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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
January 1, 1936
Died
January 1, 1976
Place of Birth
Morocco
Also Known As
- Elhedi Ben Salem
- El Hedi Ben Salem
- Salem El Heïdi
- Salem El Hedi
El Hedi ben Salem
0.5 Popularity
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
5.8
Self (archive footage)
My Name Is Not Ali
2011
10.0
Ali (archive footage)
When Fear Eats the Soul
2007
7.2
Salem the Moroccan (uncredited)
Fox and His Friends
1975
5.8
Bodybuilder
Like a Bird on a Wire
1975
6.9
Hotel Guest
Martha
1974
7.7
Ali
Ali: Fear Eats the Soul
1974
7.2
Bodyguard
World on a Wire
1973
5.6
Französischer Soldat
Tenderness of the Wolves
1973
5.8
Jail Bait
1973
6.6
Araber
The Merchant of Four Seasons
1971
Credits
My Name Is Not Ali
as Self (archive footage)
2011
5.8
When Fear Eats the Soul
as Ali (archive footage)
2007
10.0
Fox and His Friends
as Salem the Moroccan (uncredited)
1975
7.2
Like a Bird on a Wire
as Bodybuilder
1975
5.8
Martha
as Hotel Guest
1974
6.9
Ali: Fear Eats the Soul
as Ali
1974
7.7
World on a Wire
as Bodyguard
1973
7.2
Tenderness of the Wolves
as Französischer Soldat
1973
5.6
Jail Bait
1973
5.8
The Merchant of Four Seasons
as Araber
1971
6.6