Iván Petrovich was born on January 1, 1896 in Novi Sad, Austria-Hungary [now Serbia]. He was an actor, known for Elevator to the Gallows (1958), A Daughter of Destiny (1928) and Mädchen in Weiß (1936). He was married to Friedel Schuster and Lilian Hübner. He died on October 18, 1962 in Munich, West Germany.