Frank Coghlan Jr.
Acting
🎂 1916-03-15
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.
Cast credits(88)
Helmsman
1962
Collapsing Soldier (uncredited)
1939
Boy (uncredited)
1923
Tom as a Boy (uncredited)
1931
Man at Bar (uncredited)
1968
Reporter (uncredited)
1967
Elevator Boy (uncredited)
1939
Reporter (uncredited)
1969
Billy Batson
1941
Jimmy (uncredited)
1940
Ragged Urchin (uncredited)
1932
Elevator Boy
1943
Page (uncredited)
1935
Shorty
1932
Frankie O'Shaughnessy
1940
Boy in Montage (uncredited)
1939
Eddie Brill, Jockey
1936
Rating
1943
Office Boy
1939
Self
1993
Youngster in Store
1932
Young Man (uncredited)
1942
1941
Newspaper Switchboard Operator
1940
Newsboy (uncredited)
1939
Messenger Boy (uncredited)
1939
Bellhop
1939
Tommy Shannon
1927
Studio Call Boy
1939
Ken - a Boy Scout
1939
Eddie Ward
1930
Messenger (uncredited)
1940
Mickey (prologue)
1926
Dick
1941
Teenager Taking Photograph
1939
Sonny Rogers
1934
Bellhop
1937
Page (uncredited)
1923
1926
Al - Boy Working Lathe (uncredited)
1939
Sonny Rogers
1934
Reporter in Park
1967
Reporter in Park (uncredited)
1967
Willie Wallace
1936
Jackie Curtis
1933
Eric Cartwright
1933
Copyboy (uncredited)
1939
The Ross Kid
1923
Mickey
1930
Eddie O'Meara
1939
Mickey
1927
Bud
1939
Self
1941
Office Boy
1939
Tad
1929
The Kid
1928
Charley Stack
1927
Bud
1940
(as Junior Coghlan)
1925
Sam Williams
1931
Sammy, Bellboy
1940
1920
Tommy McGrath
1937
Johnny Bradley
1935
(uncredited)
1923
Office Boy (as Junior Coghlan)
1931
Boy
1926
Bellhop
1938
Sard Jones
1927
Sonny Rogers
1933
Bellboy
1940
Peterkin Schultz
1926
Tommy
1936
John 'Let 'Er Go' Gallegher
1928
1921
Uncas
1932
Larry Sherridan
1935
Dick Higginbottom
1933
Billy Hopkins
1936
Self
1991
Mickey Martin
1927
Soldier Patient
1941
Sonny
1935
Frank 'Frankie' Burke
1936
Lamont Child (as Junior Coghlan)
1922
James "Sonny" Rogers
1933
Junior
1931
Tommie Parker (as Junior Coghlan)
1923