Saleh was born on 27 October 1926, in
Alexandria. Although his father was against his interest in movies, he still considered movies to be his major interest. In 1949, he graduated from Victoria College of Alexandria. He died on 18 August 2013 in
Cairo. His first film was ''Fools' Alley'' (1955), co-written by
Naguib Mahfouz, the
Egyptian Nobel laureate in Literature. Saleh's other movies include
Struggle of the Heroes (
Sirâ’el abtâl) (1962) and
The Rebels (
el Moutamarridoun) (1968) among others. Saleh died on 18 August 2013 at the age of 86 in Cairo, Egypt. ==Selected filmography==