Matti Ranin

Matti Helge Ranin (21 November 1926 – 24 November 2013) was a Finnish actor.[1]

Matti Ranin
Matti Ranin in 1950.
Born
Matti Helge Ranin

(1926-11-21)21 November 1926
Tampere, Finland
Died24 November 2013(2013-11-24) (aged 87)
Helsinki, Finland
OccupationActor, director
Years active1927–2011

Ranin had an extensive career in film. He was in his prime as film-actor in the 1950s and 60s, most famously playing Captain Kariluoto in an Edvin Laine film The Unknown Soldier. He also had a recurring role of Toivo Virta in the Inspector Palmu films and appeared as Lauri Salpakari in Here, Beneath the North Star, the 1968 film adaption of Väinö Linna's novel trilogy Under the North Star.[2]

Ranin has also acted extensively as a voice-over artist in children's audio books, cartoons and TV shows. He became known as the voice of the horse Histamiini, performed in puppet theatre style programming and based on the children's books by Raili Mikkanen. Ranin also directed the Finnish voice-over of Disney's Beauty and the Beast and performed the role of Belle's father. Ranin also had long running television roles as Pentti Karvala in the hospital drama Ihmeiden tekijät and as Kaarlo Kares on the soap opera Kotikatu.

Selected filmography
In films
On television
  • Joulukalenteri (1980, 1985)
  • Mustapartainen mies (1990)
  • Blondi tuli taloon (1994–1995)
  • Ihmeiden tekijät (1996–1998)
  • Parhaat vuodet (2000–2002)
  • Kotikatu (2004–2009)
  • Taivaan tulet (2011)

References
  1. "Näyttelijä Matti Ranin kuollut". Ilta-Sanomat. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 24 November 2013.
  2. "Matti Ranin". Kansallinen audiovisuaalinen arkisto. Retrieved 24 November 2013.


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