Frank Coghlan Jr.

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.

Known For

The Beverly Hillbillies

Gone with the Wind

Cliffhangers: Adventures from the Thrill Factory

Valley of the Dolls

The Public Enemy

A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate

The Shakiest Gun in the West

The Love God?

All Movies (89)

• Shirley Temple: America's Little Darling1993 · as Self
• Cliffhangers: Adventures from the Thrill Factory1993 · as Himself
• The Republic Pictures Story1991 · as Self
• The Love God?1969 · as Reporter (uncredited)
• The Shakiest Gun in the West1968 · as Man at Bar (uncredited)
• Valley of the Dolls1967 · as Reporter (uncredited)
• The Love-Ins1967 · as Reporter in Park
• The Love-Ins1967 · as Reporter in Park (uncredited)
• Corvette K-2251943 · as Rating
• Presenting Lily Mars1943 · as Elevator Boy
• Lady in a Jam1942 · as Young Man (uncredited)
• Military Training1941 · as Soldier Patient
• Uncle Joe1941 · as Dick
• Screen Snapshots Series 21 No. 11941 · as Self
• Out of the Fog1941
• Adventures of Captain Marvel1941 · as Billy Batson
• Love Thy Neighbor1940 · as Bellboy
• Murder Over New York1940 · as Frankie O'Shaughnessy
• Remedy for Riches1940 · as Bud
• Knute Rockne All American1940 · as Messenger (uncredited)
• Free, Blonde and 211940 · as Sammy, Bellboy
• Double Alibi1940 · as Newspaper Switchboard Operator
• The Fighting 69th1940 · as Jimmy (uncredited)
• Gone with the Wind1939 · as Collapsing Soldier (uncredited)
• Day-time Wife1939 · as Office Boy
• Meet Dr. Christian1939 · as Bud
• Here I Am a Stranger1939 · as Office Boy
• Dust Be My Destiny1939 · as Newsboy (uncredited)
• Angels Wash Their Faces1939 · as Al - Boy Working Lathe (uncredited)
• Second Fiddle1939 · as Studio Call Boy
• It's a Wonderful World1939 · as Elevator Boy (uncredited)
• Ex-Champ1939 · as Bellhop
• Boys' Reformatory1939 · as Eddie O'Meara
• East Side of Heaven1939 · as Messenger Boy (uncredited)
• The Flying Irishman1939 · as Teenager Taking Photograph
• The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle1939 · as Boy in Montage (uncredited)
• Off the Record1939 · as Copyboy (uncredited)
• Scouts to the Rescue1939 · as Ken - a Boy Scout
• Service de Luxe1938 · as Bellhop
• Blazing Barriers1937 · as Tommy McGrath
• Let Them Live1937 · as Bellhop
• Red Lights Ahead1936 · as Willie Wallace
• Make Way for a Lady1936 · as Billy Hopkins
• Charlie Chan at the Race Track1936 · as Eddie Brill, Jockey
• Melody in May1936 · as Tommy
• The Little Red Schoolhouse1936 · as Frank 'Frankie' Burke
• Happiness C.O.D.1935 · as Larry Sherridan
• Stranded1935 · as Page (uncredited)
• It Never Rains1935 · as Sonny
• Kentucky Blue Streak1935 · as Johnny Bradley
• Managed Money1934 · as Sonny Rogers
• Pardon My Pups1934 · as Sonny Rogers
• What's to Do?1933 · as Sonny Rogers
• In the Money1933 · as Dick Higginbottom
• Merrily Yours1933 · as James "Sonny" Rogers
• Racetrack1933 · as Jackie Curtis
• Drum Taps1933 · as Eric Cartwright
• The Last of the Mohicans1932 · as Uncas
• Man Wanted1932 · as Youngster in Store
• Hell's House1932 · as Shorty
• Union Depot1932 · as Ragged Urchin (uncredited)
• Penrod and Sam1931 · as Sam Williams
• How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 5: 'The Medium Irons'1931 · as Junior
• The Public Enemy1931 · as Tom as a Boy (uncredited)
• It Pays to Advertise1931 · as Office Boy (as Junior Coghlan)
• River's End1930 · as Mickey
• The Girl Said No1930 · as Eddie Ward
• Square Shoulders1929 · as Tad
• Marked Money1928 · as The Kid
• Let 'Er Go Gallegher1928 · as John 'Let 'Er Go' Gallegher
• A Harp in Hock1927 · as Tommy Shannon
• The Country Doctor1927 · as Sard Jones
• The Yankee Clipper1927 · as Mickey
• Slide, Kelly, Slide1927 · as Mickey Martin
• Rubber Tires1927 · as Charley Stack
• Her Man o' War1926 · as Peterkin Schultz
• The Last Frontier1926 · as Buddy
• Mike1926 · as Boy
• Whispering Smith1926
• The Skyrocket1926 · as Mickey (prologue)
• The Great Circus Mystery1925 · as (as Junior Coghlan)
• The Darling of New York1923 · as The Ross Kid
• The Spanish Dancer1923 · as Page (uncredited)
• Cause for Divorce1923 · as Tommie Parker (as Junior Coghlan)
• A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate1923 · as Boy (uncredited)
• Little Old New York1923 · as (uncredited)
• Bobbed Hair1922 · as Lamont Child (as Junior Coghlan)
• The Poverty of Riches1921
• The Adventures of Daredevil Jack1920

All TV Shows (1)

• The Beverly Hillbillies1962 · as Helmsman