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name: "Cary Guffey"
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born: "10 May 1972"
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updated: "2026-09-16T21:13:12.157638+00:00"
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# Cary Guffey

Actor. Born 10 May 1972 in Douglasville, Georgia, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 10 May 1972, Douglasville, Georgia, USA

## Biography

Cary Guffey is an American former child actor and financial planner. He made his film debut at the age of four or five as Barry Guiler in Steven Spielberg's *Close Encounters of the Third Kind* (1977).

He appeared in several further films and television productions through the mid-1980s, including *The Sheriff and the Satellite Kid* (1979) and its sequel *Everything Happens to Me* (1980), *Stroker Ace* (1983), *Cross Creek* (1983), *Night Shadows* (1984) and the miniseries *North and South* (1985) as Young Billy Hazard. His last on-screen role was in 1985.

Guffey was born in Douglasville, Georgia, and later worked in financial services, including roles at Merrill Lynch and, from 2012, PNC Investments. He holds a degree in marketing from the University of Florida and an M.B.A. from Jacksonville State University.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Close Encounters of the Third Kind* (1977), Fi1m 85, as Barry Guiler — [page](https://film.one/film/close-encounters-of-the-third-kind.md)

## Also known for

- *The Sheriff and the Satellite Kid* (1979), H7-25
- *Why Did You Pick On Me?* (1980), H7-25
- *North and South* (1985), Young Billy Hazard
- *Night Shadows* (1984), Billy
- *Stroker Ace* (1983), Little Doc

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