Philippe Hériat

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Male

Birthday 1898-09-15

Deathday 1971-10-10 (73 years old)

Place of Birth Paris, France

Also Known As Raymond Gérard Payelle

Philippe Hériat

Biography

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

Actor

1935
Lucrezia Borgia

as Filippo, sculptor-lover

1935
Divine

as Lutuf-Allah

1935
Napoléon Bonaparte

as Salicetti

1934
Rothchild

as Diégo

1929
Napoleon at St. Helena

as General Bertrand

1929
Saint Joan the Maid

as Gilles de Rays

1927
Napoleon

as Antoine Christophe Saliceti

1925
The Late Mathias Pascal

as L'aide assesseur

1924
L'Inhumaine

as Djorah de Nopur

1924
1924
The Flood

as Alban Perrin

1922
1921
El Dorado

as Joao, le bouffon

1920
The Man of the Sea

as Le protecteur

Writer

1967
Rosie!

as Theatre Play

1955

Director

1924
L'Inhumaine

as Assistant Director