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

Lassie

Married... with Children

Moonlighting

Remington Steele

The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis

The Patriot

Ferris Bueller's Day Off

Red Heat

All Movies (9)

• Dwegons and Leprechauns2014 · as Davargan / Yabo Potato / Sweetfang / Clyde
• The Patriot2000 · as Peter Howard
• Free Enterprise1998 · as Hal Pittman
• Farticus1997 · as Dionysus
• Red Heat1988 · as Man at Phone Booth
• Ferris Bueller's Day Off1986 · as Pizza Man
• Monaco Forever1984 · as Narrator (as Joey Vieira)
• Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice1969 · as Dishwasher (uncredited)
• The Private War of Major Benson1955 · as Cadet Cpl. Scawalski (as Donald Keeler)

All TV Shows (6)

• Married... with Children1987 · as Ernest
• Moonlighting1985 · as Delivery Man
• Remington Steele1982 · as Henchman
• Hank1965
• The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis1959 · as Bobby Wilkins (as Donald Keeler)
• Lassie1954