Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Born
January 1, 1936
Died
January 1, 1976 (age 40)
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
TV
World on a Wire
Bodyguard
1973
Film
My Name Is Not Ali
Self (archive footage)
2011
TV
Eight Hours Don’t Make a Day
Dunkelhäutiger Arbeiter
1972
Film
Ali: Fear Eats the Soul
Ali
1974
Film
Fox and His Friends
Salem the Moroccan (uncredited)
1975
Film
Tenderness of the Wolves
Französischer Soldat
1973
Film
The Merchant of Four Seasons
Araber
1972
Film
Martha
Hotel Guest
1974
Film
Jail Bait
1973
Film
Like a Bird on a Wire
Bodybuilder
1975
Film
When Fear Eats the Soul
Ali (archive footage)
2007
Filmography
2011FilmMy Name Is Not Alias Self (archive footage)2007FilmWhen Fear Eats the Soulas Ali (archive footage)1975FilmFox and His Friendsas Salem the Moroccan (uncredited)1975FilmLike a Bird on a Wireas Bodybuilder1974FilmMarthaas Hotel Guest1974FilmAli: Fear Eats the Soulas Ali1973TVWorld on a Wireas Bodyguard1973FilmTenderness of the Wolvesas Französischer Soldat1973FilmJail Bait1972TVEight Hours Don’t Make a Dayas Dunkelhäutiger Arbeiter1972FilmThe Merchant of Four Seasonsas Araber