Philippe Hériat

Philippe Hériat

  • Birthday: 1898-09-15
  • Deathday: 1971-10-10
  • Place of birth: Paris, France
  • Also know as: Raymond Gérard Payelle

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

Filmography

L'Inhumaine

1924

As Djorah de Nopur

The Flood

1924

As Alban Perrin

Divine

1935

As Lutuf-Allah

Napoleon at St. Helena

1929

As General Bertrand

The Man of the Sea

1920

As Le protecteur

El Dorado

1921

As Joao, le bouffon

Don Juan et Faust

1922

As Wagner

Saint Joan the Maid

1929

As Gilles de Rays

Sea Fever

1927

As

Lucrezia Borgia

1935

As Filippo, sculptor-lover

Napoléon Bonaparte

1935

As Salicetti

Rothchild

1934

As Diégo

The Late Mathias Pascal

1925

As L'aide assesseur

The Gallery of Monsters

1924

As La géante

Napoléon

1927

As Antoine Christophe Saliceti

Production

L'Inhumaine

1924

As Assistant Director

Rosie!

1967

As Theatre Play

Fruits of Summer

1955

As Writer

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