Frank Coghlan Jr.
Acting
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Acting Credits
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...
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)
It's a Wonderful World
Elevator Boy (uncredited)
The Shakiest Gun in the West
Man at Bar (uncredited)
Knute Rockne All American
Messenger (uncredited)
Filmography
Shirley Temple: America's Little Darling
1993
as Self
Cliffhangers: Adventures from the Thrill Factory
1993
as Himself
The Republic Pictures Story
1991
as Self
The Love God?
1969
as Reporter (uncredited)
The Shakiest Gun in the West
1968
as Man at Bar (uncredited)
Valley of the Dolls
1967
as Reporter (uncredited)
The Love-Ins
1967
as Reporter in Park
The Love-Ins
1967
as Reporter in Park (uncredited)
The Beverly Hillbillies
1962
as Helmsman
Corvette K-225
1943
as Rating
Presenting Lily Mars
1943
as Elevator Boy
Lady in a Jam
1942
as Young Man (uncredited)
Adventures of Captain Marvel
1941
as Billy Batson
Screen Snapshots Series 21 No. 1
1941
as Self
Uncle Joe
1941
as Dick
Out of the Fog
1941
Military Training
1941
as Soldier Patient
Adventures of Captain Marvel
1941
as William "Billy" Batson
Murder Over New York
1940
as Frankie O'Shaughnessy
The Fighting 69th
1940
as Jimmy (uncredited)
Knute Rockne All American
1940
as Messenger (uncredited)
Remedy for Riches
1940
as Bud
Love Thy Neighbor
1940
as Bellboy
Free, Blonde and 21
1940
as Sammy, Bellboy
Double Alibi
1940
as Newspaper Switchboard Operator
Boys' Reformatory
1939
as Eddie O'Meara
Meet Dr. Christian
1939
as Bud
Angels Wash Their Faces
1939
as Al - Boy Working Lathe (uncredited)
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle
1939
as Boy in Montage (uncredited)
The Flying Irishman
1939
as Teenager Taking Photograph
East Side of Heaven
1939
as Messenger Boy (uncredited)
It's a Wonderful World
1939
as Elevator Boy (uncredited)
Second Fiddle
1939
as Studio Call Boy
Gone with the Wind
1939
as Collapsing Soldier (uncredited)
Day-time Wife
1939
as Office Boy
Dust Be My Destiny
1939
as Newsboy (uncredited)
Here I Am a Stranger
1939
as Office Boy
Scouts to the Rescue
1939
as Ken - a Boy Scout
Off the Record
1939
as Copyboy (uncredited)
Ex-Champ
1939
as Bellhop
Service de Luxe
1938
as Bellhop
Blazing Barriers
1937
as Tommy McGrath
Let Them Live
1937
as Bellhop
Charlie Chan at the Race Track
1936
as Eddie Brill, Jockey
Melody in May
1936
as Tommy
The Little Red Schoolhouse
1936
as Frank 'Frankie' Burke
Red Lights Ahead
1936
as Willie Wallace
Make Way for a Lady
1936
as Billy Hopkins
Kentucky Blue Streak
1935
as Johnny Bradley
Happiness C.O.D.
1935
as Larry Sherridan
Stranded
1935
as Page (uncredited)
It Never Rains
1935
as Sonny
Managed Money
1934
as Sonny Rogers
Pardon My Pups
1934
as Sonny Rogers
What's to Do?
1933
as Sonny Rogers
Merrily Yours
1933
as James "Sonny" Rogers
In the Money
1933
as Dick Higginbottom
Drum Taps
1933
as Eric Cartwright
Racetrack
1933
as Jackie Curtis
The Last of the Mohicans
1932
as Uncas
Hell's House
1932
as Shorty
Man Wanted
1932
as Youngster in Store
Union Depot
1932
as Ragged Urchin (uncredited)
It Pays to Advertise
1931
as Office Boy (as Junior Coghlan)
The Public Enemy
1931
as Tom as a Boy (uncredited)
Penrod and Sam
1931
as Sam Williams
How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 5: 'The Medium Irons'
1931
as Junior
River's End
1930
as Mickey
The Girl Said No
1930
as Eddie Ward
Square Shoulders
1929
as Tad
Let 'Er Go Gallegher
1928
as John 'Let 'Er Go' Gallegher
Marked Money
1928
as The Kid
Rubber Tires
1927
as Charley Stack
The Yankee Clipper
1927
as Mickey
The Country Doctor
1927
as Sard Jones
Slide, Kelly, Slide
1927
as Mickey Martin
A Harp in Hock
1927
as Tommy Shannon
The Skyrocket
1926
as Mickey (prologue)
Whispering Smith
1926
Mike
1926
as Boy
Her Man o' War
1926
as Peterkin Schultz
The Last Frontier
1926
as Buddy
The Great Circus Mystery
1925
as (as Junior Coghlan)
Little Old New York
1923
as (uncredited)
The Spanish Dancer
1923
as Page (uncredited)
The Darling of New York
1923
as The Ross Kid
A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate
1923
as Boy (uncredited)
Cause for Divorce
1923
as Tommie Parker (as Junior Coghlan)
Bobbed Hair
1922
as Lamont Child (as Junior Coghlan)
The Poverty of Riches
1921
The Adventures of Daredevil Jack
1920