Philippe Hériat

Acteur, Schrijver

15 september 1898 — 10 oktober 1971 (73 years)
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

Known For

  • L'inhumaine
    L'inhumaine1924
  • Eldorado
    Eldorado1921
  • Man of the Sea
    Man of the Sea1920
  • Lucrezia Borgia
    Lucrezia Borgia1935
  • The Secret of Mayerling
    The Secret of Mayerling1949
  • Saint Joan the Maid
    Saint Joan the Maid1929
  • Miracle of the Wolves
    Miracle of the Wolves1924
  • Fruits of Summer
    Fruits of Summer1955

Cinematografie

1971
Bonaparte and the Revolution · as Salicetti (archive Footage)
1935
Lucrezia Borgia · as Filippo, Sculptor-Lover
1935
Divine · as Lutuf-Allah
1935
Napoléon Bonaparte · as Salicetti
1933
Rothchild · as Diégo
1933
1929
Napoleon at St. Helena · as General Bertrand
1929
Saint Joan the Maid · as Gilles De Rays
1927
1927
Napoleon · as Antoine Christophe Saliceti
1926
1925
The Late Mathias Pascal · as L'aide Assesseur
1924
L'inhumaine · as Djorah De Nopur
1924
1924
La galerie des monstres · as La Géante
1924
The Flood · as Alban Perrin
1921
Eldorado · as Joao, Le Bouffon
1920
Man of the Sea · as Le Protecteur