Desi Arnaz
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- March 2, 1917
- Died
- December 2, 1986 (aged 69)
- Birthplace
- Santiago, Cuba
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
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Filmography
The Lucy-Desi Milton Berle Special
Movie
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse Bernadette Episode
Movie · as Host (himself)
The Time Element
Movie · as Host
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
A Grammy Celebration of Latin Music
Movie · as Self/Ricky Ricardo (archive footage)
Lucy and Desi
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
My Darling Vivian
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
I Love Lucy Christmas Special
Movie · as Ricky
Classic TV Bloopers Uncensored
Movie · as Ricky Ricardo (archive footage)
Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards
Movie · as Manuelito (segment "Too Many Girls") (archive footage)
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years
Movie · as (archive footage)
Judy Garland: By Myself
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Lucille Ball: Finding Lucy
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Television: The First Fifty Years
Movie · as Ricky Ricardo (archive footage)
The Funny World of Lucy, Volume 1
Movie
E! True Hollywood Story
TV · 1 ep
Lucy and Desi: A Home Movie
Movie · as Self
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
Movie · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Escape Artist
Movie · as Mayor Leon Quiñones
CBS Salutes Lucy: The First 25 Years
Movie · as Self
Joys
Movie · as Self
Salsa
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Alice
TV · as Ruth · 1 ep
Donny & Marie
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Texaco Presents: A Quarter Century of Bob Hope on Television
Movie · as (archive footage)
Saturday Night Live
TV · as Self - Host & Musical Guest · 1 ep
Land's End
TV · as Guest Waiting to Cash Check · 1 ep
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
TV · as Self (uncredited) · 1 ep
Ironside
TV · as Dr. Juan Domingo · 1 ep
The Mothers-in-Law
TV · as Raphael Delgado · 4 eps
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV · as Self · 2 eps
The Virginian
TV · as El Jefe · 1 ep
The Mike Douglas Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Man in the Funny Suit
Movie · as Self - Host
NBC Sunday Showcase
TV · as Ricky Ricardo · 1 ep
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
TV · 7 eps
The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour
TV · as Ricky Ricardo · 13 eps
Forever, Darling
Movie · as Lorenzo Xavier Vega
Lucy's Really Lost Moments
Movie · as Ricky Ricardo
The Bob Hope Chevy Show
Movie · as Fred Mertz
Tony Awards
TV · as Self - Performer · 1 ep
MGM Parade
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Long, Long Trailer
Movie · as Nicholas Collini
A Star Is Born World Premiere
Movie · as Self
December Bride
TV · as Self · 1 ep
I Love Lucy: The Movie
Movie · as Ricky Ricardo / Self
I Love Lucy
TV · as Ricky Ricardo · 180 eps
The Red Skelton Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Bob Hope Show
TV · as Self · 2 eps
What's My Line?
TV · as Self · 3 eps
Holiday in Havana
Movie · as Carlos Estrada
The Emmy Awards
TV · as Self · 2 eps
The Ed Wynn Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Ed Sullivan Show
TV · as Self · 6 eps
Cuban Pete
Movie · as Desi Arnaz
Desi Arnaz and His Orchestra
Movie · as Self
Bataan
Movie · as Felix Ramirez
The Navy Comes Through
Movie · as Pat Tarriba
Four Jacks and a Jill
Movie · as Steve Sarto / King Stephan VIII of Aregal
Father Takes a Wife
Movie · as Carlos Bardez
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2
Movie
Too Many Girls
Movie · as Manuelito