Born in Hungary. Art director at MGM and Warner Bros. who began as an associate at Metro in 1937 with THE FIREFLY. Other associate a.d. credits at the studio include MANNEQUIN (also 1937), THREE COMRADES, THE GREAT WALTZ, THE SHINING HOUR and IT'S A WONDERFUL WORLD (all 1938), LADY OF THE TROPICS (1939), I TAKE THIS WOMAN, PRIDE AND PREJUDICE and THIRD FINGER, LEFT HAND (all 1940), LOVE CRAZY, BILLY THE KID, THE FEMININE TOUCH and SHADOW OF THE THIN MAN (all 1941), JOE SMITH, AMERICAN, TORTILLA FLAT and SEVEN SWEETHEARtS (all 1942), and LASSIE COME HOME and MADAME CURIE (both 1943). Groesse became a full-fledged art director at MGM in 1943 with THE HUMAN COMEDY. His other notable credits include TWO GIRLS AND A SAILOR and THIRTY SECONDS OVER TOKYO (both 1944), THE VALLEY OF DECISION (1945), THE YEARLING (1946), THE SEA OF GRASS (1947), A DATE WITH JUDY and LUXURY LINER (both 1948), LITTLE WOMEN and THE STRATTON STORY (both 1949), ANNIE GET YOUR GUN, THE BIG HANGOVER and KING SOLOMON'S MINES (all 1950), GROUNDS FOR MARRIAGE, MR. IMPERIUM, NO QUESTIONS ASKED and TOO YOUNG TO KISS (all 1951), THE MERRY WIDOW (1952), LILI, and GIVE A GIRL A BREAK (both 1953), RHAPSODY, MEN OF THE FIGHTING LADY and ATHENA (all 1954), HIT THE DECK (1955), TRIBUTE TO A BAD MAN and THE CATERED AFFAIR (both 1956), SPRING REUNION, THIS COULD BE THE NIGHT and UNTIL THEY SAIL (all 1957), THE BROTHERS KARAMAZOV and HANDLE WITH CARE (both 1958), and THE WORLD, THE FLESH AND THE DEVIL, THE WRECK OF THE MARY DEARE and THE GAZEBO (all 1959). Moving to Warners', Groesse was art director for THE MUSIC MAN and HEMINGWAY'S ADVENTURES OF A YOUNG MAN (both 1962), TWILIGHT OF HONOR (1963), HONEYMOON HOTEL (1964), ONCE A THIEF (1965), ASSAULT ON A QUEEN and MISTER BUDDWING (both 1966), and his last film (for United Artists), IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT (1967). Groesse was also art director for 5 episodes of the "Twilight Zone" TV series in 1963.

Interior Decoration (Black & White) 1940: PRIDE AND PREJUDICE (w. Cedric Gibbons)  Nominated for Interior Decoration (Black & White) 1943: MADAME CURIE - Art Direction (w. Cedric Gibbons)  Nominated for Interior Decoration (Color) 1946: THE YEARLING - Art Direction (w. Cedric Gibbons)  Art Direction/Interior Decoration (Color) 1949: LITTLE WOMEN - Art Direction (w. Cedric Gibbons)  Nominated for Art Direction/Interior Decoration (Color) 1950: ANNIE GET YOUR GUN - Art Direction (w. Cedric Gibbons)  Nominated for Art Direction/Interior Decoration (Black & White) 1951: TOO YOUNG TO KISS - Art Direction (w. Cedric Gibbons)  Nominated for Art Direction/Interior Decoration (Color) 1952: THE MERRY WIDOW - Art Direction (w. Cedric Gibbons & Edwin B. Willis)  Nominated for Art Direction/Interior Decoration (Color) 1953: LILI - Art Direction (w. Cedric Gibbons)  Nominated for Art Direction/Interior Decoration (Color) 1962: THE MUSIC MAN - Art Direction  Nominated for Art Direction/Interior Decoration (Black & White) 1963: TWILIGHT OF HONOR - Art Direction (w. George W. Davis)  Nominated for Art Direction/Interior Decoration (Black & White) 1966: MISTER BUDDWING - Art Direction (w. George W. Davis) 11 nominations, 2 Awards