Acting credits
82
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Frank Coghlan Jr.
Acting
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Movies: 81Series: 1
TMDB ID: 120822
IMDb ID: nm0169067
Known for: Acting
Born: March 15, 1916
Died: September 7, 2009
Age: 93
Place of birth: New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1920 - 1993
Years active: 74
Average TMDB rating: 6.47
Wikidata: Q5485887
Also known as
Francis Edward Coghlan Jr. • Frank 'Junior' Coghlan • Frank Coghlan • Frank Coghlin • Junior Coghlan • Junior Coughlan • Junior Coughlin
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.
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Movie credits linked with Frank Coghlan Jr..
Shirley Temple: America's Little Darling
as Self
1993 Movie
The Republic Pictures Story
as Self
1991 Movie
5.8
The Love God?
as Reporter (uncredited)
1969 Movie
6.3
The Shakiest Gun in the West
as Man at Bar (uncredited)
1968 Movie
6.0
Valley of the Dolls
as Reporter (uncredited)
1967 Movie
3.8
The Love-Ins
as Reporter in Park
1967 Movie
6.1
Corvette K-225
as Rating
1943 Movie
6.3
Presenting Lily Mars
as Elevator Boy
1943 Movie
5.3
Lady in a Jam
as Young Man (uncredited)
1942 Movie
6.0
Uncle Joe
as Dick
1941 Movie
Screen Snapshots Series 21 No. 1
as Self
1941 Movie
6.3
Out of the Fog
1941 Movie
6.3
Adventures of Captain Marvel
as Billy Batson
1941 Movie
6.5
Love Thy Neighbor
as Bellboy
1940 Movie
6.1
Murder Over New York
as Frankie O'Shaughnessy
1940 Movie
4.8
Remedy for Riches
as Bud
1940 Movie
6.0
Knute Rockne All American
as Messenger (uncredited)
1940 Movie
8.0
Free, Blonde and 21
as Sammy, Bellboy
1940 Movie
4.0
Double Alibi
as Newspaper Switchboard Operator
1940 Movie
5.5
The Fighting 69th
as Jimmy (uncredited)
1940 Movie
7.9
Gone with the Wind
as Collapsing Soldier (uncredited)
1939 Movie
5.9
Day-time Wife
as Office Boy
1939 Movie
Meet Dr. Christian
as Bud
1939 Movie
7.0
Here I Am a Stranger
as Office Boy
1939 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Frank Coghlan Jr..
