Acting · b. 1917 · Santiago, Cuba

Desi Arnaz

Biography

Desi Arnaz (March 2, 1917 – December 2, 1986) was a Cuban-born American musician, actor and television producer. While he gained international renown for leading a Latin music band, the Desi Arnaz Orchestra, he is best known for his role as Ricky Ricardo on I Love Lucy, starring with then-wife Lucille Ball.

Directed
Lucy's Really Lost Moments 1956
Acting
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music Self (archive footage) 2025 A Grammy Celebration of Latin Music Self/Ricky Ricardo (archive footage) 2025 Lucy and Desi Self (archive footage) 2022 My Darling Vivian Self (archive footage) 2020 I Love Lucy Christmas Special Ricky 2016 Classic TV Bloopers Uncensored Ricky Ricardo (archive footage) 2011 Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards Manuelito (segment "Too Many Girls") (archive footage) 2005 TV in Black: The First Fifty Years (archive footage) 2004 Judy Garland: By Myself Self (archive footage) 2004 Lucille Ball: Finding Lucy Self (archive footage) 2000 Television: The First Fifty Years Ricky Ricardo (archive footage) 1999 The Funny World of Lucy, Volume 1 1997 Lucy and Desi: A Home Movie Self 1993 Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage Self (archive footage) (uncredited) 1983 The Escape Artist Mayor Leon Quiñones 1982 CBS Salutes Lucy: The First 25 Years Self 1976 Joys Self 1976 Salsa Self (archive footage) 1976 Texaco Presents: A Quarter Century of Bob Hope on Television (archive footage) 1975 Forever, Darling Lorenzo Xavier 'Larry' Vega 1956 The Bob Hope Chevy Show Fred Mertz 1956 The Long, Long Trailer Nicky Collini 1954 A Star Is Born World Premiere Self 1954 I Love Lucy: The Movie Ricky Ricardo 1953 Holiday in Havana Carlos Estrada 1949 Cuban Pete Desi Arnaz 1946 Desi Arnaz and His Orchestra Self 1946 Bataan Felix Ramirez 1943 The Navy Comes Through Pat Tarriba 1942 Four Jacks and a Jill Steve Sarto / King Stephan VIII of Aregal 1942
Other Credits
Star Trek: The Cage Executive Producer 1965 Surf Scene Executive Producer 1963 Dragon by the Tail Executive Producer 1961 Alcatraz Express Executive Producer 1961 The Man in the Funny Suit Producer 1960 The Fountain of Youth Executive Producer 1958 Strange Witness Producer 1958
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