Frank Coghlan Jr.
March 15, 1916 (108 years old) in 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.
Known For
Credits
- 1993 · Shirley Temple: America's Little Darling as Self
- 1991 · The Republic Pictures Story as Self
- 1969 · The Love God? as Reporter (uncredited)
- 1968 · The Shakiest Gun in the West as Man at Bar (uncredited)
- 1967 · Valley of the Dolls as Reporter (uncredited)
- 1967 · The Love-Ins as Reporter in Park
- 1967 · The Love-Ins as Reporter in Park (uncredited)
- 1962 · The Beverly Hillbillies as Helmsman
- 1943 · Corvette K-225 as Rating
- 1943 · Presenting Lily Mars as Elevator Boy
- 1942 · Lady in a Jam as Young Man (uncredited)
- 1941 · Military Training as Soldier Patient
- 1941 · Uncle Joe as Dick
- 1941 · Screen Snapshots Series 21 No. 1 as Self
- 1941 · Out of the Fog as
- 1941 · Adventures of Captain Marvel as Billy Batson
- 1940 · Love Thy Neighbor as Bellboy
- 1940 · Murder Over New York as Frankie O'Shaughnessy
- 1940 · Remedy for Riches as Bud
- 1940 · Knute Rockne All American as Messenger (uncredited)
- 1940 · Free, Blonde and 21 as Sammy, Bellboy
- 1940 · Double Alibi as Newspaper Switchboard Operator
- 1940 · The Fighting 69th as Jimmy (uncredited)
- 1939 · Gone with the Wind as Collapsing Soldier (uncredited)
- 1939 · Day-time Wife as Office Boy
- 1939 · Meet Dr. Christian as Bud
- 1939 · Here I Am a Stranger as Office Boy
- 1939 · Dust Be My Destiny as Newsboy (uncredited)
- 1939 · Angels Wash Their Faces as Al - Boy Working Lathe (uncredited)
- 1939 · Second Fiddle as Studio Call Boy
- 1939 · It's a Wonderful World as Elevator Boy (uncredited)
- 1939 · Ex-Champ as Bellhop
- 1939 · Boys' Reformatory as Eddie O'Meara
- 1939 · East Side of Heaven as Messenger Boy (uncredited)
- 1939 · The Flying Irishman as Teenager Taking Photograph
- 1939 · The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle as Boy in Montage (uncredited)
- 1939 · Off the Record as Copyboy (uncredited)
- 1939 · Scouts to the Rescue as Ken - a Boy Scout
- 1938 · Service de Luxe as Bellhop
- 1937 · Blazing Barriers as Tommy McGrath
- 1937 · Let Them Live as Bellhop
- 1936 · Red Lights Ahead as Willie Wallace
- 1936 · Make Way for a Lady as Billy Hopkins
- 1936 · Charlie Chan at the Race Track as Eddie Brill, Jockey
- 1936 · Melody in May as
- 1936 · The Little Red Schoolhouse as Frank 'Frankie' Burke
- 1935 · Happiness C.O.D. as Larry Sherridan
- 1935 · Stranded as Page (uncredited)
- 1935 · It Never Rains as
- 1935 · Kentucky Blue Streak as Johnny Bradley
- 1934 · Managed Money as Sonny Rogers
- 1934 · Pardon My Pups as Sonny Rogers
- 1933 · What's to Do? as Sonny Rogers
- 1933 · In the Money as Dick Higginbottom
- 1933 · Merrily Yours as James "Sonny" Rogers
- 1933 · Racetrack as Jackie Curtis
- 1933 · Drum Taps as Eric Cartwright
- 1932 · The Last of the Mohicans as Uncas
- 1932 · Man Wanted as Youngster in Store
- 1932 · Hell's House as Shorty
- 1932 · Union Depot as Ragged Urchin (uncredited)
- 1931 · Penrod and Sam as Sam Williams
- 1931 · How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 5: 'The Medium Irons' as Junior
- 1931 · The Public Enemy as Tom as a Boy (uncredited)
- 1931 · It Pays to Advertise as Office Boy (as Junior Coghlan)
- 1930 · River's End as Mickey
- 1930 · The Girl Said No as Eddie Ward
- 1929 · Square Shoulders as John W. 'Tad' Collins Jr.
- 1928 · Marked Money as The Kid
- 1928 · Let 'Er Go Gallegher as John 'Let 'Er Go' Gallegher
- 1927 · A Harp in Hock as Tommy Shannon
- 1927 · The Country Doctor as Sard Jones
- 1927 · The Yankee Clipper as Mickey
- 1927 · Slide, Kelly, Slide as Mickey Martin
- 1927 · Rubber Tires as Charley Stack
- 1926 · Her Man o' War as Peterkin Schultz
- 1926 · Mike as Boy
- 1926 · Whispering Smith as
- 1926 · The Skyrocket as Mickey (prologue)
- 1925 · The Great Circus Mystery as (as Junior Coghlan)
- 1923 · The Darling of New York as The Ross Kid
- 1923 · The Spanish Dancer as Page (uncredited)
- 1923 · Cause for Divorce as Tommie Parker (as Junior Coghlan)
- 1923 · A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate as Boy (uncredited)
- 1923 · Little Old New York as (uncredited)
- 1922 · Bobbed Hair as Lamont Child (as Junior Coghlan)
- 1921 · The Poverty of Riches as
- 1920 · The Adventures of Daredevil Jack as