Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1898-09-15
Deathday
1971-10-10
Place of Birth
Paris, France
Philippe Hériat
Biography
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
Napoleon
as Antoine Christophe Saliceti
L'Inhumaine
as Djorah de Nopur
The Late Mathias Pascal
as L'aide assesseur
Nothing but Time
El Dorado
as Joao, le bouffon
The Man of the Sea
as Le protecteur
The Gallery of Monsters
as La géante
Lucrezia Borgia
as Filippo, sculptor-lover
Saint Joan the Maid
as Gilles de Rays
