Philippe Hériat
Known for ActingBorn 1898-09-15 — died 1971-10-10Paris, 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.
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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
The Flood
1924 · as Alban Perrin
Napoleon
1927 · as Antoine Christophe Saliceti
Lucrezia Borgia
1935 · as Filippo, sculptor-lover
Rothchild
1934 · as Diégo
The Inhuman Woman
1924 · as Djorah de Nopur
Miracle of the Wolves
1924
Napoléon Bonaparte
1935 · as Salicetti
The Late Mathias Pascal
1925 · as L'aide assesseur
El Dorado
1921 · as Joao, le bouffon
The Man of the Sea
1920 · as Le protecteur
Le Carnaval des vérités
1920
Détresse
1930 · as Jean Mérit
Bonaparte et la révolution
1972 · as Salicetti (archive footage)
The Gallery of Monsters
1924 · as La géante
Napoleon at St. Helena
1929 · as General Bertrand
Don Juan et Faust
1922 · as Wagner
Divine
1935 · as Lutuf-Allah
Saint Joan the Maid
1929 · as Gilles de Rays