El Hedi ben Salem
Personal Info
Known For Actor
Gender Male
Birthday 1936-01-01
Deathday 1976-01-01 (40 years old)
Place of Birth Morocco
Also Known As Elhedi Ben Salem, El Hedi Ben Salem, Salem El Heïdi, Salem El Hedi
El Hedi ben Salem
Biography
El Hedi ben Salem was a Moroccan actor. He is best known as the lover and collaborator of provocative German director Rainer Werner Fassbinder. He died of a heart attack while in prison. Fassbinder dedicated his last film, Querelle (1982), to Salem. In 2012, a documentary on Salem's life entitled My Name Is Not Ali, premiered at the Montreal World Film Festival.
Known For
Actor
as Self (archive footage)
as Ali (archive footage)
as Salem the Moroccan (uncredited)
as Bodybuilder
as Hotel Guest
as Ali
as Französischer Soldat
as Bodyguard
as Araber
Crew
as Thanks
as Set Production Assistant