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
Filmography
Bonaparte et la révolution
1972
as Salicetti (archive footage)
Lucrezia Borgia
1935
as Filippo, sculptor-lover
Divine
1935
as Lutuf-Allah
Napoléon Bonaparte
1935
as Salicetti
Rothchild
1934
as Diégo
- No poster
Weaker Sex
1933
- No poster
Détresse
1930
as Jean Mérit
- No poster
Napoleon at St. Helena
1929
as General Bertrand
Saint Joan the Maid
1929
as Gilles de Rays
- No poster
Change of Heart
1928
as Ralph
Sea Fever
1927
Napoleon
1927
as Antoine Christophe Saliceti
- No poster
La jalousie du barbouillé
1927
- No poster
La chaussée des géants
1926
Nothing But Time
1926
The Late Mathias Pascal
1925
as L'aide assesseur
The Inhuman Woman
1924
as Djorah de Nopur
Miracle of the Wolves
1924
The Gallery of Monsters
1924
as La géante
The Flood
1924
as Alban Perrin
Le marchand de plaisirs
1923
Don Juan et Faust
1922
as Wagner
El Dorado
1921
as Joao, le bouffon
Prometheus, Banker
1921