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