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.

Movies & TV Shows

1. To End All War: Oppenheimer & the Atomic Bomb (2023) — Self - Director, Manhattan Project (voice) (archive sound)
2. Turning Point: The Bomb and the Cold War (2024) — Self - Brigadier General, U.S. Army (archive footage)
3. The Day After Trinity (1980) — Self (archive footage)
4. A Compassionate Spy (2022) — Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
5. The Decision to Drop the Bomb (1965) — Self
6. Death in Focus (1989) — Lieutenant General/ Engineer
7. Cold War Secrets: Stealing the Atomic Bomb (2015) — Self - Director of the Manhattan Project (archive footage)
8. Bombshell (2026) — Self (archival footage)