Desi Arnaz
Acting • Born 1917-03-02 – Died 1986-12-02
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.
Filmography
61 credits
Classic TV Bloopers Uncensored
Movie • 2011
Ricky Ricardo (archive footage)
The Long, Long Trailer
Movie • 1954
Nicky Collini
Forever, Darling
Movie • 1956
Lorenzo Xavier 'Larry' Vega
Bataan
Movie • 1943
Felix Ramirez
Lucy and Desi
Movie • 2022
Self (archive footage)
Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards
Movie • 2005
Manuelito (segment "Too Many Girls") (archive footage)
Father Takes a Wife
Movie • 1941
Carlos Bardez
The Escape Artist
Movie • 1982
Mayor Leon Quiñones
Too Many Girls
Movie • 1940
Manuelito Lynch
The Navy Comes Through
Movie • 1942
Pat Tarriba
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
Movie • 1983
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Four Jacks and a Jill
Movie • 1942
Steve Sarto / King Stephan VIII of Aregal
Cuban Pete
Movie • 1946
Desi Arnaz
CBS Salutes Lucy: The First 25 Years
Movie • 1976
Self
Television: The First Fifty Years
Movie • 1999
Ricky Ricardo (archive footage)
Lucy and Desi: A Home Movie
Movie • 1993
Self
Holiday in Havana
Movie • 1949
Carlos Estrada
I Love Lucy: The Movie
Movie • 1953
Ricky Ricardo
Joys
Movie • 1976
Self
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years
Movie • 2004
(archive footage)
Lucy's Really Lost Moments
Movie • 1956
Ricky Ricardo
Judy Garland: By Myself
Movie • 2004
Self (archive footage)
A Star Is Born World Premiere
Movie • 1954
Self
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2
Movie • 1941
Salsa
Movie • 1976
Self (archive footage)
I Love Lucy Christmas Special
Movie • 2016
Ricky
Desi Arnaz and His Orchestra
Movie • 1946
Self
My Darling Vivian
Movie • 2020
Self (archive footage)
The Funny World of Lucy, Volume 1
Movie • 1997
Texaco Presents: A Quarter Century of Bob Hope on Television
Movie • 1975
(archive footage)
The Bob Hope Chevy Show
Movie • 1956
Fred Mertz
Lucille Ball: Finding Lucy
Movie • 2000
Self (archive footage)
The Man in the Funny Suit
Movie • 1960
Self - Host
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
Movie • 2025
Self (archive footage)
A Grammy Celebration of Latin Music
Movie • 2025
Self/Ricky Ricardo (archive footage)
The Lucy-Desi Milton Berle Special
Movie
Alice
TV • 1976
December Bride
TV • 1954
Self
The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour
TV • 1957
Ricky Ricardo
I Love Lucy
TV • 1951
Ricky Ricardo
E! True Hollywood Story
TV • 1996
Donny & Marie
TV • 1976
Self
Ironside
TV • 1967
Dr. Juan Domingo
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
TV • 1958
Land's End
TV • 1968
Guest Waiting to Cash Check
The Emmy Awards
TV • 1949
Self
Saturday Night Live
TV • 1975
Self - Host & Musical Guest
The Mike Douglas Show
TV • 1961
Self
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV • 1962
Self
The Bob Hope Show
TV • 1950
Self
The Ed Sullivan Show
TV • 1948
Self
The Virginian
TV • 1962
El Jefe
The Red Skelton Show
TV • 1951
Self
The Ed Wynn Show
TV • 1949
Self
What's My Line?
TV • 1950
Self
The Mothers-in-Law
TV • 1967
Raphael Delgado
What's My Line?
TV • 1950
Self - Panelist
NBC Sunday Showcase
TV • 1959
Ricky Ricardo
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
TV • 1968
Self (uncredited)
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
TV • 1968
Self
MGM Parade
TV • 1955
Self