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Frank Coghlan Jr. (15 March 1916 –)
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has appeared in 127 films between 1920 and 1969.
The son of a railroad clerk/pro boxer, Frank Coghlan Jr. was born in
Connecticut and soon moved with his parents to California, where all
three did extra work in silent pictures. Freckle-faced Coghlan was
soon one of the era's most popular child actors, but with the advent
of sound he was reduced to smaller parts. After starring in the
milestone serial Adventures of Captain Marvel (1941), Coghlan became
a naval aviator in World War II.
He later headed the Navy's motion picture cooperation program,
acting as liaison between the Navy and the Hollywood studios. When
his 23-year active duty stint ended in 1965, he returned to acting
in movies and on television (where he had a supporting part in the
pilot of the "Captain Marvel"-like comedy series "Mr. Terrific"
(1967)).
He wrote his autobiography "because my kids just kept bugging me to
do it", does the occasional TV commercial and is a popular figure at
movie conventions where, to the amazement of the 80-ish "Junior",
fans still line up to meet Captain Marvel's alter ego. |
