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Home/People/Joey D. Vieira
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Born
Apr 8, 1944Died: Apr 7, 2025
Lived 80 years
Place of Birth
Los Angeles, California, USA
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male

Career Highlights

8
Movies
6
TV Shows
Also Known As
Joey Viera
IMDb Profile

Joey D. Vieira

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.
Dwegons and Leprechauns poster

Dwegons and Leprechauns

as Davargan / Yabo Potato / Sweetfang / Clyde
2014
The Patriot poster

The Patriot

as Peter Howard
2000
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Free Enterprise

as Hal Pittman
1998
Farticus poster

Farticus

as Dionysus
1997
Red Heat poster

Red Heat

as Man at Phone Booth
1988
Ferris Bueller's Day Off poster

Ferris Bueller's Day Off

as Pizza Man
1986
Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice poster

Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice

as Dishwasher (uncredited)
1969
The Private War of Major Benson poster

The Private War of Major Benson

as Cadet Cpl. Scawalski (as Donald Keeler)
1955