Desi Arnaz
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.
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Films (45)
A Grammy Celebration of Latin Music
2025 · Self/Ricky Ricardo (archive footage)
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
2025 · Self (archive footage)
Lucy et Desi
2022 · Self (archive footage)
Vivian et Johnny, la légende de Nashville
2020 · Self (archive footage)
I Love Lucy Christmas Special
2016 · Ricky
Classic TV Bloopers Uncensored
2011 · Ricky Ricardo (archive footage)
Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards
2005 · Manuelito (segment "Too Many Girls") (archive footage)
Judy Garland: By Myself
2004 · Self (archive footage)
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years
2004 · (archive footage)
Lucille Ball: Finding Lucy
2000 · Self (archive footage)
Television: The First Fifty Years
1999 · Ricky Ricardo (archive footage)
The Funny World of Lucy, Volume 1
1997
Lucy and Desi: A Home Movie
1993 · Self
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983 · Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Escape Artist
1982 · Mayor Leon Quiñones
CBS Salutes Lucy: The First 25 Years
1976 · Self
Salsa
1976 · Self (archive footage)
Joys
1976 · Self
Texaco Presents: A Quarter Century of Bob Hope on Television
1975 · (archive footage)
Star Trek: The Cage
1965 · Executive Producer
Surf Scene
1963 · Executive Producer
Dragon by the Tail
1961 · Executive Producer
Alcatraz Express
1961 · Executive Producer
The Man in the Funny Suit
1960 · Self - Host, Producer
The Gun of Zangara
1960 · Executive Producer
The Fountain of Youth
1958 · Executive Producer
Strange Witness
1958 · Producer
The Bob Hope Chevy Show
1956 · Fred Mertz
Forever, Darling
1956 · Lorenzo Xavier Vega
Lucy's Really Lost Moments
1956 · Ricky Ricardo, Director, Writer, Producer
A Star Is Born World Premiere
1954 · Self
The Long, Long Trailer
1954 · Nicholas Collini
I Love Lucy: The Movie
1953 · Ricky Ricardo / Self
Holiday in Havana
1949 · Carlos Estrada
Desi Arnaz and His Orchestra
1946 · Self
Cuban Pete
1946 · Desi Arnaz
Bataan
1943 · Felix Ramirez
The Navy Comes Through
1942 · Pat Tarriba
Four Jacks and a Jill
1942 · Steve Sarto / King Stephan VIII of Aregal
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2
1941
Father Takes a Wife
1941 · Carlos Bardez
Too Many Girls
1940 · Manuelito
The Lucy-Desi Milton Berle Special
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse Bernadette Episode
· Host (himself)
The Time Element
· Host
Séries (33)
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
Alice
1976 · Ruth
Donny & Marie
1976 · Self
Saturday Night Live
1975 · Self - Host & Musical Guest
Land's End
1968 · Guest Waiting to Cash Check, Director, Writer, Producer, Creator
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1968 · Self (uncredited), Self
The Mothers-in-Law
1967 · Raphael Delgado, Director, Executive Producer
Ironside
1967 · Dr. Juan Domingo
The Carol Channing Show
1966 · Producer, Director
The Tonight Show avec Johnny Carson
1962 · Self
The Lucy Show
1962 · Director, Producer
The Virginian
1962 · El Jefe
The Mike Douglas Show
1961 · Self
Guestward, Ho!
1960 · Director
NBC Sunday Showcase
1959 · Ricky Ricardo, Director
U.S. Marshall
1958 · Producer's Assistant, Executive Producer
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958 · Executive In Charge Of Production, Creator
The Ann Sothern Show
1958 · Producer
The Texan
1958 · Producer
Colgate Theatre
1958 · Executive Producer
The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour
1957 · Ricky Ricardo, Director, Producer, Executive Producer
The Walter Winchell File
1957 · Producer
Tony Awards
1956 · Self - Performer
MGM Parade
1955 · Self
December Bride
1954 · Self
Cavalcade of America
1952 · Executive Producer
I Love Lucy
1951 · Ricky Ricardo, Producer
The Red Skelton Show
1951 · Self
The Bob Hope Show
1950 · Self
What's My Line?
1950 · Self
The Ed Wynn Show
1949 · Self
The Emmy Awards
1949 · Self
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948 · Self