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Philippe Hériat

Actor, Writer, Additional Credits
Born September 15, 1898Died October 10, 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
  • Eldorado
  • Lucrezia Borgia
  • The Secret of Mayerling
  • Saint Joan the Maid
  • Miracle of the Wolves
  • Fruits of Summer

Filmography

1971
1935
Lucrezia Borgia · as Filippo, Sculptor-Lover
1935
Divine · as Lutuf-Allah
1935
Napoléon Bonaparte · as Salicetti
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

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