Frank Coghlan Jr.
Acting
Born March 15, 1916 · New Haven, Connecticut, USA
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.
Films (88)
Shirley Temple: America's Little Darling
1993
Cliffhangers: Adventures from the Thrill Factory
1993
The Republic Pictures Story
1991
The Love God?
1969
The Shakiest Gun in the West
1968
Valley of the Dolls
1967
The Love-Ins
1967
Corvette K-225
1943
Presenting Lily Mars
1943
Lady in a Jam
1942
Military Training
1941
Uncle Joe
1941
Screen Snapshots Series 21 No. 1
1941
Out of the Fog
1941
Adventures of Captain Marvel
1941
Love Thy Neighbor
1940
Murder Over New York
1940
Remedy for Riches
1940
Knute Rockne All American
1940
Free, Blonde and 21
1940
Double Alibi
1940
The Fighting 69th
1940
Gone with the Wind
1939
Day-time Wife
1939
Meet Dr. Christian
1939
Here I Am a Stranger
1939
Dust Be My Destiny
1939
Angels Wash Their Faces
1939
Second Fiddle
1939
It's a Wonderful World
1939
Ex-Champ
1939
Boys' Reformatory
1939
East Side of Heaven
1939
The Flying Irishman
1939
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle
1939
Off the Record
1939
Scouts to the Rescue
1939
Service de Luxe
1938
Blazing Barriers
1937
Let Them Live
1937
Red Lights Ahead
1936
Make Way for a Lady
1936
Charlie Chan at the Race Track
1936
Melody in May
1936
The Little Red Schoolhouse
1936
Happiness C.O.D.
1935
Stranded
1935
It Never Rains
1935
Kentucky Blue Streak
1935
Managed Money
1934
Pardon My Pups
1934
What's to Do?
1933
In the Money
1933
Merrily Yours
1933
Racetrack
1933
Drum Taps
1933
The Last of the Mohicans
1932
Man Wanted
1932
Hell's House
1932
Union Depot
1932
Penrod and Sam
1931
How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 5: 'The Medium Irons'
1931
The Public Enemy
1931
It Pays to Advertise
1931
River's End
1930
The Girl Said No
1930
Square Shoulders
1929
Marked Money
1928
Let 'Er Go Gallegher
1928
A Harp in Hock
1927
The Country Doctor
1927
The Yankee Clipper
1927
Slide, Kelly, Slide
1927
Rubber Tires
1927
Her Man o' War
1926
The Last Frontier
1926
Mike
1926
Whispering Smith
1926
The Skyrocket
1926
The Great Circus Mystery
1925
The Darling of New York
1923
The Spanish Dancer
1923
Cause for Divorce
1923
A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate
1923
Little Old New York
1923
Bobbed Hair
1922
The Poverty of Riches
1921
The Adventures of Daredevil Jack
1920