Philippe Hériat
Known For
Acting
Born
1898-09-15 in Paris, France
Died
1971-10-10
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
Most Known For
Napoléon Bonaparte
as Salicetti
Napoleon
as Antoine Christophe Saliceti
The Inhuman Woman
as Djorah de Nopur
Lucrezia Borgia
as Filippo, sculptor-lover
El Dorado
as Joao, le bouffon
Rothchild
as Diégo
The Flood
as Alban Perrin
The Late Mathias Pascal
as L'aide assesseur
Prometheus, Banker
Nothing but Time
Miracle of the Wolves
Napoleon at St. Helena
as General Bertrand
The Man of the Sea
as Le protecteur
The Gallery of Monsters
as La géante
Divine
as Lutuf-Allah
Saint Joan the Maid
as Gilles de Rays
Weaker Sex
Sea Fever
La chaussée des géants
Bonaparte et la révolution
as Salicetti (archive footage)