What is Matti Ranin?
[[Image:Matti Ranin vuonna 1950.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Matti Ranin (1950).]] '''Matti Helge Ranin''' (21 November 1926 – 24 November 2013) was a [[Finland|Finnish]] actor.<ref>{{cite web|title=Näyttelijä Matti Ranin kuollut|url=http://www.iltasanomat.fi/kotimaa/art-1288624525635.html|publisher=Ilta-Sanomat|accessdate=24 November 2013|archive-date=24 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924090559/http://www.iltasanomat.fi/kotimaa/art-1288624525635.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> He was well known for his role as Captain Kariluoto in [[Edvin Laine]]'s ''[[The Unknown Soldier (1955 movie)|The Unknown Soldier]]''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Matti Ranin|url=http://www.elonet.fi/fi/henkilo/253213|publisher=Kansallinen audiovisuaalinen arkisto|accessdate=24 November 2013}}</ref> Ranin was born in [[Tampere]], [[Finland]]. He died on 24 November 2013 in [[Helsinki]] from natural causes, aged 87.<ref>[http://yle.fi/uutiset/nayttelija_matti_ranin_kuollut/6950861 Näyttelijä Matti Ranin kuollut] {{in lang|fi}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== *{{IMDB name|0710195|name=Matti Ranin}} {{actor-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Ranin, Matti}} [[Category:1926 births]] [[Category:2013 deaths]] [[Category:Finnish movie actors]] [[Category:Finnish stage actors]] [[Category:Finnish television actors]] [[Category:People from Tampere]]