Philippe Hériat

Known for ActingBorn 1898-09-15Died 1971-10-10Paris, France

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 ParisRead more

Movies & web series

Rosie!

Weaker Sex

Détresse

Change of Heart

Don Juan et Faust

La chaussée des géants

Le marchand de plaisirs

Fruits of Summer

Napoléon Bonaparte

Rothchild

Napoleon

The Gallery of Monsters

Bonaparte et la révolution

Nothing But Time

Divine

La jalousie du barbouillé

The Late Mathias Pascal

Le Carnaval des vérités

The Inhuman Woman

El Dorado

Sea Fever

Saint Joan the Maid

Prometheus, Banker

The Flood

Napoleon at St. Helena

The Man of the Sea

Miracle of the Wolves

Lucrezia Borgia