Desi Arnaz
ActingBorn
March 2, 1917
Died
December 2, 1986
Place of Birth
Santiago, Cuba
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.
Known For
Filmography
A Grammy Celebration of Latin Music
2025
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
2025
Lucy and Desi
2022
My Darling Vivian
2020
I Love Lucy Christmas Special
2016
Classic TV Bloopers Uncensored
2011
Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards
2005
Judy Garland: By Myself
2004
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years
2004
Lucille Ball: Finding Lucy
2000
Television: The First Fifty Years
1999
The Funny World of Lucy, Volume 1
1997
Lucy and Desi: A Home Movie
1993
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983
The Escape Artist
1982
CBS Salutes Lucy: The First 25 Years
1976
Salsa
1976
Joys
1976
Texaco Presents: A Quarter Century of Bob Hope on Television
1975
The Man in the Funny Suit
1960
The Bob Hope Chevy Show
1956
Forever, Darling
1956
Lucy's Really Lost Moments
1956
A Star Is Born World Premiere
1954
The Long, Long Trailer
1954
I Love Lucy: The Movie
1953
Holiday in Havana
1949
Desi Arnaz and His Orchestra
1946
Cuban Pete
1946
Bataan
1943
The Navy Comes Through
1942
Four Jacks and a Jill
1942
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2
1941
Father Takes a Wife
1941
Too Many Girls
1940
The Lucy-Desi Milton Berle Special
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
Alice
1976
Donny & Marie
1976
Saturday Night Live
1975
Land's End
1968
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1968
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1968
The Mothers-in-Law
1967
Ironside
1967
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
The Virginian
1962
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
NBC Sunday Showcase
1959
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958
The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour
1957
Tony Awards
1956
MGM Parade
1955
December Bride
1954
I Love Lucy
1951
The Red Skelton Show
1951
The Bob Hope Show
1950
What's My Line?
1950
What's My Line?
1950
The Ed Wynn Show
1949
The Emmy Awards
1949
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948