Trivia

Is portrayed by Al Pacino in Dog Day Afternoon (1975).

After he and his wife Carmen separated, he began a relationship with Ernest Aron (later Elizabeth Debbie Eden), a prospective male-to-female transsexual. On December 4, 1971 they "married" in a Roman Catholic ceremony. The marriage was not valid as Wojtowicz was still legally married to Carmen, and Aron was biologically male.

Served in the United States Army during the Vietnam War.