Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Born
August 17, 1896
Died
July 13, 1970 (age 73)
Place of Birth
Albany, New York, USA
Also Known As
Leslie Richard Groves Jr.
Lieutenant General Leslie Richard Groves Jr.
Lieutenant General Leslie Groves
Leslie Groves
Biography
Lieutenant General Leslie Richard Groves Jr. was a United States Army Corps of Engineers officer who oversaw the construction of the Pentagon and directed the Manhattan Project, a top secret research project that developed the atomic bomb during World War II.
Known For
Film
To End All War: Oppenheimer & the Atomic Bomb
Self - Director, Manhattan Project (voice) (archive sound)
2023
Film
A Compassionate Spy
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2022
Film
The Day After Trinity
Self (archive footage)
1981
Film
Cold War Secrets: Stealing the Atomic Bomb
Self - Director of the Manhattan Project (archive footage)
2015
Film
The Decision to Drop the Bomb
Self
1965
Film
Death in Focus
Lieutenant General/ Engineer
1989
Filmography
2023FilmTo End All War: Oppenheimer & the Atomic Bombas Self - Director, Manhattan Project (voice) (archive sound)2022FilmA Compassionate Spyas Self (archive footage) (uncredited)2015FilmCold War Secrets: Stealing the Atomic Bombas Self - Director of the Manhattan Project (archive footage)1989FilmDeath in Focusas Lieutenant General/ Engineer1981FilmThe Day After Trinityas Self (archive footage)1965FilmThe Decision to Drop the Bombas Self