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 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
2011
My Name Is Not Ali
as Self (archive footage)
2007
When Fear Eats the Soul
as Ali (archive footage)
1975
Fox and His Friends
as Salem the Moroccan (uncredited)
1975
Like a Bird on a Wire
as Bodybuilder
1974
Martha
as Hotel Guest
1974
Ali: Fear Eats the Soul
as Ali
1973
Tenderness of the Wolves
as Französischer Soldat
1973
1973
World on a Wire
as Bodyguard
1972
The Merchant of Four Seasons
as Araber
Crew
1982
Querelle
as Thanks
1972
The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant
as Set Production Assistant