Known For
Acting
Birthday
August 17, 1896
Place of Birth
Albany, New York, USA
Also Known As
- Leslie Richard Groves Jr.
- Lieutenant General Leslie Richard Groves Jr.
- Lieutenant General Leslie Groves
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.
Known For - Movies
To End All War: Oppenheimer & the Atomic Bomb
as Self - Director, Manhattan Project (voice) (archive sound)
The Day After Trinity
as Self (archive footage)
A Compassionate Spy
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Cold War Secrets: Stealing the Atomic Bomb
as Self - Director of the Manhattan Project (archive footage)
The Decision to Drop the Bomb
as Self
Death in Focus
as Lieutenant General/ Engineer