Karp Khachvankyan

Karp "Karapet" Mkrtchi Khachvankyan (Armenian: Կարպ Խաչվանքյան; 23 January 1923, Akhaltskha – 29 November 1998, Yerevan) was an Armenian actor and director, People's Artist of Armenia (1967).

Khachvankyan studied at the Actor's school of the Tbilisi film studio.

From 1944 until his death, Khachvankyan acted at the Paronyan Musical Comedy Theatre of Yerevan, performing more than 100 roles.

[2] His directing included Man of La Mancha (where he played both Miguel de Cervantes and Don Quixote), Silva by Emmerich Kálmán, and Love under the Stars by A. Ayvazyan.

Khachvankyan also played in films, including The Girl from Ararat Valley (1950), Patvi hamar (1956), and Road to the Stage (1963).