Leslie Groves
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
- Acting
- Born
- 1896-08-17 · Albany, New York, USA
- Died
- 1970-07-13
Known for
- To End All War: Oppenheimer & the Atomic Bomb (2023) — Self - Director, Manhattan Project (voice) (archive sound)
- Turning Point: The Bomb and the Cold War (2024) — Self - Brigadier General, U.S. Army (archive footage)
- The Day After Trinity (1980) — Self (archive footage)
- A Compassionate Spy (2022) — Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- The Decision to Drop the Bomb (1965) — Self
- Death in Focus (1989) — Lieutenant General/ Engineer
- Cold War Secrets: Stealing the Atomic Bomb (2015) — Self - Director of the Manhattan Project (archive footage)
- Bombshell (2026) — Self (archival footage)
- Too Near the Sun (1966) — self (archive footage)