Philippe Hériat
Acting · Writing
Born September 15, 1898, Paris, France
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
- 1967Rosie! — Theatre Play
- 1955Fruits of Summer — Writer
- 1935Divine — Lutuf-Allah
- 1935Lucrezia Borgia — Filippo, sculptor-lover
- 1935Napoléon Bonaparte — Salicetti
- 1934Rothchild — Diégo
- 1933Weaker Sex
- 1930Détresse — Jean Mérit
- 1929Napoleon at St. Helena — General Bertrand
- 1929Saint Joan the Maid — Gilles de Rays
- 1928Change of Heart — Ralph
- 1927La jalousie du barbouillé
- 1927Napoleon — Antoine Christophe Saliceti
- 1927Sea Fever — Story
- 1926La chaussée des géants
- 1926Nothing But Time
- 1925The Late Mathias Pascal — Assessor's Assistant
- 1924Miracle of the Wolves
- 1924The Flood — Alban Perrin
- 1924The Gallery of Monsters — La géante
- 1924The Inhuman Woman — Djorah de Nopur, Assistant Director
- 1923Le marchand de plaisirs
- 1922Don Juan et Faust — Wagner
- 1921El Dorado — Joao, le bouffon
- 1921Prometheus, Banker
- 1920Le Carnaval des vérités
- 1920The Man of the Sea — Le protecteur