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.
Known For
I Love Lucy
Ricky Ricardo
The Andy Griffith Show
Executive Producer
The Long, Long Trailer
Nicky Collini
The Lucy Show
Director
Lucy and Desi
Self (archive footage)
The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour
Ricky Ricardo
Bataan
Felix Ramirez
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
Self (archive footage)
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Filmography
Acting (60)
Movies (36)
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
2025as Self (archive footage)
A Grammy Celebration of Latin Music
2025as Self/Ricky Ricardo (archive footage)
Lucy and Desi
2022as Self (archive footage)
My Darling Vivian
2020as Self (archive footage)
I Love Lucy Christmas Special
2016as Ricky
Classic TV Bloopers Uncensored
2011as Ricky Ricardo (archive footage)
Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards
2005as Manuelito (segment "Too Many Girls") (archive footage)
Judy Garland: By Myself
2004as Self (archive footage)
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years
2004as (archive footage)
Lucille Ball: Finding Lucy
2000as Self (archive footage)
Television: The First Fifty Years
1999as Ricky Ricardo (archive footage)
The Funny World of Lucy, Volume 1
1997
Lucy and Desi: A Home Movie
1993as Self
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Escape Artist
1982as Mayor Leon Quiñones
Joys
1976as Self
Salsa
1976as Self (archive footage)
CBS Salutes Lucy: The First 25 Years
1976as Self
Texaco Presents: A Quarter Century of Bob Hope on Television
1975as (archive footage)
The Man in the Funny Suit
1960as Self - Host
Forever, Darling
1956as Lorenzo Xavier 'Larry' Vega
Lucy's Really Lost Moments
1956as Ricky Ricardo
The Bob Hope Chevy Show
1956as Fred Mertz
The Long, Long Trailer
1954as Nicky Collini
A Star Is Born World Premiere
1954as Self
I Love Lucy: The Movie
1953as Ricky Ricardo
Holiday in Havana
1949as Carlos Estrada
Cuban Pete
1946as Desi Arnaz
Desi Arnaz and His Orchestra
1946as Self
Bataan
1943as Felix Ramirez
Four Jacks and a Jill
1942as Steve Sarto / King Stephan VIII of Aregal
The Navy Comes Through
1942as Pat Tarriba
Father Takes a Wife
1941as Carlos Bardez
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2
1941
Too Many Girls
1940as Manuelito Lynch
The Lucy-Desi Milton Berle Special
Television (24)
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
Alice
1976
Donny & Marie
1976as Self
Saturday Night Live
1975as Self - Host & Musical Guest
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1968as Self (uncredited)
Land's End
1968as Guest Waiting to Cash Check
Ironside
1967as Dr. Juan Domingo
The Mothers-in-Law
1967as Raphael Delgado
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962as Self
The Virginian
1962as El Jefe
The Mike Douglas Show
1961as Self
NBC Sunday Showcase
1959as Ricky Ricardo
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958
The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour
1957as Ricky Ricardo
Tony Awards
1956as Self - Performer
Tony Awards
1956as Self - Performer
December Bride
1954as Self
The Red Skelton Show
1951as Self
I Love Lucy
1951as Ricky Ricardo
The Bob Hope Show
1950as Self
What's My Line?
1950as Self
The Ed Wynn Show
1949as Self
The Emmy Awards
1949as Self
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948as Self
Crew (32)
Movies (10)
Star Trek: The Cage
1965Executive Producer
Surf Scene
1963Executive Producer
Dragon by the Tail
1961Executive Producer
Alcatraz Express
1961Executive Producer
The Man in the Funny Suit
1960Producer
The Fountain of Youth
1958Executive Producer
Strange Witness
1958Producer
Lucy's Really Lost Moments
1956Director
Lucy's Really Lost Moments
1956Producer
Lucy's Really Lost Moments
1956Writer
Television (22)
Land's End
1968Director
Land's End
1968Producer
Land's End
1968Writer
The Mothers-in-Law
1967Director
The Mothers-in-Law
1967Executive Producer
The Carol Channing Show
1966Director
The Carol Channing Show
1966Producer
The Lucy Show
1962Director
The Lucy Show
1962Producer
The Andy Griffith Show
1960Executive Producer
Guestward, Ho!
1960Director
NBC Sunday Showcase
1959Director
The Texan
1958Producer
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958Executive In Charge Of Production
The Ann Sothern Show
1958Producer
Colgate Theatre
1958Executive Producer
The Walter Winchell File
1957Producer
The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour
1957Director
The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour
1957Executive Producer
U.S. Marshall
1956Producer's Assistant
Cavalcade of America
1952Executive Producer
I Love Lucy
1951Producer
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