Junior Coghlan
Actor, Military Person
1916 – 2009
Who was Junior Coghlan?
Frank Coghlan, Jr. also known as "Junior Coghlan", 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 films with Pola Negri, Jack Dempsey, William Haines, Shirley Temple, Mickey Rooney, and Bette Davis. He appeared in early "Our Gang" comedies, but he is best known for the role of Billy Batson in the 1941 motion picture serial Adventures of Captain Marvel. Coghlan later served 23 years as an aviator and officer in the U.S. Navy, from 1942 to 1965. After retiring from the Navy, he returned to acting and appeared in television, films, and commercials. He published an autobiography in 1992 and died in 2009 at age 93.
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- Born
- Mar 15, 1916
New Haven - Also known as
- Junior Coghlan
- Francis Edward Coghlan Jr.
- Junior Coughlan
- Frank Coghlan
- Frank Coghlin
- Junior Coughlin
- Frank 'Junior' Coghlan
- Frank Coghlan Jr.
- Parents
- Spouses
- Betty Corrigan
(1943 - 1974) - Letha Schwarzrocks
( - 2001)
- Betty Corrigan
- Children
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Died
- Sep 7, 2009
Saugus
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on July 23, 2013
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