Robert Trebor

Known for ActingBorn 1953-06-07Died 2025-03-11 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

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).Read more

Movies & web series

Tales from the Crypt

Joe Bash

Xena: Warrior Princess

Miami Vice

Parker Lewis Can't Lose

The Purple Rose of Cairo

Night Court

Talk Radio

Hercules: The Legendary Journeys

Magnum Force

Dark Justice

The Devil's Rejects

The Streets of San Francisco

Raise Your Voice

Out of the Darkness

Simon & Simon

Boomtown

The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles

Murphy Brown

Universal Soldier

Hail, Caesar!

The Shadow

Dying on the Edge

Hercules and the Lost Kingdom

Frank's Place

Baywatch

52 Pick-Up

Empty Nest

Wedding Daze

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Scandal of 1920

Face of Fire

My Demon Lover

Making Mr. Right

The First Time

Jiminy Glick in Lalawood

Gorp

The Sex O'Clock News

Meet Market

The Nutt House

Hip-Hop Headstrong