Portrait of Leslie Groves

Leslie Groves

Acting

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.

Born: August 17, 1896

Place of Birth: Albany, New York, USA

Filmography

2023
To End All War: Oppenheimer & the Atomic Bomb

as Self - Director, Manhattan Project (voice) (archive sound)

2022
A Compassionate Spy

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

2015
Cold War Secrets: Stealing the Atomic Bomb

as Self - Director of the Manhattan Project (archive footage)

1989
Death in Focus

as Lieutenant General/ Engineer

1981
The Day After Trinity

as Self (archive footage)