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Desi Arnaz

Desi Arnaz

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

02/03/1917

Day of Death

02/12/1986
(69) years old

Place of Birth

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 Luci... Read More

Known For

Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music

Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music

Lucy and Desi

My Darling Vivian

My Darling Vivian

I Love Lucy Christmas Special

I Love Lucy Christmas Special

Classic TV Bloopers Uncensored

Classic TV Bloopers Uncensored

Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards

Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards

Judy Garland: By Myself

Judy Garland: By Myself

TV in Black: The First Fifty Years

TV in Black: The First Fifty Years

Filmography

Cast

2025

A Grammy Celebration of Latin Music

as Self/Ricky Ricardo (archive footage)

2025

Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Mu...

as Self (archive footage)

2022

Lucy and Desi

as Self (archive footage)

2020

My Darling Vivian

as Self (archive footage)

2016

I Love Lucy Christmas Special

as Ricky

2011

Classic TV Bloopers Uncensored

as Ricky Ricardo (archive footage)

2005

Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best ...

as Manuelito (segment "Too Many Girls") (ar...

2004

Judy Garland: By Myself

as Self (archive footage)

2004

TV in Black: The First Fifty Years

as (archive footage)

2000

Lucille Ball: Finding Lucy

as Self (archive footage)

1999

Television: The First Fifty Years

as Ricky Ricardo (archive footage)

1997

The Funny World of Lucy, Volume 1

1993

Lucy and Desi: A Home Movie

as Self

1983

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1982

The Escape Artist

as Mayor Leon Quiñones

1976

CBS Salutes Lucy: The First 25 Years

as Self

1976

Salsa

as Self (archive footage)

1976

Joys

as Self

1975

Texaco Presents: A Quarter Century of Bo...

as (archive footage)

1960

The Man in the Funny Suit

as Self - Host

1956

The Bob Hope Chevy Show

as Fred Mertz

1956

Forever, Darling

as Lorenzo Xavier 'Larry' Vega

1956

Lucy's Really Lost Moments

as Ricky Ricardo

1954

A Star Is Born World Premiere

as Self

1954

The Long, Long Trailer

as Nicky Collini

1953

I Love Lucy: The Movie

as Ricky Ricardo

1949

Holiday in Havana

as Carlos Estrada

1946

Desi Arnaz and His Orchestra

as Self

1946

Cuban Pete

as Desi Arnaz

1943

Bataan

as Felix Ramirez

1942

The Navy Comes Through

as Pat Tarriba

1942

Four Jacks and a Jill

as Steve Sarto / King Stephan VIII of Arega...

1941

Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2

1941

Father Takes a Wife

as Carlos Bardez

1940

Too Many Girls

as Manuelito Lynch

Crew

1965

Star Trek: The Cage

as Executive Producer

1963

Surf Scene

as Executive Producer

1961

Dragon by the Tail

as Executive Producer

1961

Alcatraz Express

as Executive Producer

1960

The Man in the Funny Suit

as Producer

1958

The Fountain of Youth

as Executive Producer

1958

Strange Witness

as Producer

1956

Lucy's Really Lost Moments

as Director

1956

Lucy's Really Lost Moments

as Writer

1956

Lucy's Really Lost Moments

as Producer