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

The Decision to Drop the Bomb

Death in Focus

Filmography

2023 To End All War: Oppenheimer & the Atomic Bomb

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

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)

1989 Death in Focus

as Lieutenant General/ Engineer

1981 The Day After Trinity

as Self (archive footage)

1965 The Decision to Drop the Bomb

as Self