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