- "Sheridan Whiteside," the lead character of the Moss Hart/George S. Kaufman play (and later film) The Man Who Came to Dinner, was based on Woolcott, an old friend of Hart and Kaufman.
- Credited with inventing the drink "Brandy Alexander".
- Died while participating in an on-air round-table discussion on the war with Germany.
- Theatre critic for the New York Times.
- Doyen of the Algonquin Round Table. Godfather to Sheridan Morley, elder son of Robert Morley.
- Inducted into the United States Croquet Hall of Fame in 1979.
- His personal papers are on deposit at the Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center, Boston University.
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