Leslie Groves
1896 - 1970 (age 73) • Acting
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
The Decision to Drop the Bomb
67%
Self
1965
Bombshell
80%
Self (archival footage)
2026
Bombshell
80%
Self (archival footage)
2026
To End All War: Oppenheimer & the Atomic Bomb
77%
Self - Director, Manhattan Project (voice) (archive sound)
2023
A Compassionate Spy
62%
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2022
Cold War Secrets: Stealing the Atomic Bomb
85%
Self - Director of the Manhattan Project (archive footage)
2015
Death in Focus
50%
Lieutenant General/ Engineer
1989
The Day After Trinity
76%
Self (archive footage)
1980
Too Near the Sun
70%
self (archive footage)
1966
The Decision to Drop the Bomb
67%
Self
1965