Sir John Petrie — Daughter of the Dragon Character Profile

About Sir John Petrie

A prominent figure targeted by Fu Manchu for revenge. He receives a threat, is subsequently drugged and hypnotized, and murdered by Fu Manchu in front of his family and the police, triggering the main conflict.

Character Facts

Played by

Holmes Herbert

Appears in

Daughter of the Dragon (1931)

Role

Supporting

Relationships (2)

• Sir John Petrie — Conflict Arch Enemy — Fu Manchu (Warner Oland)

  A decades-old vendetta culminating in murder.

• Sir John Petrie — Family Father And Son — Ronald Petrie (Bramwell Fletcher)

  Father and son united by tragedy and the quest for justice.

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