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.

Known For

Ferris Bueller's Day Off

as Pizza Man

The Patriot

as Peter Howard

Red Heat

as Man at Phone Booth

Married... with Children

as Ernest

Moonlighting

as Delivery Man

Remington Steele

as Henchman

Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice

as Dishwasher (uncredited)

Lassie

Kitchen Confidential

The Private War of Major Benson

as Cadet Cpl. Scawalski (as Donald Keeler)