Actor
Philippe Hériat
September 15, 1898 · Paris, 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.
Often works with
Jaque Catelain
5 titles together
The Inhuman Woman, El Dorado, The Man of the Sea
Marcelle Pradot
5 titles together
The Inhuman Woman, The Late Mathias Pascal, El Dorado
Edmond van Daële
4 titles together
Napoleon, The Flood, Napoléon Bonaparte
Antonin Artaud
4 titles together
Napoleon, Lucrezia Borgia, Napoléon Bonaparte
Claire Prélia
4 titles together
El Dorado, The Man of the Sea, The Gallery of Monsters
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Gina Manès
4 titles together
Napoleon, Divine, Napoléon Bonaparte
Full filmography · 27
Bonaparte et la révolution
as Salicetti (archive footage)
1972
Fruits of Summer
Writer
1955
Lucrezia Borgia
as Filippo, sculptor-lover
1935
Divine
as Lutuf-Allah
1935
Napoléon Bonaparte
as Salicetti
1935
Rothchild
as Diégo
1934Weaker Sex
cast
1933Détresse
as Jean Mérit
1930Napoleon at St. Helena
as General Bertrand
1929
Saint Joan the Maid
as Gilles de Rays
1929Change of Heart
as Ralph
1928
Sea Fever
cast
1927