Cary Guffey - Wikipedia Cary Guffey Cary Guffey ( 1972 - 05 - 10 ) May 10, 1972 ( age 46 ) Douglasville, Georgia Occupation Child actor Years active 1977 -- 1985 Spouse ( s ) Michelle Quillen Children Parent ( s ) Larry and Sue Guffey Family Anthony Guffey ( brother ) Cary Guffey ( born May 10, 1972 ) is a former American child actor. He is best remembered for his debut in the role of Barry Guiler in the film Close Encounters of the Third Kind ( 1977 ). Contents 1 Biography 2 Filmography 3 Bibliography 4 External links Biography Born in Douglasville, Georgia, Guffey made his film debut in the 1977 film Close Encounters of the Third Kind. In 1979, he appeared in the movie The Sheriff and the Satellite Kid and its sequel Everything Happens to Me, with Bud Spencer. Guffey made his last onscreen appearance in the 1985 miniseries North and South. Filmography Film Year Film Role Notes 1977 Close Encounters of the Third Kind Barry Guiler 1979 The Sheriff and the Satellite Kid H7 - 25 -- extraterrestrial child Alternative title : E.T. and the Sheriff 1980 Everything Happens to Me H7 - 25 ( aka Charlie Warren ) Alternative title : Why Did You Pick on Me ? Cross Creek Floyd Turner Stroker Ace Little Doc Alternative title : Stand on It 1984 Mutant Billy Alternative title : Night Shadows The Bear Grandson Marc Television Year Title Role Notes Chiefs Billy Lee Miniseries 1985 Poison Ivy Timmy Mezzy Television movie North and South Young Billy Hazard Miniseries, ( final television appearance ) Bibliography Holmstrom, John. The Moving Picture Boy : An International Encyclopaedia from 1895 to 1995, Norwich, Michael Russell, 1996, p. 390. External links Cary Guffey on IMDb Cary Guffey at AllMovie WorldCat Identities BNE : XX1581530 VIAF : 87305442 This article about a United States film and television actor or actress born in the 1970s is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cary_Guffey&oldid=851167570 '' Categories : 1972 births Male actors from Georgia ( U.S. state ) American male child actors American male film actors American male television actors Living people People from Douglasville, Georgia American screen actor, 1970s birth stubs Hidden categories : Articles with hCards Wikipedia articles with BNE identifiers Wikipedia articles with VIAF identifiers All stub articles Talk Contents About Wikipedia Asturianu تۆرکجه Deutsch Español فارسی Italiano Română Edit links This page was last edited on 20 July 2018, at 14 : 28 ( UTC ). About Wikipedia

Question: who played the little boy in close encounters of the third kind
Answer: Cary Guffey