Cary Guffey

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| birth_place = Douglasville, Georgia, U.S.

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| occupation = Child actor, financial planner

| years_active = 1977–1985

| spouse = Michelle Quillen

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Cary Guffey (born May 10, 1972) is an American former child actor and financial planner. He is best known for his debut in the role of Barry Guiler in the film Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977).

Biography

Born in Douglasville, Georgia, Guffey was raised in West Windsor, New Jersey and attended West Windsor-Plainsboro High School South before graduating from the University of Florida with a degree in marketing and from Jacksonville State University with an M.B.A.White, Constance. [http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20134692,00.html "Down to Earth: Cary Guffey, Close Encounters of the Third Kind's Boy Wonder, Grew Up in the Real World and Went into Finance"], People (magazine), June 18, 2001. Accessed January 26, 2020. "They did, Guffey attests. 'I had a great life as a child—just enough, never too much, never a pressure thing.' So when he decided to quit acting, his parents supported him. After graduating from West Windsor High School in Princeton, N.J., he earned a marketing degree from the University of Florida and an M.B.A. from Alabama's Jacksonville State University."

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.

As an adult, Guffey embarked on a career in financial services, first with Merrill Lynch, then, beginning in 2012, with PNC Investments.{{cite web

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Filmography

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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?
rowspan=2\|1983 \| Cross Creek \| Floyd Turner \|
Stroker Ace \| Little Doc \| Alternative title: Stand on It
rowspan=2\|1984 \| Mutant \| Billy \| Alternative title: Night Shadows
The Bear \| Grandson Marc \|
colspan="4" style="background: LightSteelBlue;" \| Television
Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes
1983 \| Chiefs \| Billy Lee \| Miniseries
rowspan=2\|1985 \| Poison Ivy \| Timmy Mezzy \| Television movie
North and South \| Young Billy Hazard \| Miniseries, (final television appearance)

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colspan="4" style="background: LightSteelBlue;" | Film

Year

! Film

! Role

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1977

| Close Encounters of the Third Kind

| Barry Guiler

1979

| The Sheriff and the Satellite Kid

| H7-25 – extraterrestrial child