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Robert Trebor is a palindrome.

Attended Northwestern University, graduating in 1975.

One of his award-winning reviews was for John Frankenheimer's The Fixer; years later he would appear in Frankenheimer's 1986 film 52 Pick-Up.

He had been diagnosed with leukemia in 2012.

His first lead role on the stage was as Finch in How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying for the St. Joseph's Summer Music Theatre Festival.

Robert Trebor was an American character actor, known for starring as Salmoneus in the television series Hercules: The Legendary Journeys and Xena: Warrior Princess.

In 2007 Trebor performed in the one-man show The Return of Brother Theodore. The Los Angeles Weekly gave the show its prized "GO" recommendation and said, "actor Robert Trebor reincarnates Gottlieb in a 45-minute late-night solo performance that paints Brother Theodore's belligerent reflections on a twisted life with broad yet powerful comedic strokes." The production was nominated by The LA Weekly for Best Solo Performance of 2007.

After a brief focus on oratory, he returned to acting, majoring in theater at Northwestern University. He returned to Philadelphia to star with Bill Irwin in a revival of George Gershwin's Strike Up The Band for the inaugural season of the American Music Theatre Festival at the historic Walnut Street Theatre.

He won several filmmaking awards from Kodak short film competitions, and the local ABC Philadelphia and PBS affiliates for a short black and white film called Communicate!?.

Trebor is the author of The Haircut Who Would Be King which parodies Donald Trump and his relationship with Vladimir Putin.