--- title: "Close Encounters of the Third Kind: cast and crew" canonical: "https://film.one/film/close-encounters-of-the-third-kind/cast-and-crew" title_page: "https://film.one/film/close-encounters-of-the-third-kind" cast: 58 crew: 69 licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977): cast and crew 58 cast and 69 crew, as credited (TMDB). Cast in billing order. ## Cast - [Richard Dreyfuss](https://film.one/person/richard-dreyfuss.md) as Roy Neary - [François Truffaut](https://film.one/person/francois-truffaut.md) as Claude Lacombe - [Teri Garr](https://film.one/person/teri-garr.md) as Ronnie Neary - [Melinda Dillon](https://film.one/person/melinda-dillon.md) as Jillian Guiler - [Bob Balaban](https://film.one/person/bob-balaban.md) as David Laughlin - [J. Patrick McNamara](https://film.one/person/j-patrick-mcnamara.md) as Project Leader - [Warren J. Kemmerling](https://film.one/person/warren-j-kemmerling.md) as Wild Bill - [Roberts Blossom](https://film.one/person/roberts-blossom.md) as Farmer - [Phil Dodds](https://film.one/person/phil-dodds.md) as ARP Musician - [Cary Guffey](https://film.one/person/cary-guffey.md) as Barry Guiler - [Shawn Bishop](https://film.one/person/shawn-bishop.md) as Brad Neary - [Adrienne Campbell](https://film.one/person/adrienne-campbell.md) as Sylvia Neary - Justin Dreyfuss as Toby Neary - [Lance Henriksen](https://film.one/person/lance-henriksen.md) as Robert - Merrill Connally as Team Leader - Amy Douglass as Implantee - Gene Dynarski as Ike - [Carl Weathers](https://film.one/person/carl-weathers.md) as Military Policeman - Norman Bartold as Norman Bartold - F.J. O'Neil as ARP Project Member - Hal Barwood as Returnee #2 Flt. 19 - Matthew Robbins as Returnee #3 Flt. 19 - Gene Rader as Hawker - Daniel Nunez as Federale - Chuy Franco as Federale - Luis Contreras as Federale - Galen Thompson as Special Forces - John Dennis Johnston as Special Forces - Robert Broyles as Dirty Tricks #3 - [George DiCenzo](https://film.one/person/george-dicenzo.md) as Major Benchley - Alexander Lockwood as Implantee - [Josef Sommer](https://film.one/person/josef-sommer.md) as Larry Butler - [Bill Thurman](https://film.one/person/bill-thurman.md) as Air Traffic - James Keane as Radio Telescope Team - Philip Dodds as Jean Claude - Mary Gafrey as Mrs. Harris - Michael J. Dyer as Himself - Roger Ernest as Highway Patrolman - Randy Herman as Returnee #1 Flt. 19 - David Anderson as Air Traffic Controller - Richard L. Hawkins as Air Traffic Controller - Craig Shreeve as Air Traffic - Roy E. Richards as Air East Pilot - Eumenio Blanco as Federale - Dennis McMullen as Radio Telescope Team - Cy Young as Radio Telescope Team - Tom Howard as Radio Telescope Team - Richard Stuart as Truck Dispatcher - Bob Westmoreland as Load Dispatcher - Matt Emery as Support Leader - John Ewing as Dirty Tricks #1 - Kirk Raymond as Dirty Tricks #4 - Keith Atkinson as Dirty Tricks #2 - Monty Jordan as Special Forces Commander / Helicopter Pilot (uncredited) - [Basil Hoffman](https://film.one/person/basil-hoffman.md) as Longly (uncredited) - Stephen Powers as UN Observer (uncredited) - J. Allen Hynek as Man Smoking Pipe at Landing Site (uncredited) - Howard K. Smith as Howard K. Smith (uncredited) ## Directing - [Steven Spielberg](https://film.one/person/steven-spielberg.md): Director - Charlsie Bryant: Script Supervisor - Charles Myers: First Assistant Director - Jim Bloom: Second Assistant Director ## Writing - [Steven Spielberg](https://film.one/person/steven-spielberg.md): Writer ## Production - [Julia Phillips](https://film.one/person/julia-phillips.md): Producer - [Michael Phillips](https://film.one/person/michael-phillips.md): Producer - Shari Rhodes: Casting - Juliet Taylor: Casting - Peggy Rosson: Production Accountant - Joyce Goldberg: Production Secretary - Carol Bidault de L'Isle: Production Assistant - Gail Siemers: Production Secretary - Murray Weissman: Publicist - Al Ebner: Publicist - Joe O'Har: Location Manager - J. Allen Hynek: Production Consultant - Clark L. Paylow: Associate Producer, Unit Production Manager - Sally Dennison: Additional Casting ## Camera - [Vilmos Zsigmond](https://film.one/person/vilmos-zsigmond.md): Director of Photography - [Nick McLean](https://film.one/person/nick-mclean.md): Camera Operator - Pete Turner: Still Photographer - Peter Sorel: Still Photographer - Jim Coe: Still Photographer - [William A. Fraker](https://film.one/person/william-a-fraker.md): Director of Photography - [Douglas Slocombe](https://film.one/person/douglas-slocombe.md): Director of Photography - [John A. Alonzo](https://film.one/person/john-a-alonzo.md): Additional Director of Photography - [László Kovács](https://film.one/person/laszlo-kovacs.md): Additional Director of Photography - Steven Poster: Second Unit Director of Photography ## Editing - [Michael Kahn](https://film.one/person/michael-kahn.md): Editor - [Geoffrey Rowland](https://film.one/person/geoffrey-rowland.md): Assistant Editor - [Charles Bornstein](https://film.one/person/charles-bornstein.md): Assistant Editor ## Sound and music - [John Williams](https://film.one/person/john-williams.md): Original Music Composer - Robert 'Buzz' Knudson: Sound Re-Recording Mixer - Jack Schrader: Supervising Dialogue Editor - Don MacDougall: Sound Re-Recording Mixer - Kenneth Wannberg: Music Editor - Frank E. Warner: Supervising Sound Effects Editor - Richard Oswald: Sound - Stephen Katz: Dolby Consultant ## Art - [Joe Alves](https://film.one/person/joe-alves.md): Production Design - Daniel A. Lomino: Art Direction - Phil Abramson: Set Decoration - Bill Parks: Construction Manager - Sam Gordon: Property Master - George Jenson: Production Illustrator - Dan Perri: Title Designer ## Costume and make-up - Edie Panda: Hairdresser - Bob Westmoreland: Makeup Supervisor ## Visual effects - Harry Moreau: Animation - Robert Swarthe: Animation Supervisor - Richard Yuricich: VFX Director of Photography - Douglas Trumbull: Visual Effects Supervisor - Carlo Rambaldi: Creature Design - Matthew Yuricich: Matte Painter - Robert Hall: Visual Effects Camera - Don Capel: Visual Effects Camera ## Lighting - Earl Gilbert: Gaffer ## Crew - Buddy Joe Hooker: Stunt Coordinator - Henry Kingi: Stunt Driver - Craig R. Baxley: Stunt Driver - Denny Arnold: Stunts - Bobby Bass: Stunts - Jerry Brutsche: Stunt Driver - Jeannie Epper: Stunts - Melvin Jones: Stunts - Monty Jordan: Utility Stunts - Stephen Powers: Stunts - Seth Winston: Intern --- © Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Our review: https://film.one/film/close-encounters-of-the-third-kind.md