Salvatore Polisi Wiki: Salary, Married, Wedding, Spouse, Family
Salvatore Polisi spent over fifteen years with organized crime families in New York. In 1986, he entered the "Federal Witness Protection Program". In exchange, he testified in a number of Mafia-related prosecutions. Sal's story, up to that point of his life, is retold in the book 'Sins of the Father', written by Nick Taylor. Articles about him ...
Net Worth
$950,000
Date Of Birth
April 30, 1945
Place Of Birth
Brooklyn, New York, USA
Profession
Producer, Writer, Assistant Director
Star Sign
Taurus
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Quote
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I've been given a second chance... I'm lucky to be alive!
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Fact
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Salvatore Polisi is 100% Italian. His family originates from Naples, Italy.
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Sal was an identical twin, his twin died at birth.
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The Polisi's are a musically inclined family. Sal played the trumpet in the Marine Corp Band and two of his Aunties were piano teachers.
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Sal's Aunt Caroline taught the famous Van Cliburn when he was a teenager attending Juilliard.
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His older sister, Rose Marie, played at Carnegie Hall when she was just four years old, as a concert pianist.
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A fan of western movies - Shane (1953) & Lonesome Dove (1989) are his two favorite.
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The Godfather (original) is Sal's all time favorite movie. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) comes in second.
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Sal and his two crime partners, Tommy DeSimone and Foxy, hijacked a truck in 1972 to celebrate the opening of the feature film, The Godfather (1972).
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Kicked out of the Witness Protection Program in 1989 for making public appearances to promote his book, "Sins of the Father".
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Arrested in 1989 for appearing on The Geraldo Rivera Show (1987). Fought the case and won.
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Wrote his Federal Judge every two weeks to terminate his probation.
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Was banned for 6 months from public speaking before his probation was terminated.
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Sal spent 20 years in auto racing before it was "in vogue" as a promoter & track owner - rubbing elbows with Jeff Gordon, Lake Speed, Mario Andretti, Scott Goodyear and Mark Dismore.
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Sal is a entertaining chef who has cooked for Celebrities like Rocky Graziano, Jake LaMotta, Stuart Woods, Pancho González & Robert Carradine (just to name a few).
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Former mob associate.
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Subject of the book "Sins of the Father" written by Nick Taylor, Simon & Shuster 1989.
Producer
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Making of 'At the Sinatra Club'
2011
Video short producer
Sinatra Club
2010
producer
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Sinatra Club
2010
screenplay
Assistant Director
Title
Year
Status
Character
Sinatra Club
2010
second unit director
Thanks
Title
Year
Status
Character
Summer Colony
2013
Video documentary special thanks
Inside the American Mob
2013
TV Series documentary very special thanks - 2 episodes
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Inside the American Mob
2013
TV Series documentary
Himself
Fox and Friends
2013
TV Series
Himself
America's Book of Secrets
2013
TV Series documentary
Himself
AKA Private
2011
Documentary
Himself
Ubatz
2011
Documentary
Himself
The Making of 'At the Sinatra Club'
2011
Video short
Himself
Sinatra Club
2010
Himself / Narrator (voice)
Actors Reporter Interviews
2009
TV Series
Himself
Face to Face with Connie Chung
2002
TV Series
Himself
Biography
1997
TV Series documentary
Himself
This Week
1992
TV Series
Himself
The Geraldo Rivera Show
1991
TV Series
Himself
Larry King Live
1989
TV Series
Himself
The Richard Bey Show
1987
TV Series 1989
Archive Footage
Known for movies
Sinatra Club (2010) as Producer
AKA Private (2011) as Himself
The Making of 'At the Sinatra Club' (2011) as Producer
