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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

1.4

Davargan / Yabo Potato / Sweetfang / Clyde

Dwegons and Leprechauns

2014

7.2

Peter Howard

The Patriot

2000

5.8

Hal Pittman

Free Enterprise

1998

0.0

Dionysus

Farticus

1997

6.2

Man at Phone Booth

Red Heat

1988

7.7

Ernest

Married... with Children

1987

7.6

Pizza Man

Ferris Bueller's Day Off

1986

7.5

Delivery Man

Moonlighting

1985

7.1

Henchman

Remington Steele

1982

6.2

Dishwasher (uncredited)

Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice

1969

Credits

Dwegons and Leprechauns

as Davargan / Yabo Potato / Sweetfang / Clyde

2014

1.4

The Patriot

as Peter Howard

2000

7.2

Free Enterprise

as Hal Pittman

1998

5.8

Farticus

as Dionysus

1997

0.0

Red Heat

as Man at Phone Booth

1988

6.2

Married... with Children

as Ernest

1987

7.7

Ferris Bueller's Day Off

as Pizza Man

1986

7.6

Moonlighting

as Delivery Man

1985

7.5

Remington Steele

as Henchman

1982

7.1

Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice

as Dishwasher (uncredited)

1969

6.2

Hank

1965

3.5

The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis

as Bobby Wilkins (as Donald Keeler)

1959

6.0

The Private War of Major Benson

as Cadet Cpl. Scawalski (as Donald Keeler)

1955

6.6

Lassie

1954

6.1