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