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Joey D. Vieira
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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 H…
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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.
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Joey D. Vieira's Filmography
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Dwegons and Leprechauns
as Davargan / Yabo Potato / Sweetfang / Clyde
The Patriot
as Peter Howard
Free Enterprise
as Hal Pittman
Farticus
as Dionysus
Red Heat
as Man at Phone Booth
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
as Pizza Man
Monaco Forever
as Narrator (as Joey Vieira)
Evel Knievel
as Lunch Truck Driver
Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice
as Dishwasher (uncredited)
The Private War of Major Benson
as Cadet Cpl. Scawalski (as Donald Keeler)