El Hedi ben Salem
Birthday
1936/01/01
Day of death
1976/01/01 (40 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Morocco
Also know as
Elhedi Ben Salem, El Hedi Ben Salem, Salem El Heïdi, Salem El Hedi
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.
Acting
(1974) Ali: Fear Eats the Soul
as Ali
(1973) Tenderness of the Wolves
as Französischer Soldat
(1972) The Merchant of Four Seasons
as Araber
(1975) Fox and His Friends
as Salem the Moroccan (uncredited)
(1974) Martha
as Hotel Guest
(2007) When Fear Eats the Soul
as Ali (archive footage)
(2011) My Name Is Not Ali
as Self (archive footage)
(1975) Like a Bird on a Wire
as Bodybuilder
(1973) Jail Bait
as ---
(1973) World on a Wire
as Bodyguard