Leslie Groves
Birthday
1896/08/17
Day of death
1970/07/13 (73 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Albany, New York, USA
Also know as
Leslie Richard Groves Jr., Lieutenant General Leslie Richard Groves Jr., Lieutenant General 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)
(1965) The Decision to Drop the Bomb
as Self
(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)