El Hedi ben Salem
January 1, 1936 (88 years old) in Morocco
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
Credits
- 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 · World on a Wire as Bodyguard
- 1973 · Tenderness of the Wolves as Französischer Soldat
- 1973 · Jail Bait as
- 1972 · The Merchant of Four Seasons as Araber