Although he was only employed for two episodes at first, his character won over fans and eventually earned him his own action figure. According to The Sun, Trebor joked that the figure was “less muscular than Sorbo’s.”
According to his 2001 statement, “Salmoneus’s arc is to try to be a good person, but his essential mercantile instincts kept interfering with that.” He was never a thief in my opinion. Bruce Campbell’s character, Autolycus, was the thief. Even while I could see why others might, I never thought of him as a con artist.
“He was just a very eager individual who needed to earn a livelihood when he wasn’t a farmer or a combatant and didn’t read the fine print. “His glib tongue was his lifeblood,” he continued.
Trebor was a popular figure on the fan convention circuit for years, and he even directed an episode of Hercules in 1997.
Trebor’s portrayal of infamous serial killer David Berkowitz, also known as the Son of Sam, in the CBS TV film Out of the Darkness, which starred Martin Sheen, was one of his early career highlights.
He called the job “emotionally and physically draining,” and the fact that he was playing in a comedy play at night made it much more difficult. His reality was “occasional 18-hour workdays.”
In addition, he had roles in Talk Radio, 52 Pickup, The Purple Rose of Cairo, and the Coen brothers’ Hail, Caesar, in which he served as a producer.
In 2023, Trebor participated in Stories From the Violins of Hope, a UN-supported Zoom production about violins from the Holocaust, and was named an artist-in-residence at The Braid (previously the Jewish Women’s Theatre).
