Joey D. Vieira, best known for his role in "Lassie," has died. He was 80. The wife of his "Lassie" co-star Jon Provost confirmed with Fox News Digital that Vieira died just before his birthday ...

Joey D. Vieira, best known for his role in “Lassie,” has died. He was 80. The wife of his “Lassie” co-star Jon Provost confirmed with Fox News Digital that Vieira died just before his ...

Jon Provost received his big acting break at 2-years-old and would go on to work with some of Hollywood’s biggest stars — including TV’s most famous canine.

Jon Provost, the child actor who played Lassie’s pal Timmy Martin on TV from 1957-1964, returned to see 1195 Washington Ave. in Pomona, the house where he had lived from 1954-1959, and ...

Joey D. Vieira, who portrayed the farm boy Sylvester “Porky” Brockway on the first four seasons of the long-running CBS series Lassie, has died.He was 80. Vieira died Monday — the day before ...

Dog and movie lovers, take note: Lassie has come home. Writer-director Charles Sturridge’s “Lassie” revives a well-worn, sometimes grand tradition begun in 1938, when Eric Knight’s first ...

To get the role, however, Provost had to spend a weekend with Lassie owner and trainer Rudd Weatherwax to make sure the duo was a good fit. “I mean, I fit the part physically, and they knew I ...

Lassie ran on TV between 1954 and 1973 and also spawned 11 feature films. Now the question is whether Lassie’s owner can sink its teeth into unfriendly folks who want to use the image of a ...

Lassie: The Perfect Dog Sets High Bar for Real Pups In books, radio, movies and television, the history of the dog Lassie is long and illustrious. In fact, some real-life pet owners expect their ...