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Name
Robert Trebor

Known For
Acting

Birthday
1953-06-07

Deathday
2025-03-11 (72 years old)

Place of Birth
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Biography

Born on June 7, 1953, in Philadelphia, Robert Trebor had a few bit roles before his career got going in the 1980s with small roles in such films as Gorp (1980), Turk 182 and The Purple Rose of Cairo (both 1985). His breakout role was as notorious “Son of Sam” serial killer Berkowitz in the CBS telepic Out of the Darkness (1985). The following year, Trebor had a key role opposite Roy Scheider and Ann-Margret in John Frankenheimer’s noir thriller 52 Pick-Up. During the next decade, he went on to big-screen roles in Making Mr. Right (1987), Talk Radio (1988), Universal Soldier (1992), and others.

Along the way, Trebor did guest shots on such popular TV series as Miami Vice, Murphy Brown, Baywatch, Night Court, Tales from the Crypt, and more. Then came his signature role: the friendly but sometimes unscrupulous salesman Salmoneus in Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, the 1995-99 syndicated action series starring Kevin Sorbo as the demigod son of Zeus. Trebor appeared in nearly two dozen episodes spanning all five seasons and played a different character, studio chief B.S. Hollingsfoffer, for one episode late in the show’s run. He reprised the Salmoneus character for several episodes of Hercules companion series Xena: Warrior Princess, starring Lucy Lawless.

Trebor had mostly film roles after the turn of the century, appearing in Dying on the Edge (2001), Jiminy Glick in Lalawood, Meet Market (both 2004), The Devil’s Rejects (2005), and, in his final screen appearance, as a producer in the Coen brothers’ Hail Caesar! (2016).

Known For

Movies

Tv Shows

1992 Universal Soldier as Motel Owner
1985 The Purple Rose of Cairo as Reporter
1987 Making Mr. Right as Tux Salesman
1986 52 Pick-Up as Leo Franks
1987 My Demon Lover as Charles
1983 The First Time as Joel
2005 Jiminy Glick in Lalawood as Jay Schiffer
1985 Out of the Darkness as David Berkowitz
1992 The Nutt House as Buddy
1988 Talk Radio as Jeffrey Fisher / Francine
2004 Meet Market as Director Dick
1985 The Sex O'Clock News as Mr. Rajah
1980 Gorp as Rabbi Blowitz
2016 Hail, Caesar! as Producer of "Hail, Caesar!"
1994 Hercules and the Lost Kingdom as Waylin
1999 The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Scandal of 1920 as Schwarz
2004 Raise Your Voice as Mr. Wesson
1959 Face of Fire as Dr. John
2005 The Devil's Rejects as Marty Walker (uncredited)
2006 Wedding Daze as Rabbi Feldman
2001 Dying on the Edge as Mel Weiner
1994 The Shadow as Harried Man in Taxi (uncredited)
1973 Magnum Force as Reporter (uncredited)
2010 Hip-Hop Headstrong as Dr. Zillion

1992 The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles ( 1 episode ) as Schwarz
1995 Xena: Warrior Princess ( 1 episode ) as Marco
1989 Baywatch ( 1 episode ) as Garth Dickinson
1990 Parker Lewis Can't Lose ( 1 episode ) as Mr. Lite
1995 Hercules: The Legendary Journeys ( 19 episodes ) as Salmoneus
1989 Tales from the Crypt ( 1 episode ) as Archie
1988 Murphy Brown ( 1 episode ) as Geoffrey
1987 Frank's Place ( 1 episode ) as Larry
1984 Night Court ( 1 episode ) as Zealot #1
1995 Xena: Warrior Princess ( 1 episode ) as Salmoneus / Lord Seltzer
1995 Xena: Warrior Princess ( 2 episodes ) as Salmoneus
1995 Hercules: The Legendary Journeys ( 2 episodes ) as B.S. Hollinsfoffer
1972 The Streets of San Francisco ( 3 episodes )
1981 Simon & Simon ( 1 episode ) as Matt Graham
1988 Empty Nest ( 1 episode ) as Andrew
1991 Dark Justice ( 1 episode ) as Howie
2002 Boomtown ( 1 episode ) as Keith (uncredited)
1986 Joe Bash ( 2 episodes )
1984 Miami Vice ( 1 episode ) as Maxwell Dierks

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