Petruo was one of the most popular German radio announcers during the
Cold War (RIAS Berlin, 1951-1981) and even a famous dubbing actor (e.g.
Yul Brynner, "Darth Vader", Lee van Cleef). His son Thomas (1950-2018) was
the German Voice of Gary Oldman and Samuel L. Jackson and later became best
known for providing the voice of Plankton in the German dub of 'SpongeBob
SquarePants', and Petruo's granddaughter Vanessa is a singer in the German pop group "No Angels".
- IMDb Mini Biography By: ikuschk@stud.uni-goettingen.de
Was famous for voicing movie villains. His most notable performance was the voice of Darth Vader in the german dubbed version of Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977).