Sal Schillizzi

Sal Schillizzi owned and operated All Over Locksmiths in New York. Sal is best known for his call-in radio show for Burglary Prevention and various TV appearances. These efforts were designed to educate the public in the area of burglary prevention. Mr. Schillizzi learned safecracking in the 1950's 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.

Mr. Schillizzi was the world champion safecracker (he lost the title in 1988 to a colleague from Cleveland). In 1982, he opened Thomas Edison's safe, which had been housed in the Edison National Historic Site, unopened, for at least 27 years. In 1976, he opened a safe, made in the mid-19th century, that had been shut since 1903 in a bank in Somers, N.Y.

Sal Schillizzi was also an actor of some note. He appeared in two films, Waitress! (1982) and Three Days of the Condor (1975).

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