JV
Joey D. Vieira
Actor, Composer, Writer, Additional Credits
Born April 8, 1944 (80 years)
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.
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
| 2014 | Dwegons and Leprechauns · as Davargan / Yabo Potato / Sweetfang / Clyde |
| 2008 | Fuel · as Floyd Miller |
| 2005 | Kitchen Confidential (TV Series) |
| 2000 | The Patriot · as Peter Howard |
| 1999 | Grizzly Adams and the Legend of Dark Mountain · as Joey Butterworth |
| 1998 | Free Enterprise · as Hal Pittman |
| 1997 | Farticus · as Dionysus |
| 1993 | Love, Cheat & Steal · as Bullet Head #1 |
| 1988 | Red Heat · as Man At Phone Booth |
| 1988 | Bring Me the Head of Dobie Gillis · as Ward Billy Purvis |
| 1987 | Married... with Children (TV Series) · as Ernest |
| 1987 | Ohara (TV Series) · as Ford |
| 1986 | Ferris Bueller's Day Off · as Pizza Man |
| 1985 | Moonlighting (TV Series) · as Delivery Man |
| 1984 | Monaco Forever · as Narrator |
| 1982 | Remington Steele (TV Series) · as Henchman |
| 1979 | Captain of Cosmos · as (1983 Us Version) |
| 1971 | Evel Knievel · as Lunch Truck Driver |
| 1969 | Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice · as Dishwasher (uncredited) |
| 1965 | Hank (TV Series) |
| 1963 | Arrest and Trial (TV Series) · as Fat Kid |
| 1961 | Daddy-O · as Tv Son |
| 1960 | My Three Sons (TV Series) · as Roly-Poly Bates |
| 1959 | The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis (TV Series) · as Bobby Wilkins (as Donald Keeler) |
| 1958 | Shirley Temple's Storybook (TV Series) · as Chuck Clark |
| 1955 | The Private War of Major Benson · as Cadet Cpl. Scawalski (as Donald Keeler) |
| 1954 | Lassie (TV Series) |
| 1953 | Meet Mr. McNutley (TV Series) · as Joey |