Frank Coghlan Jr.
Birthday: 1916-03-15
Deathday: 2009-09-07
Birthplace: New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Gender: Male
Owned By: Unowned
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.
Credits
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1969-08-01 | The Love God? | Reporter (uncredited) |
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1968-07-10 | The Shakiest Gun in the West | Man at Bar (uncredited) |
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1967-12-27 | Valley of the Dolls | Reporter (uncredited) |
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1967-07-26 | The Love-Ins | Reporter in Park |
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1967-07-26 | The Love-Ins | Reporter in Park (uncredited) |
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1943-09-29 | Corvette K-225 | Rating |
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1943-04-29 | Presenting Lily Mars | Elevator Boy |
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1942-06-19 | Lady in a Jam | Young Man (uncredited) |
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1941-11-30 | Military Training | Soldier Patient |
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1941-10-18 | Uncle Joe | Dick |
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1941-06-14 | Out of the Fog | |
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1941-03-28 | Adventures of Captain Marvel | Billy Batson |
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1940-12-27 | Love Thy Neighbor | Bellboy |
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1940-12-13 | Murder Over New York | Frankie O'Shaughnessy |
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1940-11-29 | Remedy for Riches | Bud |
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1940-10-05 | Knute Rockne All American | Messenger (uncredited) |
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1940-03-28 | Free, Blonde and 21 | Sammy, Bellboy |
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1940-03-01 | Double Alibi | Newspaper Switchboard Operator |
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1940-01-27 | The Fighting 69th | Jimmy (uncredited) |
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1939-12-15 | Gone with the Wind | Collapsing Soldier (uncredited) |
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1939-11-24 | Day-time Wife | Office Boy |
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1939-11-17 | Meet Dr. Christian | Bud |
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1939-09-29 | Here I Am a Stranger | Office Boy |
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1939-09-16 | Dust Be My Destiny | Newsboy (uncredited) |
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1939-08-26 | Angels Wash Their Faces | Al - Boy Working Lathe (uncredited) |
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1939-06-30 | Second Fiddle | Studio Call Boy |
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1939-05-19 | It's a Wonderful World | Elevator Boy (uncredited) |
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1939-05-11 | Ex-Champ | Bellhop |
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1939-05-01 | Boys' Reformatory | Eddie O'Meara |
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1939-04-07 | The Flying Irishman | Teenager Taking Photograph |
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1939-04-07 | East Side of Heaven | Messenger Boy (uncredited) |
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1939-03-29 | The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle | Boy in Montage (uncredited) |
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1939-01-21 | Off the Record | Copyboy (uncredited) |
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1939-01-17 | Scouts to the Rescue | Ken - a Boy Scout |
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1938-10-12 | Service de Luxe | Bellhop |
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1937-06-29 | Blazing Barriers | Tommy McGrath |
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1937-04-25 | Let Them Live | Bellhop |
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1936-11-28 | Red Lights Ahead | Willie Wallace |
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1936-11-13 | Make Way for a Lady | Billy Hopkins |
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1936-08-07 | Charlie Chan at the Race Track | Eddie Brill, Jockey |
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1936-04-30 | Melody in May | |
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1936-03-02 | The Little Red Schoolhouse | Frank 'Frankie' Burke |
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1935-10-14 | Happiness C.O.D. | Larry Sherridan |
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1935-06-29 | Stranded | Page (uncredited) |
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1935-05-24 | It Never Rains | |
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1935-05-01 | Kentucky Blue Streak | Johnny Bradley |
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1934-02-22 | Managed Money | Sonny Rogers |
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1934-01-25 | Pardon My Pups | Sonny Rogers |
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1933-11-23 | What's to Do? | Sonny Rogers |
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1933-11-06 | In the Money | Dick Higginbottom |
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1933-10-05 | Merrily Yours | James "Sonny" Rogers |
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1933-02-25 | Racetrack | Jackie Curtis |
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1933-01-23 | Drum Taps | Eric Cartwright |
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1932-05-17 | The Last of the Mohicans | Uncas |
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1932-04-23 | Man Wanted | Youngster in Store |
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1932-01-30 | Hell's House | Shorty |
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1932-01-14 | Union Depot | Ragged Urchin (uncredited) |
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1931-10-01 | Penrod and Sam | Sam Williams |
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1931-07-01 | How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 5: 'The Medium Irons' | Junior |
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1931-04-23 | The Public Enemy | Tom as a Boy (uncredited) |
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1931-02-18 | It Pays to Advertise | Office Boy (as Junior Coghlan) |
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1930-11-01 | River's End | Mickey |
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1930-03-15 | The Girl Said No | Eddie Ward |
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1929-03-10 | Square Shoulders | John W. 'Tad' Collins Jr. |
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1928-11-11 | Marked Money | The Kid |
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1928-01-14 | Let 'Er Go Gallegher | John 'Let 'Er Go' Gallegher |
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1927-10-10 | A Harp in Hock | Tommy Shannon |
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1927-08-22 | The Country Doctor | Sard Jones |
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1927-05-07 | The Yankee Clipper | Mickey |
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1927-03-12 | Slide, Kelly, Slide | Mickey Martin |
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1927-02-07 | Rubber Tires | Charley Stack |
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1926-08-25 | Her Man o' War | Peterkin Schultz |
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1926-05-10 | Mike | Boy |
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1926-03-28 | Whispering Smith | |
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1926-02-14 | The Skyrocket | Mickey (prologue) |
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1925-03-09 | The Great Circus Mystery | (as Junior Coghlan) |
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1923-12-03 | The Darling of New York | The Ross Kid |
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1923-10-06 | The Spanish Dancer | Page (uncredited) |
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1923-10-06 | Cause for Divorce | Tommie Parker (as Junior Coghlan) |
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1923-10-01 | A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate | Boy (uncredited) |
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1923-08-01 | Little Old New York | (uncredited) |
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1922-01-01 | Bobbed Hair | Lamont Child (as Junior Coghlan) |
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1921-11-01 | The Poverty of Riches | |
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1920-06-30 | The Adventures of Daredevil Jack |