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