
Philippe Hériat
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
Acting (20 movies)

Lucrezia Borgia
1935

The Inhuman Woman
1924

Prometheus, Banker
1921

The Gallery of Monsters
1924

The Flood
1924

Nothing but Time
1926

Divine
1935

Bonaparte et la révolution
1972

Napoleon
1927

The Man of the Sea
1920

The Late Mathias Pascal
1925

Saint Joan the Maid
1929

Le Carnaval des vérités
1920

El Dorado
1921

Sea Fever
1927

Miracle of the Wolves
1924

Don Juan et Faust
1922

Le marchand de plaisirs
1923

Napoléon Bonaparte
1935

Rothchild
1934
| Title | Year | Job | 
|---|---|---|
| Fruits of Summer | 1955 | Writer |