Philippe Hériat
Actor
- Born
- September 15, 1898 · Paris, France
- Died
- October 10, 1971 (age 73)
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.
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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
Napoleon
January 10, 1927
The Inhuman Woman
December 12, 1924
The Late Mathias Pascal
November 12, 1925
Nothing But Time
September 1, 1926
El Dorado
October 28, 1921
The Man of the Sea
December 3, 1920
The Gallery of Monsters
September 23, 1924
Lucrezia Borgia
December 20, 1935
Saint Joan the Maid
April 29, 1929
The Flood
January 2, 1924
Miracle of the Wolves
November 13, 1924
Divine
November 21, 1935
Acting25
- 1935Lucrezia Borgia as Filippo, sculptor-lover
- 1935Divine as Lutuf-Allah
- 1935Napoléon Bonaparte as Salicetti
- 1934Rothchild as Diégo
- 1933Weaker Sex
- 1930Détresse as Jean Mérit
- 1929Napoleon at St. Helena as General Bertrand
- 1929Saint Joan the Maid as Gilles de Rays
- 1928Change of Heart as Ralph
- 1927Sea Fever