Philippe Hériat
Born Raymond Gérard Payelle, he studied with film director René Clair and in 1920 made his debut in silent film. Over the next fifteen years, he appeared in secondary roles in another twenty-five films including the 1927 Abel Gance masterpiece, Napoleon. In 1949 Hériat collaborated with film director Jean Delannoy to write the screenplay for the film Le Secret de Mayerling. Philippe Hériat won the 1931 Prix Renaudot for his book L'Innocent. In 1939 he won the Prix Goncourt for Les Enfants gâtés, and the 1947 Grand Prix du roman de l'Académie française for Famille Boussardel. In 1949 he was made a member of the Académie Goncourt, a position he held until his death in 1971. Hériat is buried in Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris
Known For
Credits
- 1972 · Bonaparte et la révolution as
- 1935 · Lucrezia Borgia as Filippo, sculptor-lover
- 1935 · Divine as Lutuf-Allah
- 1935 · Napoléon Bonaparte as Salicetti
- 1934 · Rothchild as Diégo
- 1933 · Le sexe faible as
- 1929 · Napoleon at St. Helena as General Bertrand
- 1929 · Saint Joan the Maid as Gilles de Rays
- 1928 · Mon coeur au ralenti as
- 1927 · Sea Fever as
- 1927 · Napoleon as Antoine Christophe Saliceti
- 1927 · La jalousie du barbouillé as
- 1926 · La chaussée des géants as
- 1926 · Nothing But Time as
- 1925 · The Late Mathias Pascal as L'aide assesseur
- 1924 · L'Inhumaine as Djorah de Nopur
- 1924 · Miracle of the Wolves as
- 1924 · The Gallery of Monsters as La géante
- 1924 · The Flood as Alban Perrin
- 1923 · Le marchand de plaisirs as
- 1922 · Don Juan et Faust as Wagner
- 1921 · El Dorado as Joao, le bouffon
- 1921 · Prometheus, Banker as
- 1920 · The Man of the Sea as Le protecteur
- 1920 · Le Carnaval des vérités as