El Hedi ben Salem
Actor
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.
Filmography
Fox and His Friends
as Salem the Moroccan (uncredited) 1975
The Merchant of Four Seasons
as Araber 1972
Martha
as Hotel Guest 1974
Tenderness of the Wolves
as Französischer Soldat 1973
Jail Bait
1973
Like a Bird on a Wire
as Bodybuilder 1975
My Name Is Not Ali
as Self (archive footage) 2011