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