Joey D. Vieira

Apr 08, 1944 (81 years old) in Los Angeles, California, USA

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

Married... with Children

Ernest

Lassie

Moonlighting

Delivery Man

The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis

Bobby Wilkins (as Donald Keeler)

Remington Steele

Henchman

Hank

Kitchen Confidential

Ferris Bueller's Day Off

Pizza Man

The Patriot

Peter Howard

Red Heat

Man at Phone Booth

Credits

Dwegons and Leprechauns 2014

Davargan / Yabo Potato / Sweetfang / Clyde

★ 1.2
Kitchen Confidential 2005

★ 6.7
The Patriot 2000

Peter Howard

★ 7.2
Farticus 1997

Dionysus

★ NR
Red Heat 1988

Man at Phone Booth

★ 6.2
Married... with Children 1987

Ernest

★ 7.7
Ferris Bueller's Day Off 1986

Pizza Man

★ 7.6
Moonlighting 1985

Delivery Man

★ 7.5
Remington Steele 1982

Henchman

★ 7.1
Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice 1969

Dishwasher (uncredited)

★ 6.2
Hank 1965

★ 3.5
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis 1959

Bobby Wilkins (as Donald Keeler)

★ 5.8
The Private War of Major Benson 1955

Cadet Cpl. Scawalski (as Donald Keeler)

★ 6.6
Lassie 1954

★ 6.1