Name Joey Vieira Role Film actor | Siblings Ken Weatherwax | |
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Born April 8, 1944 (age 79) ( 1944-04-08 ) Los Angeles, California Movies and TV shows Similar People Ken Weatherwax, Jay Arlen Jones, Jonathan Schmock, Roland Emmerich, John Hughes | ||
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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. Lassie won two Emmys during his run on the series. Vieira and costar Tommy Rettig jointly accepted the show's second Emmy at the awards ceremony in 1956.
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Vieira infuriated producers of Lassie by showing up for work one day with his hair trimmed in the then popular buzz style. Max Factor quickly crafted a wig for Vieira and writers concocted a storyline in less than two hours. In a 1956 episode "The Haircut", Keeler enters a barber shop wearing the wig and exits with his buzz cut. He was given orders to never change his appearance again.
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.
Family
In addition to being the nephew of Ruby Keeler, he was the half-brother of actor Ken Weatherwax (now deceased), best known for portraying Pugsley Addams on the 1960s television sitcom The Addams Family.
Filmography
Actor
2014
Dwegons and Leprechauns as
Davargan / Yabo Potato / Sweetfang / ... (voice)
2008
Fuel as
Floyd Miller
2006
Backstage Pass (Video) as
Tom Sanders
2001
Nebraska as
Fat Sam
2000
The Patriot as
Peter Howard
1999
Grizzly Adams and the Legend of Dark Mountain as
Joey Butterworth
1998
Free Enterprise as
Hal Pittman
1997
Farticus as
Dionysus (as Joey Viera)
1993
Love, Cheat & Steal (TV Movie) as
Bullet Head #1 (as Joey Viera)
1989
Moonlighting (TV Series) as
Delivery Man
- In 'N Outlaws (1989) - Delivery Man
1988
Red Heat as
Man at Phone Booth
1988
Bring Me the Head of Dobie Gillis (TV Movie) as
Ward Billy Purvis
1987
Ohara (TV Series) as
Ford
- And a Child Shall Lead Them (1987) - Ford (as Joey Vieira)
1987
Married... with Children (TV Series) as
Ernest
- Girls Just Wanna Have Fun: Part 1 (1987) - Ernest
1986
Ferris Bueller's Day Off as
Pizza Man (as Joey Viera)
1985
Remington Steele (TV Series) as
Henchman #1
- Diced Steele (1985) - Henchman #1 (as Joey D. Viera)
1984
Monaco Forever as
Narrator (as Joey Vieira)
1979
Captain of Cosmos (1983 US version) (English version, voice, as Joey Vieira)
1971
Evel Knievel as
Lunch Truck Driver (as Joey Viera)
1969
Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice as
Dishwasher (uncredited)
1965
Hank (TV Series) as
Norman Zelinko / Norman / Hank's First Customer
- Rah, Rah, Commissar (1966) - Norman Zelinko (as Donald Keeler)
- The Ten Letterman (1966) - Norman Zelinko (as Donald Keeler)
- Money, Money Who's Got the Money (1966) - Norman Zelinko (as Donald Keeler)
- The Campus Caper (1965) - Norman (as Donald Keeler)
- Somebody Loves This Albatross (1965) - Norman (as Donald Keeler)
- My Boyfriend, the Doctor (1965) - Hank's First Customer (uncredited)
- Farewell Coach Weiss (1965) - Norman Zelinko (as Donald Keeler)
- Catering Competition (1965) - Norman (as Donald Keeler)
- Cherokee Hank (1965) - Norman Zelinko (as Donald Keeler)
1963
Arrest and Trial (TV Series) as
Fat Kid
- We May Be Better Strangers (1963) - Fat Kid (as Donald Keeler)
1962
My Three Sons (TV Series) as
Roly-Poly Bates
- Air Derby (1962) - Roly-Poly Bates (as Donald Keeler)
1961
Daddy-O (TV Movie) as
TV Son
1961
Shirley Temple's Storybook (TV Series) as
Chuck Clark
- Two for the Road (1961) - Chuck Clark (as Donald Keeler)
1960
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis (TV Series) as
Bobby Wilkins / Arthur Ellingboe
- A Taste for Lobster (1960) - Bobby Wilkins (as Donald Keeler)
- That's Show Biz (1960) - Arthur Ellingboe (as Donald Keeler)
1954
Lassie (TV Series) as
Porky Brockway / Sylvester 'Porky' Brockway
- Timmy's Family (1957) - Porky Brockway (as Donald Keeler)
- Transition (1957) - Porky Brockway (as Donald Keeler)
- The Tooth (1957) - Porky Brockway (as Donald Keeler)
- The Wolf Cub (1957) - Porky Brockway
- Happy (1957) - Porky Brockway (as Donald Keeler)
- The Spartan (1957) - Porky Brockway (as Donald Keeler)
- The Elephant (1957) - Porky Brockway (as Donald Keeler)
- The Ballerina (1957) - Porky Brockway (as Donald Keeler)
- The Raccoon (1957) - Porky Brockway (as Donald Keeler)
- The Burro (1957) - Porky Brockway (as Donald Keeler)
- Graduation (1957) - Porky Brockway
- The Suit (1957) - Porky Brockway (as Donald Keeler)
- The Runaway (1957) - Porky Brockway (as Donald Keeler)
- Jeff's Moustache (1957) - Porky Brockway (as Donald Keeler)
- The Harvesters (1957) - Porky Brockway (as Donald Keeler)
- The Apple Tree (1957) - Porky Brockway (as Donald Keeler)
- Poverty (1957) - Porky Brockway (as Donald Keeler)
- Father Ellen (1957) - Sylvester 'Porky' Brockway (as Donald Keeler)
- The Nest (1957) - Sylvester 'Porky' Brockway (as Donald Keeler)
- Haunted House (1957) - Porky Brockway (as Donald Keeler)
- The Snob (1957) - Porky Brockway (as Donald Keeler)
- Boy's Day (1957) - Porky Brockway (as Donald Keeler)
- The Dog House (1957) - Porky Brockway (as Donald Keeler)
- Bird Watchers (1957) - Sylvester 'Porky' Brockway (as Donald Keeler)
- Survival (1957) - Porky Brockway (as Donald Keeler)
- The Artist (1957) - Porky Brockway (as Donald Keeler)
- The Rock (1957) - Sylvester 'Porky' Brockway (as Donald Keeler)
- Lassie's Day (1957) - Porky Brockway (as Donald Keeler)
- The Chimp (1957) - Porky Brockway (as Donald Keeler)
- Vigil (1957) - Porky Brockway (as Donald Keeler)
- Champion (1957) - Porky Brockway (as Donald Keeler)
- Lassie's Vanity (1957) - Porky Brockway (as Donald Keeler)
- Goodbye Forever (1957) - Porky Brockway (as Donald Keeler)
- Superstition (1956) - Porky Brockway (as Donald Keeler)
- Party Line (1956) - Porky Brockway (as Donald Keeler)
- A Place for Everything (1956) - Porky Brockway (as Donald Keeler)
- Goats (1956) - Porky Brockway (as Donald Keeler)
- The Tractor (1956) - Porky Brockway (as Donald Keeler)
- The Challenge (1956) - Porky Brockway (as Donald Keeler)
- Fish Conservation (1956) - Porky Brockway (as Donald Keeler)
- Gossip (1956) - Sylvester 'Porky' Brockway (as Donald Keeler)
- Local Elections (1956) - Porky Brockway (as Donald Keeler)
- Transfusion (1956) - Porky Brockway (as Donald Keeler)
- The Fish Story (1956) - Porky Brockway (as Donald Keeler)
- Hoax (1956) - Porky Brockway (as Donald Keeler)
- The Watch (1956) - Porky Brockway (as Donald Keeler)
- Bone (1956) - Porky Brockway (as Donald Keeler)
- Quarantine (1956) - Porky Brockway (as Donald Keeler)
- Friendship (1956) - Porky Brockway (as Donald Keeler)
- Bee Hive (1956) - Porky Brockway (as Donald Keeler)
- The Frog (1956) - Sylvester 'Porky' Brockway (as Donald Keeler)
- Diane (1956) - Porky Brockway (as Donald Keeler)
- The Haircut (1956) - Sylvester 'Porky' Brockway (as Donald Keeler)
- War Dog (1956) - Porky Brockway (as Donald Keeler)
- The Crop Duster (1956) - Porky Brockway (as Donald Keeler)
- The Calf (1956) - Porky Brockway (as Donald Keeler)
- The Marauder (1956) - Porky Brockway (as Donald Keeler)
- Domino (1956) - Porky Brockway (as Donald Keeler)
- The Deer Hunter (1956) - Porky Brockway (as Donald Keeler)
- Sunday School (1956) - Porky Brockway (as Donald Keeler)
- The Child (1956) - Porky Brockway (as Donald Keeler)
- Lassie's Double (1956) - Porky Brockway (as Donald Keeler)
- The Vet (1956) - Porky Brockway (as Donald Keeler)
- The Raft (1956) - Porky Brockway (as Donald Keeler)
- The Visitor (1956) - Porky Brockway (as Donald Keeler)
- The Tree House (1956) - Porky Brockway (as Donald Keeler)
- The Hawk (1956) - Porky Brockway (as Donald Keeler)
- The Trial (1956) - Porky Brockway (as Donald Keeler)
- Pokey (1956) - Sylvester 'Porky' Brockway (as Donald Keeler)
- The Dog Catcher (1956) - Porky Brockway (as Donald Keeler)
- The Stamp Album (1956) - Porky Brockway (as Donald Keeler)
- Gramps' Birthday (1955) - Porky Brockway (as Donald Keeler)
- The Twister (1955) - Porky Brockway (as Donald Keeler)
- The Clown (1955) - Sylvester 'Porky' Brockway (as Donald Keeler)
- The Newspaper (1955) - Porky Brockway (as Donald Keeler)
- The Wild Duck (1955) - Porky Brockway (as Donald Keeler)
- The Witch (1955) - Sylvester 'Porky' Brockway (as Donald Keeler)
- The Monster (1955) - Porky Brockway (as Donald Keeler)
- The School (1955) - Porky Brockway (as Donald Keeler)
- The Violin (1955) - Porky Brockway (as Donald Keeler)
- The Dog Show (1955) - Porky Brockway (as Donald Keeler)
- The Pit (1955) - Sylvester 'Porky' Brockway (as Donald Keeler)
- The Injury (1955) - Porky Brockway (as Donald Keeler)
- The Fawn (1955) - Porky Brockway (as Donald Keeler)
- Father (1955) - Porky Brockway (as Donald Keeler)
- The Brat (1955) - Porky Brockway (as Donald Keeler)
- Sale of Lassie (1954) - Sylvester 'Porky' Brockway (as Donald Keeler)
- Gramps (1954) - Porky Brockway (as Donald Keeler)
- The Lion (1954) - Porky Brockway (as Donald Keeler)
- Feud (1954) - Porky Brockway (as Donald Keeler)
- Arithmetic (1954) - Sylvester 'Porky' Brockway (as Donald Keeler)
1955
The Private War of Major Benson as
Cadet Corporal Scawalski (as Donald Keeler)
1954
Mayor of the Town (TV Series) as
Kenny
- Strange Lady (1954) - Kenny (as Donald Keeler)
1953
The Pride of the Family (TV Series) as
Hollis / Hollis Bridwell
- Albie's Health Diet (1954) - Hollis (as Joseph Vieira)
- Barbecue Story (1954) - Hollis Bridwell
- Catherine's Birthday (1954) - Hollis (as Joseph Vieira)
- Christmas Story (1953) - Hollis Bridwell
- The Radioactive Story (1953) - Hollis Bridwell
- The Anniversary Story (1953) - Hollis (as Joseph Vieira)
1953
The Ray Milland Show (TV Series) as
Joey
- Babes in the Woods (1953) - Joey
Composer
2004
Religions of the World (TV Mini Series documentary) (1 episode)
- Buddhism - (13 one hour episodes)
2002
That's Black Entertainment (TV Mini Series documentary) (3 episodes)
- Actors (2003) - (as Joey Viera)
- Westerns (2002) - (as Joey Viera)
- Comedians (2002) - (as Joey Viera)
1998
Phenomenon: The Lost Archives (TV Series documentary) (14 episodes)
- Unknown Encounter (1999)
- Stolen Glory: The Cover-up of Cosmonaut Vladimir Ilyushin (1998)
- Tunguska: The Russian Roswell (1998)
- Lost Lightning: The Missing Secrets of Nicola Tesla (1998)
- Monopoly Men (1998)
- Noah's Ark Found? (1998)
- HeavyWatergate: The War Against Cold Fusion (1998)
- Keeping the Faith (1998)
- American Midnight (1998)
- H.A.A.R.P: Holes in Heaven (1998)
- Up for Sale (1998)
- Irretrievably Lost: The Search for the Savannah Warhead (1998)
- Genesis Revisited (1998)
- Science Fraud: Is the Tail Wagging the Dog? (1998)
1992
Brer Rabbit's Christmas Carol (TV Movie) (as Joey Viera)
Writer
1998
Magic and Beyond (TV Series documentary)
Music Department
2000
Terror in the Skies I: Military Air Disasters (Video documentary) (theme song and original music by)
Miscellaneous
1985
Motown Returns to the Apollo (TV Special) (production consultant - as Joey Viera)
Thanks
2012
CinemAbility: The Art of Inclusion (Documentary) (special thanks)
Self
2018
Stu's Show (Podcast Series) as
Self - Guest
- Joey D. Vieira and Tony Dow (2018) - Self - Guest
1994
Lassie Unleashed: 280 Dog Years in TV (TV Special documentary) as
Self
References
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