Robert Trebor

Lahir pada tanggal 7 Juni 1953, di Philadelphia, Robert Trebor memiliki beberapa peran sebelum karirnya dimulai pada tahun 1980an dengan peran kecil dalam film seperti Gorp (1980), Turk 182 dan The Purple Rose of Cairo (keduanya tahun 1985). Peran terobosannya adalah sebagai pembunuh berantai "Son of Sam" yang terkenal kejam, Berkowitz di telepik CBS Out of the Darkness (1985). Tahun berikutnya, Trebor memiliki peran kunci sebagai lawan main Roy Scheider dan Ann-Margret dalam film thriller noir karya John Frankenheimer, 52 Pick-Up. Selama dekade berikutnya, ia melanjutkan ke peran layar lebar dalam Making Mr. Right (1987), Talk Radio (1988), Universal Soldier (1992), dan lain-lain. Sepanjang perjalanannya, Trebor menjadi bintang tamu di serial TV populer seperti Miami Vice, Murphy Brown, Baywatch, Night Court, Tales from the Crypt, dan banyak lagi. Lalu muncullah peran khasnya: penjual Salmoneus yang ramah namun terkadang tidak bermoral dalam Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, serial aksi sindikasi tahun 1995-99 yang dibintangi oleh Kevin Sorbo sebagai putra setengah dewa Zeus. Trebor muncul di hampir dua lusin episode yang mencakup seluruh lima musim dan memainkan karakter yang berbeda, kepala studio B.S. Hollingsfoffer, untuk satu episode di akhir penayangan acara. Dia mengulangi karakter Salmoneus untuk beberapa episode serial pendamping Hercules Xena: Warrior Princess, yang dibintangi oleh Lucy Lawless. Trebor memiliki sebagian besar peran film setelah pergantian abad, muncul di Dying on the Edge (2001), Jiminy Glick di Lalawood, Meet Market (keduanya tahun 2004), The Devil’s Rejects (2005), dan, dalam penampilan layar terakhirnya, sebagai produser di Hail Caesar karya Coen bersaudara! (2016).

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).