El Hedi ben Salem
Actor · Set Production Assistant
Born Jan 1, 1936 · Morocco
Active 1972–1976
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.
Filmography
Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (1974) — AliThe Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant (1972) — Set Production AssistantFox and His Friends (1975) — Salem the Moroccan (uncredited)World on a Wire (1973) — BodyguardMartha (1974) — Hotel GuestThe Merchant of Four Seasons (1972) — AraberEight Hours Don’t Make a Day (1972) — Dunkelhäutiger ArbeiterTenderness of the Wolves (1973) — Französischer SoldatJail Bait (1973)Like a Bird on a Wire (1975) — Bodybuilder