Frank Coghlan Jr.
From Wikipedia Frank Coghlan, Jr. (March 15, 1916 – September 7, 2009) also known as "Junior Coghlan", 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 films with Pola Negri, Jack Dempsey, William Haines, Shirley Temple, Mickey Rooney, and Bette Davis. He appeared in early "Our Gang" comedies, but he is best known for the role of Billy Batson in the 1941 motion picture serial Adventures of Captain Marvel. Coghlan later served 23 years as an aviator and officer in the U.S. Navy, from 1942 to 1965. After retiring from the Navy, he returned to acting and appeared in television, films, and commercials. He published an autobiography in 1992 and died in 2009 at age 93.
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- Born:
- Mar 15, 1916 In New Haven - Connecticut - USA
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 77
- First Appeared:
- In the movie The Adventures of Daredevil Jack 1920-06-30
- Latest Project:
- Movie Shirley Temple: America's Little Darling 1993-08-31
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Shirley Temple: America's Little Darling | Self | 1993-08-31 |
| Movie | The Love God? | Reporter (uncredited) | 1969-08-01 |
| Movie | The Shakiest Gun in the West | Man at Bar (uncredited) | 1968-07-10 |
| Movie | The Love-Ins | Reporter in Park (uncredited) | 1967-07-26 |
| Movie | Valley of the Dolls | Reporter (uncredited) | 1967-12-27 |
| Movie | Presenting Lily Mars | Elevator Boy | 1943-04-29 |
| Movie | Corvette K-225 | Rating | 1943-09-29 |
| Movie | Lady in a Jam | Young Man (uncredited) | 1942-06-19 |
| Movie | Adventures of Captain Marvel | Billy Batson | 1941-03-28 |
| Movie | Out of the Fog | 1941-06-14 | |
| Movie | Uncle Joe | Dick | 1941-10-18 |
| Movie | Double Alibi | Newspaper Switchboard Operator | 1940-03-01 |
| Movie | The Fighting 69th | Jimmy (uncredited) | 1940-01-27 |
| Movie | Free, Blonde and 21 | Sammy, Bellboy | 1940-03-28 |
| Movie | Murder Over New York | Frankie O'Shaughnessy | 1940-12-13 |
| Movie | Love Thy Neighbor | Bellboy | 1940-12-27 |
| Movie | Remedy for Riches | Bud | 1940-11-29 |
| Movie | Knute Rockne All American | Messenger (uncredited) | 1940-10-05 |
| Movie | The Flying Irishman | Teenager Taking Photograph | 1939-04-07 |
| Movie | Boys' Reformatory | Eddie O'Meara | 1939-05-01 |
| Movie | East Side of Heaven | Messenger Boy (uncredited) | 1939-04-07 |
| Movie | Scouts to the Rescue | Ken - a Boy Scout | 1939-01-17 |
| Movie | Ex-Champ | Bellhop | 1939-05-11 |
| Movie | Off the Record | Copyboy (uncredited) | 1939-01-21 |
| Movie | The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle | Boy in Montage (uncredited) | 1939-03-29 |
| Movie | Gone with the Wind | Collapsing Soldier (uncredited) | 1939-12-15 |
| Movie | It's a Wonderful World | Elevator Boy (uncredited) | 1939-05-19 |
| Movie | Day-time Wife | Office Boy | 1939-11-24 |
| Movie | Here I Am a Stranger | Office Boy | 1939-09-29 |
| Movie | Meet Dr. Christian | Bud | 1939-11-17 |
| Movie | Second Fiddle | Studio Call Boy | 1939-06-30 |
| Movie | Angels Wash Their Faces | Al - Boy Working Lathe (uncredited) | 1939-08-26 |
| Movie | Dust Be My Destiny | Newsboy (uncredited) | 1939-09-16 |
| Movie | Service de Luxe | Bellhop | 1938-10-12 |
| Movie | Blazing Barriers | Tommy McGrath | 1937-06-29 |
| Movie | Let Them Live | Bellhop | 1937-04-25 |
| Movie | The Little Red Schoolhouse | Frank 'Frankie' Burke | 1936-03-02 |
| Movie | Charlie Chan at the Race Track | Eddie Brill, Jockey | 1936-08-07 |
| Movie | Make Way for a Lady | Billy Hopkins | 1936-11-13 |
| Movie | Red Lights Ahead | Willie Wallace | 1936-11-28 |
| Movie | Kentucky Blue Streak | Johnny Bradley | 1935-05-01 |
| Movie | Stranded | Page (uncredited) | 1935-06-29 |
| Movie | Happiness C.O.D. | Larry Sherridan | 1935-10-14 |
| Movie | Pardon My Pups | Sonny Rogers | 1934-01-25 |
| Movie | Managed Money | Sonny Rogers | 1934-02-22 |
| Movie | Drum Taps | Eric Cartwright | 1933-01-23 |
| Movie | Merrily Yours | James "Sonny" Rogers | 1933-10-05 |
| Movie | What's to Do? | Sonny Rogers | 1933-11-23 |
| Movie | In the Money | Dick Higginbottom | 1933-11-06 |
| Movie | Hell's House | Shorty | 1932-01-30 |
| Movie | Union Depot | Ragged Urchin (uncredited) | 1932-01-14 |
| Movie | Man Wanted | Youngster in Store | 1932-04-23 |
| Movie | The Last of the Mohicans | Uncas | 1932-05-17 |
| Movie | The Public Enemy | Tom as a Boy (uncredited) | 1931-04-23 |
| Movie | It Pays to Advertise | Office Boy (as Junior Coghlan) | 1931-02-18 |
| Movie | How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 5: 'The Medium Irons' | Junior | 1931-07-01 |
| Movie | Penrod and Sam | Sam Williams | 1931-10-01 |
| Movie | The Girl Said No | Eddie Ward | 1930-03-15 |
| Movie | River's End | Mickey | 1930-11-01 |
| Movie | Square Shoulders | John W. 'Tad' Collins Jr. | 1929-03-10 |
| Movie | Let 'Er Go Gallegher | John 'Let 'Er Go' Gallegher | 1928-01-14 |
| Movie | Marked Money | The Kid | 1928-11-11 |
| Movie | Rubber Tires | Charley Stack | 1927-02-07 |
| Movie | Slide, Kelly, Slide | Mickey Martin | 1927-03-12 |
| Movie | The Country Doctor | Sard Jones | 1927-08-22 |
| Movie | The Yankee Clipper | Mickey | 1927-05-07 |
| Movie | The Skyrocket | Mickey (prologue) | 1926-02-14 |
| Movie | Whispering Smith | 1926-03-28 | |
| Movie | Her Man o' War | Peterkin Schultz | 1926-08-25 |
| Movie | The Great Circus Mystery | (as Junior Coghlan) | 1925-03-09 |
| Movie | Little Old New York | (uncredited) | 1923-08-01 |
| Movie | A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate | Boy (uncredited) | 1923-10-01 |
| Movie | The Darling of New York | The Ross Kid | 1923-12-03 |
| Movie | The Spanish Dancer | Page (uncredited) | 1923-10-06 |
| Movie | Bobbed Hair | Lamont Child (as Junior Coghlan) | 1922-01-01 |
| Movie | The Poverty of Riches | 1921-11-01 | |
| Movie | The Adventures of Daredevil Jack | 1920-06-30 |