Known For
Acting
Born
Apr 08, 1944
Died
Apr 07, 2025
Place of Birth
Los Angeles, California, USA
Credits
16 titles
Joey D. Vieira
Biography
Joseph Douglas Vieira, known as Joey D. Vieira (born April 8, 1944), is an American film and television actor. He began as a child actor using the professional name Donald Keeler playing chubby, beanie-wearing farm boy, Sylvester "Porky" Brockway in the first several seasons (1954–57) of TV's Lassie (retitled Jeff's Collie in syndicated reruns and on DVD). Vieira borrowed the professional surname from his aunt, Ruby Keeler, star of numerous Warner Bros. musicals in the 1930s. Other early TV appearances include The Pride of the Family, The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis, Shirley Temple's Storybook, and My Three Sons. Film appearances include The Private War of Major Benson (1955) with Charlton Heston and The Patriot (2000) with Mel Gibson in which he played as Peter Howard. Vieira has also written, produced and directed.
Known For
Filmography
Dwegons and Leprechauns
Davargan / Yabo Potato / Sweetfang / Clyde
The Patriot
Peter Howard
Free Enterprise
Hal Pittman
Farticus
Dionysus
Brer Rabbit's Christmas Carol
Music
Red Heat
Man at Phone Booth
Married... with Children
Ernest
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Pizza Man
Moonlighting
Delivery Man
Monaco Forever
Narrator (as Joey Vieira)
Remington Steele
Henchman
Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice
Dishwasher (uncredited)
Hank
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
Bobby Wilkins (as Donald Keeler)
The Private War of Major Benson
Cadet Cpl. Scawalski (as Donald Keeler)
Lassie