Desi Arnaz
Born in Santiago, Cuba — Mar 02 1917• Died Dec 02 1986
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Biography
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.
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Desi Arnaz's Credits
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Ironside
Dr. Juan Domingo
The Virginian
El Jefe
I Love Lucy
Ricky Ricardo
Alice
The Lucy Show
Directing
What's My Line?
Self
The Texan
Production
December Bride
Self
Cavalcade of America
Production
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Self (uncredited)
MGM Parade
Self
The Mothers-in-Law
Raphael Delgado
The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour
Ricky Ricardo
The Emmy Awards
Self
NBC Sunday Showcase
Ricky Ricardo
The Walter Winchell File
Production
The Ann Sothern Show
Production
Guestward, Ho!
Directing
U.S. Marshall
Production
E! True Hollywood Story
Joys
Self
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
Self (archive footage)
The Ed Wynn Show
Self
Television: The First Fifty Years
Ricky Ricardo (archive footage)
Bataan
Felix Ramirez
Colgate Theatre
Production
The Long, Long Trailer
Nicky Collini
The Escape Artist
Mayor Leon Quiñones
Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards
Manuelito (segment "Too Many Girls") (archive footage)
Judy Garland: By Myself
Self (archive footage)
Lucy and Desi
Self (archive footage)
The Navy Comes Through
Pat Tarriba
My Darling Vivian
Self (archive footage)
Too Many Girls
Manuelito Lynch
The Carol Channing Show
Production
Land's End
Guest Waiting to Cash Check
Salsa
Self (archive footage)
A Star Is Born World Premiere
Self
A Grammy Celebration of Latin Music
Self/Ricky Ricardo (archive footage)
Forever, Darling
Lorenzo Xavier 'Larry' Vega
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years
(archive footage)
Lucille Ball: Finding Lucy
Self (archive footage)
Four Jacks and a Jill
Steve Sarto / King Stephan VIII of Aregal
Strange Witness
Production
Star Trek: The Cage
Production
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2
The Man in the Funny Suit
Self - Host
Classic TV Bloopers Uncensored
Ricky Ricardo (archive footage)
CBS Salutes Lucy: The First 25 Years
Self
Cuban Pete
Desi Arnaz
The Fountain of Youth
Production
Lucy's Really Lost Moments
Ricky Ricardo
Holiday in Havana
Carlos Estrada
Father Takes a Wife
Carlos Bardez
Lucy and Desi: A Home Movie
Self
Dragon by the Tail
Production
Surf Scene
Production
I Love Lucy: The Movie
Ricky Ricardo
I Love Lucy Christmas Special
Ricky
Texaco Presents: A Quarter Century of Bob Hope on Television
(archive footage)
Alcatraz Express
Production
The Bob Hope Chevy Show
Fred Mertz
Desi Arnaz and His Orchestra
Self
The Lucy-Desi Milton Berle Special
The Funny World of Lucy, Volume 1
Tony Awards
Self - Performer