Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

August 17, 1896(73)

Day of Death

July 13, 1970

Place of Birth

Albany, New York, USA

Also Known As

Leslie Richard Groves Jr.Lieutenant General Leslie Richard Groves Jr.Lieutenant General Leslie Groves

IMDb

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.

Known For

7.7

To End All War: Oppenheimer & the Atomic Bomb

2023

7.5

The Day After Trinity

1981

6.2

A Compassionate Spy

2022

1.0

Death in Focus

1989

8.5

Cold War Secrets: Stealing the Atomic Bomb

2015

6.7

The Decision to Drop the Bomb

1965

Filmography

2023MovieTo End All War: Oppenheimer & the Atomic Bombas Self - Director, Manhattan Project (voice) (archive sound)
2022MovieA Compassionate Spyas Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2015MovieCold War Secrets: Stealing the Atomic Bombas Self - Director of the Manhattan Project (archive footage)
1989MovieDeath in Focusas Lieutenant General/ Engineer
1981MovieThe Day After Trinityas Self (archive footage)
1965MovieThe Decision to Drop the Bombas Self