"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.
Doyen of the Algonquin Round Table. Godfather to Sheridan Morley, elder son of Robert Morley.
Is portrayed by Tom McGowan in Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle (1994) and by Earl Montgomery in Act One (1963)
Portrayed by Jock Livingston in "Star.".
Theatre critic for the New York Times.