Joey D. Vieira

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.

Filmografi

The Patriot2000 · Peter HowardFerris Bueller's Day Off1986 · Pizza ManRed Heat1988 · Man at Phone BoothBob & Carol & Ted & Alice1969 · Dishwasher (uncredited)Farticus1997 · DionysusDwegons and Leprechauns2014 · Davargan / Yabo Potato / Sweetfang / ClydeThe Private War of Major Benson1955 · Cadet Cpl. Scawalski (as Donald Keeler)Free Enterprise1998 · Hal PittmanEvel Knievel1971 · Lunch Truck DriverMonaco Forever1984 · Narrator (as Joey Vieira)