Joey D. Vieira
Born: 1944-04-08 in Los Angeles, California, USA
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2014
- Dwegons and Leprechauns as Davargan / Yabo Potato / Sweetfang / Clyde
2000
- The Patriot as Peter Howard
1998
- Free Enterprise as Hal Pittman
1997
- Farticus as Dionysus
1992
- Brer Rabbit's Christmas Carol ... (Music)
1988
- Red Heat as Man at Phone Booth
1987
- Married... with Children as Ernest
1986
- Ferris Bueller's Day Off as Pizza Man
1985
- Moonlighting as Delivery Man
1982
- Remington Steele as Henchman
1969
- Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice as Dishwasher (uncredited)
1965
1959
- The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis as Bobby Wilkins (as Donald Keeler)
1955
- The Private War of Major Benson as Cadet Cpl. Scawalski (as Donald Keeler)