Sal Schillizzi is a retired American businessman who owned and operated All Over Locksmiths in New York City. Schillizzi is best known for his call-in radio show for burglary prevention and various television appearances. These efforts were designed to educate the public in the area of burglary prevention.[citation needed]
Career
editSchillizzi learned safecracking in the 1950s when working at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. While there, he heard of a course on safecracking being taught in Rochester and decided to try it. Schillizzi held the world champion safecracker title for 22 years.[1]
In 1982, he opened Thomas Edison's safe, which had been housed in the Edison National Historic Site, unopened, for at least 27 years.[2] In 1976, he opened a safe, made in the mid-19th century, that had been shut since 1903 in a bank in Somers, New York.[citation needed]
Schillizzi also appeared in two films; Waitress! (1982) and Three Days of the Condor (1975).
References
edit- ^ Brewersal, Darlyn (January 4, 1990). "Safecrackers Use Sleight of Hand". The New York Times. pp. Section C, Page 2, Column 4. Retrieved July 4, 2011.
- ^ Dunlap, David W. (March 21, 1982). "U.S. CRACKS EDISON SAFE TO NO AVAIL". The New York Times. p. 39.
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