Leslie Groves

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1896-08-17 (74 years old)

Deathday

1970-07-13

Place of Birth

Albany, New York, USA

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.

Acting

1981

The Day After Trinity

as Self (archive footage)

2023

To End All War: Oppenheimer & the Atomic Bomb

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

1989

Death in Focus

as Lieutenant General/ Engineer

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)

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