Desi Arnaz

Personal Info

Birthday

March 2, 1917

Day of Death

1986-12-02

(69 years old)

Place of Birth

Santiago, Cuba

Desi Arnaz

Biography

Desi Arnaz (1917 – 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

Ironside

The Virginian

I Love Lucy

The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour

The Mothers-in-Law

NBC Sunday Showcase

The Long, Long Trailer

Lucy's Really Lost Moments

Filmography

2022
Lucy and Desi
as Self (archive footage)
2020
My Darling Vivian
as Self (archive footage)
2016
I Love Lucy Christmas Special
as Ricky
2011
Classic TV Bloopers Uncensored
as Ricky Ricardo (archive footage)
2005
Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards
as Manuelito (segment "Too Many Girls") (archive footage)
2004
Judy Garland: By Myself
as Self (archive footage)
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years
as (archive footage)
2000
Lucille Ball: Finding Lucy
as Self (archive footage)
1999
Television: The First Fifty Years
as Ricky Ricardo (archive footage)
1993
Lucy and Desi: A Home Movie
as Self
1983
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1982
The Escape Artist
as Mayor Leon Quiñones
1976
CBS Salutes Lucy: The First 25 Years
as Self
Salsa
as Self (archive footage)
Joys
as Self
1975
Texaco Presents: A Quarter Century of Bob Hope on Television
as (archive footage)
1960
The Man in the Funny Suit
as Self - Host
1956
The Bob Hope Chevy Show
as Fred Mertz
Forever, Darling
as Lorenzo Xavier 'Larry' Vega
Lucy's Really Lost Moments
as Ricky Ricardo
1954
A Star Is Born World Premiere
as Self
The Long, Long Trailer
as Nicky Collini
1953
I Love Lucy: The Movie
as Ricky Ricardo
1949
Holiday in Havana
as Carlos Estrada
1946
Desi Arnaz and His Orchestra
as Self
Cuban Pete
as Desi Arnaz
1943
Bataan
as Felix Ramirez
1942
The Navy Comes Through
as Pat Tarriba
Four Jacks and a Jill
as Steve Sarto / King Stephan VIII of Aregal
1941
Father Takes a Wife
as Carlos Bardez
1940
Too Many Girls
as Manuelito Lynch