Joey D. Vieira
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- April 8, 1944
- Died
- April 7, 2025
- Birthplace
- 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.
Filmography
Dwegons and Leprechauns 2014
as Davargan / Yabo Potato / Sweetfang / Clyde
The Patriot 2000
as Peter Howard
Free Enterprise 1998
as Hal Pittman
Farticus 1997
as Dionysus
Brer Rabbit's Christmas Carol 1992
Music
Red Heat 1988
as Man at Phone Booth
Ferris Bueller's Day Off 1986
as Pizza Man
Monaco Forever 1984
as Narrator (as Joey Vieira)
Evel Knievel 1971
as Lunch Truck Driver
Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice 1969
as Dishwasher (uncredited)
The Private War of Major Benson 1955
as Cadet Cpl. Scawalski (as Donald Keeler)
Credits from TMDB.