
Joey D. Vieira
Acting
Born: April 8, 1944
Los Angeles, California, USA
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.
Also Known As
- Joey Viera
Known For

June 11, 1986

June 28, 2000

June 17, 1988

April 05, 1987

March 03, 1985

October 01, 1982

September 17, 1969

September 12, 1954

September 29, 1959

August 02, 1955

January 24, 2014

September 24, 1965