Philippe Hériat
ActingBorn 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
Known For
Filmography — Acting
Napoleon
Antoine Christophe Saliceti
El Dorado
Joao, le bouffon
Napoleon at St. Helena
General Bertrand
Divine
Lutuf-Allah
The Inhuman Woman
Djorah de Nopur
The Gallery of Monsters
La géante
Weaker Sex
Miracle of the Wolves
Le Carnaval des vérités
Lucrezia Borgia
Filippo, sculptor-lover
Napoléon Bonaparte
Salicetti
The Man of the Sea
Le protecteur
Sea Fever
Saint Joan the Maid
Gilles de Rays
The Late Mathias Pascal
L'aide assesseur
Prometheus, Banker
La chaussée des géants
Bonaparte et la révolution
Salicetti (archive footage)
Rothchild
Diégo
Nothing but Time
The Flood
Alban Perrin
La jalousie du barbouillé
Change of Heart
Ralph
Don Juan et Faust
Wagner
Le marchand de plaisirs
Détresse
Jean Mérit
