Matti Helge Ranin (21 November 1926 – 24 November 2013) was a Finnish actor.
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.
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 various Finnish versions of animated films from 1981 to 1992, including The Little Mermaid in 1990 and Beauty and The Beast in 1992. Ranin was also a voice actor in various animated films and series, including Doc in Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs and Maurice in Beauty and The Beast. 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.
2011
as Sammakkokuningas
2007
as Rupeltaja (voice)
1996
as Kauko Honkavaara
1995
as Kaarlo Kares
1976
as Eugen Wolff
1970
as Lauri Salpakari
1969
as Toivo Virta
1968
as Lauri Salpakari
1967
as Roger Robb
1963
as Matti Koskinen
1962
as Toivo Virta
1962
as Pauli Hirvonen
1961
as Toivo Virta
1961
1960
as Toivo Virta
1957
as Pentti Varavaara
1956
as Junu
1956
as Esko Teräs
1955
as Kariluoto
1954
as Arvi
1954
as Eero Salmela
1954
as Heikki
1954
as Rantanen
1954
as Pertti Aalto
1953
as Juhani Varala
1953
as Aarne
1953
as Olli
1952
1952
as 'Dandy' (uncredited)
1952
as (uncredited)
1952
as Fellow actor
1951
as Jyrki
1950
1950
as Möllersvärd
1950
as Lauri Tammela
1949
as Kalle
1949
as Aapeli
1949
as Student (uncredited)
1948
as Schoolboy
1947