Richard Trebor Dies: ‘Hercules: The Legendary Journeys’ Actor Who Also Played Son Of Sam Was 71
deadline.comRobert Trebor, a character actor who recurred as Salmoneus on Hercules: The Legendary Journeys and Xena: Warrior Princess and played “Son of Sam” killer David Berkowitz during his long screen career, has died.
He was 71. His obit at Legacy.com did not list a cause, date or place of death, but he had been struggling wqith side effects from a stem-cell transplant for leukemia several years ago..
Born on June 7, 1953, in Philadelphia, Trebor had a few bit roles before his career got going in the 1980s with small roles in such movies as Gorp, Turk 182 and Woody Allen’s The Purple Rose of Cairo.
His breakout role was as notorious “Son of Sam” serial killer Berkowitz in the 1985 CBS telepic Out of the Darkness, which starred Martin Sheen as the NYC detective who track him down.
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