El Hedi ben Salem Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
El Hedi ben Salem was born in 1935 in Morocco. He was an actor, known for Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (1974), The Merchant of Four Seasons (1971) and Martha (1974). He died in 1976 in Nîmes, Gard, France.
He hanged himself in a French prison in 1977. The news of his death was kept hidden from Rainer Werner Fassbinder, who only heard about it a few months prior to his own death in 1982. Fassbinder dedicated Querelle (1982) to Salem.
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Was the lover of Rainer Werner Fassbinder during the early 1970s and acted in several of his films.
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Fox and His Friends
1975
Salem the Moroccan (uncredited)
Wie ein Vogel auf dem Draht
1975
TV Movie
Bodybuilder
Martha
1974/I
TV Movie
Hotel guest
Ali: Fear Eats the Soul
1974
Ali
Welt am Draht
1973
TV Movie
Bodyguard (as Elhedi Ben Salem)
Tenderness of the Wolves
1973
Französischer Soldat
Acht Stunden sind kein Tag
1973
TV Mini-Series
Arbeitskollege
Jail Bait
1973
TV Movie
Franz's friend
Händler der vier Jahreszeiten
1972
The Arab (as Salem El Heïdi)
Art Department
Title
Year
Status
Character
Tenderness of the Wolves
1973
props
Set Decorator
Title
Year
Status
Character
Tenderness of the Wolves
1973
Miscellaneous
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant
1972
production help - as Salem El Hedi
Thanks
Title
Year
Status
Character
Fassbinders Welt am Draht - Blick voraus ins Heute
2010
Video documentary in memory of - as El Hedi Ben Salem
Querelle
1982
this film is dedicated to: My friendship with: from Rainer Werner Fassbinder - as El Hedi ben Salem m' Barek Mohammed Mustafa
Archive Footage
Title
Year
Status
Character
Fassbinder
2015
Documentary
Ali
Fassbinder: at elske uden at kræve
2015
Documentary
Himself
Jannat 'Ali
2011
Documentary
Himself
Fassbinders Welt am Draht - Blick voraus ins Heute
2010
Video documentary
Bodyguard (as Elhedi Ben Salem)
Quand la peur dévore l'âme
2007
Short
Ali
Known for movies
Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (1974) as Ali
Händler der vier Jahreszeiten (1972) as The Arab
Martha (1974) as Hotel guest
Tenderness of the Wolves (1973) as Französischer Soldat
$2 Million
