Acting · Paris, France · Born September 15, 1898
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
MovieBonaparte et la révolution
1972
as Salicetti (archive footage)
MovieLucrezia Borgia
1935
as Filippo, sculptor-lover
MovieDivine
1935
as Lutuf-Allah
MovieNapoléon Bonaparte
1935
as Salicetti
MovieRothchild
1934
as Diégo
Weaker Sex
1933
Détresse
1930
as Jean Mérit
Napoleon at St. Helena
1929
as General Bertrand
MovieSaint Joan the Maid
1929
as Gilles de Rays
Change of Heart
1928
as Ralph
MovieSea Fever
1927
MovieNapoleon
1927
as Antoine Christophe Saliceti
La jalousie du barbouillé
1927
La chaussée des géants
1926
MovieNothing But Time
1926
MovieThe Late Mathias Pascal
1925
as L'aide assesseur
MovieThe Inhuman Woman
1924
as Djorah de Nopur
MovieMiracle of the Wolves
1924
MovieThe Gallery of Monsters
1924
as La géante
MovieThe Flood
1924
as Alban Perrin
MovieLe marchand de plaisirs
1923
MovieDon Juan et Faust
1922
as Wagner
MovieEl Dorado
1921
as Joao, le bouffon
MoviePrometheus, Banker
1921
MovieThe Man of the Sea
1920
as Le protecteur
MovieLe Carnaval des vérités
1920
