Acting

Leslie Groves

Born: 1896-08-17
Died: 1970-07-13
Birthplace: Albany, New York, USA

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

Turning Point: The Bomb and the Cold War

To End All War: Oppenheimer & the Atomic Bomb

A Compassionate Spy

Cold War Secrets: Stealing the Atomic Bomb

The Day After Trinity

Too Near the Sun

The Decision to Drop the Bomb

Filmography

9 titles · Newest first · Cast and crew credits

Bombshell

2026 · Movie

Self (archival footage)

Turning Point: The Bomb and the Cold War

2024 · TV Show

Self - Brigadier General, U.S. Army (archive footage)

To End All War: Oppenheimer & the Atomic Bomb

2023 · Movie

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

A Compassionate Spy

2022 · Movie

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Cold War Secrets: Stealing the Atomic Bomb

2015 · Movie

Self - Director of the Manhattan Project (archive footage)

Death in Focus

1989 · Movie

Lieutenant General/ Engineer

The Day After Trinity

1980 · Movie

Self (archive footage)

Too Near the Sun

1966 · Movie

self (archive footage)

The Decision to Drop the Bomb

1965 · Movie

Self