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,

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-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

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). Vieira borrowed the professional surname from his aunt,

Ruby Keeler Ethel Ruby Keeler (August 25, 1909 – February 28, 1993) was an American actress, dancer, and singer who was paired on-screen with Dick Powell in a string of successful early musicals at Warner Bros., particularly ''42nd Street (film), 42nd Str ...

, star of numerous

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musicals in the 1930s. Other early TV appearances include ''

The Pride of the Family ''The Pride of the Family'' is a 30-minute American television situation comedy that was broadcast on ABC from October 2, 1953, until September 24, 1954. CBS showed reruns of the program in prime time in the summer of 1955. Premise Albie Morris ...

'', ''

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'', ''

Shirley Temple's Storybook ''Shirley Temple's Storybook'' is a 1958-1961 American children's anthology series hosted and narrated by actress Shirley Temple. The series features adaptations of fairy tales like Mother Goose and other family-oriented stories performed by well ...

'', and ''

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''. Film appearances include ''

The Private War of Major Benson ''The Private War of Major Benson'' is 1955 comedy film starring Charlton Heston, Julie Adams, Sal Mineo and Tim Hovey, about a tough-talking U.S. Army officer who must shape up the JROTC program at Sheridan Academy, a Catholic boys' military a ...

'' (1955) with

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and '' The Patriot'' (2000) with

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in which he played as Peter Howard. Vieira has also written, produced and directed. He also had a music career in the 1970s and 1980s. One of his songs was sampled by the

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song "911/Mr.Lonely" on his album ''

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''.

Family

In addition to being the nephew of

, he was the half-brother of actor

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, best known for portraying

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on the 1960s television sitcom ''

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''.

Partial filmography

*''

'' (1955) - Cadet Cpl. Scawalski *''

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'' (1969) - Dishwasher (uncredited) *''

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'' (1971) - Lunch Truck Driver *''Wooju heukgisa'' (1979) - (English version, voice) *'' Monaco Forever'' (1984) - Narrator *''

Ferris Bueller's Day Off ''Ferris Bueller's Day Off'' is a 1986 American teen comedy film written, co-produced, and directed by John Hughes and co-produced by Tom Jacobson. The film stars Matthew Broderick, Mia Sara, and Alan Ruck with supporting roles by Jennifer Grey ...

'' (1986) - Pizza Man *''

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'' (1988) - Man at Phone Booth *'' Love, Cheat & Steal'' (1993) - Bullet Head #1 *''Me and the Gods'' (1997) - Dionysus *''

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'' (1998) - Hal Pittman *''Grizzly Adams and the Legend of Dark Mountain'' (1999) - Joey Butterworth *'' The Patriot'' (2000) - Peter Howard *''Nebraska'' (2001) - Fat Sam *''Fuel'' (2008) - Floyd Miller *''Dwegons And Leprechauns'' (2014) - Davargan / Yabo Potato / Sweetfang / Clyde (voice)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Vieira, Joey D. 1944 births American male child actors American male film actors American male television actors Living people Male actors from Los Angeles