El Hedi ben Salem
Birthday: 1936-01-01
Deathday: 1976-01-01
Birthplace: Morocco
Gender: Male
Owned By: Unowned
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.
Credits
| Year | Title | Character | |
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1975-06-06 | Fox and His Friends | Salem the Moroccan (uncredited) |
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1975-05-05 | Like a Bird on a Wire | Bodybuilder |
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1974-05-28 | Martha | Hotel Guest |
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1974-03-05 | Ali: Fear Eats the Soul | Ali |
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1973-07-12 | Tenderness of the Wolves | Französischer Soldat |
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1973-01-09 | Jail Bait | |
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1972-03-10 | The Merchant of Four Seasons | Araber |