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name: "Richard Kanayan"
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roles: ["Actor"]
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updated: "2026-09-16T21:17:05.117040+00:00"
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# Richard Kanayan

Actor.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Also known as:** Le jeune Richard Kanayan

## Biography

Richard Kanayan is a French actor. He appeared as a child, credited as Enfant or Un élève, in François Truffaut’s *The 400 Blows* (1959). He played Fido Saroyan in Truffaut’s *Shoot the Piano Player* (1960), billed as Le jeune Richard Kanayan, and had an uncredited role as a client at a music shop in *Love on the Run* (1979).

*Sources: imdb.com, allmovie.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The 400 Blows* (1959), Fi1m 91, as Enfant — [page](https://film.one/film/the-400-blows.md)

## Also known for

- *Shoot the Piano Player* (1960), Fido Saroyan
- *Love on the Run* (1979), Client at Music-shop (uncredited)

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