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
Movie | Bonaparte et la révolution | 1972-11-24 | |
Movie | Divine | Lutuf-Allah | 1935-11-21 |
Movie | Napoléon Bonaparte | Salicetti | 1935-11-05 |
Movie | Lucrezia Borgia | Filippo, sculptor-lover | 1935-12-20 |
Movie | Rothchild | Diégo | 1934-05-04 |
Movie | Le sexe faible | 1933-01-01 | |
Movie | Saint Joan the Maid | Gilles de Rays | 1929-04-29 |
Movie | Napoleon at St. Helena | General Bertrand | 1929-11-07 |
Movie | Mon coeur au ralenti | 1928-03-02 | |
Movie | La jalousie du barbouillé | 1927-01-01 | |
Movie | Napoleon | Antoine Christophe Saliceti | 1927-05-08 |
Movie | Sea Fever | 1927-11-18 | |
Movie | Nothing But Time | 1926-01-01 | |
Movie | La chaussée des géants | 1926-02-05 | |
Movie | The Late Mathias Pascal | L'aide assesseur | 1925-07-02 |
Movie | The Flood | Alban Perrin | 1924-01-02 |
Movie | The Gallery of Monsters | La géante | 1924-09-23 |
Movie | Miracle of the Wolves | 1924-11-13 | |
Movie | L'Inhumaine | Djorah de Nopur | 1924-12-12 |
Movie | Le marchand de plaisirs | 1923-04-27 | |
Movie | Don Juan et Faust | Wagner | 1922-10-07 |
Movie | Prometheus, Banker | 1921-05-11 | |
Movie | El Dorado | Joao, le bouffon | 1921-10-28 |
Movie | Le Carnaval des vérités | 1920-06-04 | |
Movie | The Man of the Sea | Le protecteur | 1920-12-03 |