Daniel Petrie was born on November 26, 1920 in Glace Bay, Nova Scotia, Canada as Daniel Mannix Petrie. He was a director and producer, known for Cocoon: The Return (1988), A Raisin in the Sun (1961) and Lassie (1994). He was married to Dorothea G. Petrie. He died on August 22, 2004 in Los Angeles, California, USA.