie
1932
Man Wanted

as Youngster in Store

Movie
1932
Hell's House

as Shorty

Movie
1932
Union Depot

as Ragged Urchin (uncredited)

Movie
1931
Penrod and Sam

as Sam Williams

Movie
1931
The Public Enemy

as Tom as a Boy (uncredited)

Movie
1931
It Pays to Advertise

as Office Boy (as Junior Coghlan)

Movie
1930
River's End

as Mickey

Movie
1930
The Girl Said No

as Eddie Ward

Movie
1929Movie
1928
Marked Money

as The Kid

Movie
1928
Let 'Er Go Gallegher

as John 'Let 'Er Go' Gallegher

Movie
1927
A Harp in Hock

as Tommy Shannon

Movie
1927
The Country Doctor

as Sard Jones

Movie
1927Movie
1927
Slide, Kelly, Slide

as Mickey Martin

Movie
1927
Rubber Tires

as Charley Stack

Movie
1926
Her Man o' War

as Peterkin Schultz

Movie
1926Movie
1926
Mike

as Boy

Movie
1926
The Skyrocket

as Mickey (prologue)

Movie
1925
The Great Circus Mystery

as (as Junior Coghlan)

Movie
1923Movie
1923
The Spanish Dancer

as Page (uncredited)

Movie
1923
Cause for Divorce

as Tommie Parker (as Junior Coghlan)

Movie
1923Movie
1923
Little Old New York

as (uncredited)

Movie
1922
Bobbed Hair

as Lamont Child (as Junior Coghlan)

Movie

Personal Info

DepartmentActing
BirthdayMarch 15, 1916
Day of DeathSeptember 7, 2009
Place of BirthNew Haven, Connecticut, USA
Popularity1.6
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