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