Person Details

Birthday: 1920-11-26 23:16:17

Death: 2004-08-22 23:16:17

Aliases: No known aliases

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Glace Bay, Canada

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Movie Involvements: 57

TV Involvements: 29


Most Famous Work

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Daniel Mannix Petrie  (November 26, 1920 - August 22, 2004) was a Canadian television and movie director. Petrie was born in Glace Bay, Nova Scotia, Canada, the son of Mary Anne (née Campbell) and William Mark Petrie, a soft-drink manufacturer.  He moved to the United States in 1945.  One of his most famous credits was 1961's A Raisin in the Sun, which was nominated for the Golden Palm award at the Cannes Film Festival. He also directed Buster and Billie (1974), the Academy Award-nominated Resurrection (1980), Fort Apache, The Bronx (1981) and Cocoon: The Return (1988). He directed well-known television movies such as Sybil and Eleanor and Franklin, and produced a 1999 remake of Inherit the Wind. His films were rarely box office successes, but they often feature large well-known casts (such as 1978's The Betsy, starring Laurence Olivier and Robert Duvall), and his films are among the earliest screen appearances by such stars as Winona Ryder (Square Dance) and Kiefer Sutherland (The Bay Boy). Petrie died of cancer at the age of 83 in Los Angeles, California. He is survived by his sons, Daniel and Donald, who are both well-known writers/directors. Description above from the Wikipedia article Daniel Petrie, licensed under CC-BY-SA,full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Most Famous Work

The Name of the Game
Average
7

The Name of the Game

(1968) Director
Studio One
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4

Studio One

(1948) Director
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
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5
The Defenders
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6

The Defenders

(1961) Director
The United States Steel Hour
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5
Ironside
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7

Ironside

(1967) Director
Omnibus
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6

Omnibus

(1952) Director
Profiles in Courage
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5

Profiles in Courage

(1964) Director

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
1994 Self
1985 Kalijak Director
1972 N/A
Year Character Movie/Tv

Directing

Year Role Movie/Tv
2001 Director
Director
1999 Director
Director
1998 Director
1997 Director
1996 Director
1995 Director
1994 Director
1992 Director
1991 Director
1989 Director
1988 Director
Director
1987 Director
1986 Director
1985 Director
1984 Director
Director
1982 Director
1981 Director
1980 Director
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Director
1976 Director
Director
Director
Director
1975 Director
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1972 Director
Director
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Director
1971 Director
Director
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1968 Director
1967 Director
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1966 Director
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1964 Director
1963 Director
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1961 Director
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1955 Director
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1954 Director
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1951 Director
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1948 Director
Year Role Movie/Tv

Production

Writing

Year Role Movie/Tv
1984 Writer
Year Role Movie/Tv

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