Spoiler : Born in Beverly, Massachusetts 11/22/1907; died 3/26/1968 following a long illness at a hospital in Keene, New Hampshire. Petrie's family lived in many areas of New England before 1915 when they settled in Sommerville, Massachusetts. At age 14 he was a singer in choir at the Cathedral Church of St. Paul in Boston. In high school was a member of a drama group, debate team and glee club and played violin with varied instrumental ensembles. Following graduation in 1924, Petrie pursued a developing interest in music, enrolling at the New England Conservatory of Music. He was a private voice pupil of Ivan Moawski in Boston and a violin student of John C. Mullaly, an ex Boston Symphony artist. In his spare time, Petrie devoted himself to choir work at a myriad of churches and was bass soloist at Dorchester’s historic Meeting House First Parish Church. In 1929, a couple months before the infamous stock market crash, he was hired as a junior interlocutor at WBZ-WBZA-Boston-Springfield’s WBZ-WBZA. On 6/16/1930, he signed with NBC-New York. He was one of 10 that made the final cut from 2,500 applicants NBC had during 1930 to 1931. Screen debut playing George Baxter in The Fabulous Joe (1947), which was a short for The Hal Roach Comedy Carnival (1947). Last movie was playing Mayor Harvey King in The Tin Star (1957).

Spoiler : Announcer for radio programs including The Man I Married on NBC (1939-1942); one of three for Blondie on NBC, CBS and ABC (1939-1950); the NBC soap, Big Sister (ca. 1940s); The Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy Show for NBC (ca 1940s); The Garry Moore Show for NBC (1942-1943); The O'Neills on NBC (1942-1943); Abie's Irish Rose on NBC (1942-1944); The Jimmy Durante-Garry Moore Show for NBC (1943-1945); The Ray Bolger Show on CBS (1945); The Rexall Summer Theater for CBS (1945); NBC (1947); one of three for Sweeney And March on CBS (1946-1948); The Jack Carson Show on NBC (1947-1948); The Jimmy Durante Show on CBS (1947-1950); The Judy Canova Show on NBC (1947-1951); The Jack Carson Show for CBS (ca. 1955-1956)

Spoiler : Television character actor from the middle 1950s to the early 1960s including Alcoa Theatre; Appointment with Destiny; Bat Masterson; Bonanza; Broken Arrow; Bronco; The Californians; Casey Jones; Cheyenne; Colt .45; Crossroads; Death Valley Days; Frontier Justice; Gunsmoke; Have Gun - Will Travel; Johnny Ringo; Lawman; Letter to Loretta; The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp; M Squad; Maverick; National Velvet; Perry Mason; Rawhide; Wanted: Dead or Alive; Zane Grey Theater. Played Otto Zimmerman on the CBS-TV soap, The Edge of Night (1964-1965).