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