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 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