Philippe Hériat
Actor
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
The Inhuman Woman
as Djorah de Nopur 1924
The Late Mathias Pascal
as L'aide assesseur 1925
Nothing but Time
1926
El Dorado
as Joao, le bouffon 1921
The Man of the Sea
as Le protecteur 1920
Lucrezia Borgia
as Filippo, sculptor-lover 1935
The Gallery of Monsters
as La géante 1924
Saint Joan the Maid
as Gilles de Rays 1929
Miracle of the Wolves
1924
The Flood
as Alban Perrin 1924
Divine
as Lutuf-Allah 1935
Napoleon at St. Helena
as General Bertrand 1929
Sea Fever
1927
Prometheus, Banker
1921
Napoléon Bonaparte
as Salicetti 1935
Rothchild
as Diégo 1934