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Joey D. Vieira

Joey D. Vieira

Known For Acting
Birthday Apr 08, 1944 (81)
Birthplace Los Angeles, California, USA
Popularity 0.2 (history)
Updated Aug 08, 2025 (Update)
Entry Date Apr 20, 2024
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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.

Known For

Filmography

Dwegons and Leprechauns

Dwegons and Leprechauns

2014

as Davargan / Yabo Potato / Sweetfang / Clyde

The Patriot

The Patriot

2000

as Peter Howard

Farticus

Farticus

1997

as Dionysus

Red Heat

Red Heat

1988

as Man at Phone Booth

Ferris Bueller's Day Off

Ferris Bueller's Day Off

1986

as Pizza Man

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)

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Organization Category Movie
Television Credits

The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis

as Bobby Wilkins (as Donald Keeler)

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 29, 1959

Remington Steele

as Henchman

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 01, 1982

Moonlighting

as Delivery Man

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Mar 03, 1985

Married... with Children

as Ernest

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Apr 05, 1987

Lassie

Episodes: 33

First Aired: Sep 12, 1954

Hank

Episodes: 6

First Aired: Sep 24, 1965

Kitchen Confidential

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 19, 2005

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