Joey D. Vieira

Joey D. Vieira

1944-04-08 – 2025-04-07 (age 80) Los Angeles, California, USA
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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.

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Known For

The Patriot
The Patriot

2000

as Peter Howard

Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Ferris Bueller's Day Off

1986

as Pizza Man

Red Heat
Red Heat

1988

as Man at Phone Booth

Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice
Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice

1969

as Dishwasher (uncredited)

The Private War of Major Benson
The Private War of Major Benson

1955

as Cadet Cpl. Scawalski (as Donald Keeler)

Farticus
Farticus

1997

as Dionysus

Dwegons and Leprechauns
Dwegons and Leprechauns

2014

as Davargan / Yabo Potato / Sweetfang / Clyde

Free Enterprise
Free Enterprise

1998

as Hal Pittman

Monaco Forever
Monaco Forever

1984

as Narrator (as Joey Vieira)