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Joey D. Vieira

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Joey D. Vieira
Family inherits an old house and to their surprise, finds the home filled with wonderful colorful creatures that brings the family together.
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Joey D. Vieira has just celebrated 65 years in show business. As a child, he co-starred in the first version of Lassie (1954) to come to television, winning, in the years 1954 to 1958, two Emmy Awards for "Best Family Television show". Those four years of the long-running series, with Tommy Rettig as "Jeff" and Joey as his best friend "Porky", are still entertaining audiences today under the name "Jeff's Collie". Joey then started making appearances on other top television series, including The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis (1959), My Three Sons (1960) and Hank (1965). He also starred in live TV shows like Playhouse 90 (1956), Shirley Temple's Storybook (1958), a Bob Hope Special and "The George Gobel Show". Joey made his first feature film in 1955 when he costarred with Charlton Heston in The Private War of Major Benson (1955). Other memorable movies over the decades include Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986), Red Heat (1988) and costarring with Mel Gibson in The Patriot (2000) as "Peter Howard". Joey has a diversified background in many other areas of entertainment. He has produced several recording artists including Rick Springfield and Taylor Dayne and has produced and directed national television and radio commercials for such heavyweights as AT&T, Ford, Subaru, Northern Telecom and Mattel Toys. As a writer, Joey co-created the 3-hour musical variety special for NBC,Motown Returns to the Apollo (1985), which won an Emmy for Best Variety Special of the Year. He has also directed presentation videos for some of the top corporations in the world...Bally's, Spiegel Catalog, Paramount Properties, Holiday Inns of America, and the government of the Isle of Mann, to name a few. Lately, Joey has written six original screenplays of different genres and signed with Innovative Artists Talent and Literary Agency for representation. He recently starred in four independent films including The Dwegons (2011) an animated feature film where Joey does the voices of seven characters. Joey says he looks forward to many more years in the biz and hopes they will be at least half as exciting and rewarding as the past half-century has been.
BornApril 8, 1944
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Mel Gibson and Joey D. Vieira in The Patriot (2000)

Known for

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The Patriot
7.2
  • Peter Howard
  • 2000
Matthew Broderick in Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986)
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
7.8
  • Pizza Man(as Joey Viera)
  • 1986
Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jim Belushi in Red Heat (1988)
Red Heat
6.1
  • Man at Phone Booth
  • 1988
Farticus (1997)
Farticus
4.3
  • Dionysus(as Joey Viera)
  • 1997

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Actor

  • Dwegons and Leprechauns (2014)
    Dwegons and Leprechauns
    • (voice) ...
  • Fuel (2008)
    Fuel
  • Backstage Pass (2006)
    Backstage Pass
  • Nebraska (2001)
    Nebraska
  • Promo Poster
    The Patriot
  • Grizzly Adams and the Legend of Dark Mountain (1999)
    Grizzly Adams and the Legend of Dark Mountain
  • Free Enterprise (1998)
    Free Enterprise
  • Farticus (1997)
    Farticus
    • (as Joey Viera)
  • Eric Roberts, Mädchen Amick, and John Lithgow in Love, Cheat & Steal (1993)
    Love, Cheat & Steal
    • (as Joey Viera)
  • Bruce Willis and Cybill Shepherd in Moonlighting (1985)
    Moonlighting
  • Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jim Belushi in Red Heat (1988)
    Red Heat
  • Bring Me the Head of Dobie Gillis (1988)
    Bring Me the Head of Dobie Gillis
  • Catherine Keener, Pat Morita, Kevin Conroy, Jack Wallace, and Richard Yniguez in Ohara (1987)
    Ohara
    • (as Joey Vieira)
  • Christina Applegate, David Faustino, Katey Sagal, and Ed O'Neill in Married... with Children (1987)
    Married... with Children
  • Matthew Broderick in Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986)
    Ferris Bueller's Day Off
    • (as Joey Viera)

Composer

  • Ben Kingsley in Religions of the World (2004)
    Religions of the World
    • (13 one hour episodes)
  • Westerns (2002)
    That's Black Entertainment
    • (as Joey Viera)
  • Phenomenon: The Lost Archives (1998)
    Phenomenon: The Lost Archives
  • Brer Rabbit's Christmas Carol (1992)
    Brer Rabbit's Christmas Carol
    • (as Joey Viera)

Writer

  • Magic and Beyond (1998)
    Magic and Beyond

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    • April 8, 1944
    • Los Angeles, California, USA
    • Ken Weatherwax(Half Sibling)

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    Older half-brother of Ken Weatherwax and nephew of Ruby Keeler.

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