Frank Coghlan Jr.
Acting
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.
Born: March 15, 1916
Place of Birth: New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Known For
Free, Blonde and 21
Stories of women who live in an all-women hotel. One (Bari) works hard and marries a millionaire; another (Hughes) cheats and goes to jail.
Gone with the Wind
The spoiled daughter of a Georgia plantation owner conducts a tumultuous romance with a cynical profiteer during the American Civil War and Reconstruction Era.
The Public Enemy
Two young Chicago hoodlums, Tom Powers and Matt Doyle, rise up from their poverty-stricken slum life to become petty thieves, bootleggers and cold-blooded killers. But with street notoriety and newfound wealth, the duo feels the heat from the cops and rival gangsters both. Despite his ruthless criminal reputation, Tom tries to remain connected to his family, however, gang warfare and the need for revenge eventually pull him away.
Charlie Chan at the Race Track
When a friend of Charlie's is found kicked to death by his own race horse on board a Honolulu-bound liner, the detective discovers foul play and uncovers an international gambling ring.
East Side of Heaven
A man finds himself the father, by proxy, of a ten-month-old baby and becomes involved in the turbulent lives of the child's family.
Here I Am a Stranger
The story of a young man's discovery of his father.
The Darling of New York
Santussa, an orphan who becomes separated from her nurse en route to America to live with her grandfather, is cared for by gangsters who hide their stolen jewels in her ragdoll. In New York, Big Mike, finding Santussa a nuisance, dumps her and the doll in a trash can, where a newsboy finds her. After several adventures, Santussa finds her grandfather, the jewels are handed over to customs officials, and the gang of crooks is reformed.
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle
In 1911, minor stage comic, Vernon Castle meets the stage-struck Irene Foote. A few misadventures later, they marry and then abandon comedy to attempt a dancing career together. While they're performing in Paris, an agent sees them rehearse and starts them on their brilliant career as the world's foremost ballroom dancers. However, at the height of their fame, World War I begins.
The Beverly Hillbillies
Jed Clampett's swamp is loaded with oil. When a wildcatter discovers the huge pool, Jed sells his land to the O.K. Oil Company and at the urging of cousin Pearl, moves his family to a 35-room mansion in Beverly Hills, California.
A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate
When Marie St. Clair believes she has been jilted by her artist fiance Jean, she decides to leave for Paris on her own. After spending a year in the city as a mistress of the wealthy Pierre Revel, she is reunited with Jean by chance. This leaves her with the choice between a glamorous life in Paris, and the true love she left behind.
Filmography
as Self
as Reporter (uncredited)
as Man at Bar (uncredited)
as Reporter (uncredited)
as Reporter in Park
as Reporter in Park (uncredited)
as Helmsman
as Rating
as Elevator Boy
as Young Man (uncredited)
as Dick
as Billy Batson
as Bellboy
as Frankie O'Shaughnessy
as Bud
as Messenger (uncredited)
as Sammy, Bellboy
as Newspaper Switchboard Operator
as Jimmy (uncredited)
as Collapsing Soldier (uncredited)
as Office Boy
as Bud
as Office Boy
as Newsboy (uncredited)
as Al - Boy Working Lathe (uncredited)
as Studio Call Boy
as Elevator Boy (uncredited)
as Bellhop
as Eddie O'Meara
as Messenger Boy (uncredited)
as Teenager Taking Photograph
as Boy in Montage (uncredited)
as Copyboy (uncredited)
as Ken - a Boy Scout
as Bellhop
as Bellhop
as Willie Wallace
as Billy Hopkins
as Eddie Brill, Jockey
as Frank 'Frankie' Burke
as Larry Sherridan
as Page (uncredited)
as Johnny Bradley
as Sonny Rogers
as Sonny Rogers
as Sonny Rogers
as Dick Higginbottom
as James "Sonny" Rogers
as Jackie Curtis
as Eric Cartwright
as Uncas
as Youngster in Store
as Shorty
as Ragged Urchin (uncredited)
as Sam Williams
as Tom as a Boy (uncredited)
as Office Boy (as Junior Coghlan)
as Mickey
as Eddie Ward
as Tad
as John 'Let 'Er Go' Gallegher
as Tommy Shannon
as Sard Jones
as Mickey
as Mickey Martin
as Charley Stack
as Peterkin Schultz
as Buddy
as Mickey (prologue)
as (as Junior Coghlan)
as The Ross Kid
as Page (uncredited)
as Tommie Parker (as Junior Coghlan)
as Boy (uncredited)
as (uncredited)
as Lamont Child (as Junior Coghlan)