Desi Arnaz
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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
Credits
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music (2025)
as Self (archive footage)
My Darling Vivian (2020)
as Self (archive footage)
The Escape Artist (1982)
as Mayor Leon Quiñones
Bataan (1943)
as Felix Ramirez
Lucy and Desi (2022)
as Self (archive footage)
Forever, Darling (1956)
as Lorenzo Xavier 'Larry' Vega
The Long, Long Trailer (1954)
as Nicky Collini
A Grammy Celebration of Latin Music (2025)
as Self/Ricky Ricardo (archive footage)
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years (2004)
as (archive footage)
Television: The First Fifty Years (1999)
as Ricky Ricardo (archive footage)
Joys (1976)
as Self
Classic TV Bloopers Uncensored (2011)
as Ricky Ricardo (archive footage)
A Star Is Born World Premiere (1954)
as Self
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage (1983)
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards (2005)
as Manuelito (segment "Too Many Girls") (archive footage)
Salsa (1976)
as Self (archive footage)
Lucille Ball: Finding Lucy (2000)
as Self (archive footage)
Judy Garland: By Myself (2004)
as Self (archive footage)
Four Jacks and a Jill (1942)
as Steve Sarto / King Stephan VIII of Aregal
Too Many Girls (1940)
as Manuelito Lynch
The Navy Comes Through (1942)
as Pat Tarriba
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2 (1941)
Actor
I Love Lucy: The Movie (1953)
as Ricky Ricardo / Self
CBS Salutes Lucy: The First 25 Years (1976)
as Self
Desi Arnaz and His Orchestra (1946)
as Self
Lucy's Really Lost Moments (1956)
as Ricky Ricardo
The Bob Hope Chevy Show (1956)
as Fred Mertz
Lucy and Desi: A Home Movie (1993)
as Self
Texaco Presents: A Quarter Century of Bob Hope on Television (1975)
as (archive footage)
The Man in the Funny Suit (1960)
as Self - Host
I Love Lucy Christmas Special (2016)
as Ricky
Father Takes a Wife (1941)
as Carlos Bardez
The Funny World of Lucy, Volume 1 (1997)
Actor
The Lucy-Desi Milton Berle Special (—)
Actor
Cuban Pete (1946)
as Desi Arnaz
Holiday in Havana (1949)
as Carlos Estrada