Person
Joey D. Vieira
Acting · 1944–2025 · Los Angeles, California, USA
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
1954
Married... with Children
Ernest
Moonlighting
Delivery Man
Remington Steele
Henchman
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
Bobby Wilkins (as Donald Keeler)
The Patriot
Peter Howard
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Pizza Man
Red Heat
Man at Phone Booth
Hank
1965
Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice
Dishwasher (uncredited)
Filmography
- 2014Dwegons and LeprechaunsDavargan / Yabo Potato / Sweetfang / Clyde
- 2000The PatriotPeter Howard
- 1998Free EnterpriseHal Pittman
- 1997FarticusDionysus
- 1992Brer Rabbit's Christmas CarolMusic
- 1988Red HeatMan at Phone Booth
- 1987Married... with ChildrenErnest
- 1986Ferris Bueller's Day OffPizza Man
- 1985MoonlightingDelivery Man
- 1984Monaco ForeverNarrator (as Joey Vieira)
- 1982Remington SteeleHenchman
- 1969Bob & Carol & Ted & AliceDishwasher (uncredited)
- 1965Hank
- 1959The Many Loves of Dobie GillisBobby Wilkins (as Donald Keeler)
- 1955The Private War of Major BensonCadet Cpl. Scawalski (as Donald Keeler)
- 1954Lassie
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