Joey D. Vieira
Born in Los Angeles, California, USA — Apr 08 1944• Died Apr 07 2025
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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…
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Joey D. Vieira's Credits
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Married... with Children
Ernest
Lassie
Moonlighting
Delivery Man
Remington Steele
Henchman
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
Bobby Wilkins (as Donald Keeler)
The Patriot
Peter Howard
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Pizza Man
Red Heat
Man at Phone Booth
Hank
Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice
Dishwasher (uncredited)
Free Enterprise
Hal Pittman
The Private War of Major Benson
Cadet Cpl. Scawalski (as Donald Keeler)
Farticus
Dionysus
Dwegons and Leprechauns
Davargan / Yabo Potato / Sweetfang / Clyde
Brer Rabbit's Christmas Carol
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