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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
March 15, 1916
Died
September 7, 2009
Place of Birth
New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Also Known As
- Francis Edward Coghlan Jr.
- Frank 'Junior' Coghlan
- Frank Coghlan
- Frank Coghlin
- Junior Coghlan
- Junior Coughlan
- Junior Coughlin
Frank Coghlan Jr.
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Biography
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
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Self
Shirley Temple: America's Little Darling
1993
0.0
Self
The Republic Pictures Story
1991
5.8
Reporter (uncredited)
The Love God?
1969
6.3
Man at Bar (uncredited)
The Shakiest Gun in the West
1968
6.0
Reporter (uncredited)
Valley of the Dolls
1967
3.8
Reporter in Park
The Love-Ins
1967
3.8
Reporter in Park (uncredited)
The Love-Ins
1967
6.9
Helmsman
The Beverly Hillbillies
1962
6.1
Rating
Corvette K-225
1943
6.3
Elevator Boy
Presenting Lily Mars
1943
Credits
Shirley Temple: America's Little Darling
as Self
1993
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The Republic Pictures Story
as Self
1991
0.0
The Love God?
as Reporter (uncredited)
1969
5.8
The Shakiest Gun in the West
as Man at Bar (uncredited)
1968
6.3
Valley of the Dolls
as Reporter (uncredited)
1967
6.0
The Love-Ins
as Reporter in Park
1967
3.8
The Love-Ins
as Reporter in Park (uncredited)
1967
3.8
The Beverly Hillbillies
as Helmsman
1962
6.9
Corvette K-225
as Rating
1943
6.1
Presenting Lily Mars
as Elevator Boy
1943
6.3
Lady in a Jam
as Young Man (uncredited)
1942
5.3
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Military Training
as Soldier Patient
1941
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Uncle Joe
as Dick
1941
6.0
Screen Snapshots Series 21 No. 1
as Self
1941
0.0
Out of the Fog
1941
6.2
Adventures of Captain Marvel
as Billy Batson
1941
6.3
Love Thy Neighbor
as Bellboy
1940
6.5
Murder Over New York
as Frankie O'Shaughnessy
1940
6.1
Remedy for Riches
as Bud
1940
4.8
Knute Rockne All American
as Messenger (uncredited)
1940
6.1
Free, Blonde and 21
as Sammy, Bellboy
1940
8.0
Double Alibi
as Newspaper Switchboard Operator
1940
4.0
The Fighting 69th
as Jimmy (uncredited)
1940
5.5
Gone with the Wind
as Collapsing Soldier (uncredited)
1939
7.9
Day-time Wife
as Office Boy
1939
5.9
Meet Dr. Christian
as Bud
1939
0.0
Here I Am a Stranger
as Office Boy
1939
7.0
Dust Be My Destiny
as Newsboy (uncredited)
1939
6.2
Angels Wash Their Faces
as Al - Boy Working Lathe (uncredited)
1939
6.4
Second Fiddle
as Studio Call Boy
1939
4.9
It's a Wonderful World
as Elevator Boy (uncredited)
1939
6.4
Ex-Champ
as Bellhop
1939
6.0
Boys' Reformatory
as Eddie O'Meara
1939
4.0
East Side of Heaven
as Messenger Boy (uncredited)
1939
7.1
The Flying Irishman
as Teenager Taking Photograph
1939
4.6
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle
as Boy in Montage (uncredited)
1939
6.9
Off the Record
as Copyboy (uncredited)
1939
6.0
Scouts to the Rescue
as Ken - a Boy Scout
1939
0.0
Service de Luxe
as Bellhop
1938
6.4
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Blazing Barriers
as Tommy McGrath
1937
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Let Them Live
as Bellhop
1937
0.0
Red Lights Ahead
as Willie Wallace
1936
5.2
Make Way for a Lady
as Billy Hopkins
1936
5.0
Charlie Chan at the Race Track
as Eddie Brill, Jockey
1936
7.1
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Melody in May
as Tommy
1936
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The Little Red Schoolhouse
as Frank 'Frankie' Burke
1936
5.5
Happiness C.O.D.
as Larry Sherridan
1935
6.0
Stranded
as Page (uncredited)
1935
5.8
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It Never Rains
as Sonny
1935
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Kentucky Blue Streak
as Johnny Bradley
1935
4.0
Managed Money
as Sonny Rogers
1934
4.6
Pardon My Pups
as Sonny Rogers
1934
5.6
What's to Do?
as Sonny Rogers
1933
5.5
In the Money
as Dick Higginbottom
1933
3.5
Merrily Yours
as James "Sonny" Rogers
1933
4.8
Racetrack
as Jackie Curtis
1933
0.0
Drum Taps
as Eric Cartwright
1933
4.5
The Last of the Mohicans
as Uncas
1932
5.8
Man Wanted
as Youngster in Store
1932
5.1
Hell's House
as Shorty
1932
5.1
Union Depot
as Ragged Urchin (uncredited)
1932
5.8
Penrod and Sam
as Sam Williams
1931
6.0
How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 5: 'The Medium Irons'
as Junior
1931
0.0
The Public Enemy
as Tom as a Boy (uncredited)
1931
7.2
It Pays to Advertise
as Office Boy (as Junior Coghlan)
1931
4.9
River's End
as Mickey
1930
6.2
The Girl Said No
as Eddie Ward
1930
5.5
Square Shoulders
as Tad
1929
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Marked Money
as The Kid
1928
0.0
Let 'Er Go Gallegher
as John 'Let 'Er Go' Gallegher
1928
5.5
A Harp in Hock
as Tommy Shannon
1927
0.0
The Country Doctor
as Sard Jones
1927
6.0
The Yankee Clipper
as Mickey
1927
6.4
Slide, Kelly, Slide
as Mickey Martin
1927
0.0
Rubber Tires
as Charley Stack
1927
6.0
Her Man o' War
as Peterkin Schultz
1926
0.0
The Last Frontier
as Buddy
1926
0.0
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Mike
as Boy
1926
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Whispering Smith
1926
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The Skyrocket
as Mickey (prologue)
1926
0.0
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The Great Circus Mystery
as (as Junior Coghlan)
1925
0.0
The Darling of New York
as The Ross Kid
1923
7.0
The Spanish Dancer
as Page (uncredited)
1923
4.0
Cause for Divorce
as Tommie Parker (as Junior Coghlan)
1923
1.0
A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate
as Boy (uncredited)
1923
6.7
Little Old New York
as (uncredited)
1923
6.5
Bobbed Hair
as Lamont Child (as Junior Coghlan)
1922
0.0
The Poverty of Riches
1921
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The Adventures of Daredevil Jack
1920
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