Desi Arnaz
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
Mar 2, 1917 (109 years old)
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
| 2025 | Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL MusicSelf (archive footage) | |
| 2025 | A Grammy Celebration of Latin MusicSelf/Ricky Ricardo (archive footage) | |
| 2022 | Lucy and DesiSelf (archive footage) | |
| 2020 | My Darling VivianSelf (archive footage) | |
| 2016 | I Love Lucy Christmas SpecialRicky | |
| 2011 | Classic TV Bloopers UncensoredRicky Ricardo (archive footage) | |
| 2005 | Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony AwardsManuelito (segment "Too Many Girls") (archive footage) | |
| 2004 | TV in Black: The First Fifty Years(archive footage) | |
| 2004 | Judy Garland: By MyselfSelf (archive footage) | |
| 2000 | Lucille Ball: Finding LucySelf (archive footage) | |
| 1999 | Television: The First Fifty YearsRicky Ricardo (archive footage) | |
| 1997 | The Funny World of Lucy, Volume 1 | |
| 1996 | E! True Hollywood Story | |
| 1993 | Lucy and Desi: A Home MovieSelf | |
| 1983 | Hollywood Out-takes and Rare FootageSelf (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
| 1982 | The Escape ArtistMayor Leon Quiñones | |
| 1976 | CBS Salutes Lucy: The First 25 YearsSelf | |
| 1976 | JoysSelf | |
| 1976 | SalsaSelf (archive footage) | |
| 1976 | Alice | |
| 1976 | Donny & MarieSelf | |
| 1975 | Texaco Presents: A Quarter Century of Bob Hope on Television(archive footage) | |
| 1975 | Saturday Night LiveSelf - Host & Musical Guest | |
| 1968 | Land's EndGuest Waiting to Cash Check | |
| 1968 | Rowan & Martin's Laugh-InSelf (uncredited) | |
| 1968 | Rowan & Martin's Laugh-InSelf | |
| 1967 | IronsideDr. Juan Domingo | |
| 1967 | The Mothers-in-LawRaphael Delgado | |
| 1962 | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonSelf | |
| 1962 | The VirginianEl Jefe | |
| 1961 | The Mike Douglas ShowSelf | |
| 1960 | The Man in the Funny SuitSelf - Host | |
| 1959 | NBC Sunday ShowcaseRicky Ricardo | |
| 1958 | Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse | |
| 1957 | The Lucy–Desi Comedy HourRicky Ricardo | |
| 1956 | Forever, DarlingLorenzo Xavier 'Larry' Vega | |
| 1956 | Lucy's Really Lost MomentsRicky Ricardo | |
| 1956 | The Bob Hope Chevy ShowFred Mertz | |
| 1956 | Tony AwardsSelf - Performer | |
| 1955 | MGM ParadeSelf | |
| 1954 | The Long, Long TrailerNicky Collini | |
| 1954 | A Star Is Born World PremiereSelf | |
| 1954 | December BrideSelf | |
| 1953 | I Love Lucy: The MovieRicky Ricardo | |
| 1951 | I Love LucyRicky Ricardo | |
| 1951 | The Red Skelton ShowSelf | |
| 1950 | The Bob Hope ShowSelf | |
| 1950 | What's My Line?Self | |
| 1950 | What's My Line?Self - Panelist | |
| 1949 | Holiday in HavanaCarlos Estrada | |
| 1949 | The Emmy AwardsSelf | |
| 1949 | The Ed Wynn ShowSelf | |
| 1948 | The Ed Sullivan ShowSelf | |
| 1946 | Cuban PeteDesi Arnaz | |
| 1946 | Desi Arnaz and His OrchestraSelf | |
| 1943 | BataanFelix Ramirez | |
| 1942 | The Navy Comes ThroughPat Tarriba | |
| 1942 | Four Jacks and a JillSteve Sarto / King Stephan VIII of Aregal | |
| 1941 | Father Takes a WifeCarlos Bardez | |
| 1941 | Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2 | |
| 1940 | Too Many GirlsManuelito Lynch | |
| - | The Lucy-Desi Milton Berle Special |
| 1968 | Land's EndProducer | |
| 1967 | The Mothers-in-LawExecutive Producer | |
| 1966 | The Carol Channing ShowProducer | |
| 1965 | Star Trek: The CageExecutive Producer | |
| 1963 | Surf SceneExecutive Producer | |
| 1962 | The Lucy ShowProducer | |
| 1961 | Dragon by the TailExecutive Producer | |
| 1961 | Alcatraz ExpressExecutive Producer | |
| 1960 | The Man in the Funny SuitProducer | |
| 1958 | The Fountain of YouthExecutive Producer | |
| 1958 | Strange WitnessProducer | |
| 1958 | The Ann Sothern ShowProducer | |
| 1958 | The TexanProducer | |
| 1958 | Westinghouse Desilu PlayhouseExecutive In Charge Of Production | |
| 1958 | Colgate TheatreExecutive Producer | |
| 1957 | The Lucy–Desi Comedy HourProducer | |
| 1957 | The Walter Winchell FileProducer | |
| 1957 | The Lucy–Desi Comedy HourExecutive Producer | |
| 1956 | Lucy's Really Lost MomentsProducer | |
| 1956 | U.S. MarshallProducer's Assistant | |
| 1952 | Cavalcade of AmericaExecutive Producer | |
| 1951 | I Love LucyProducer |
| 1968 | Land's EndDirector | |
| 1967 | The Mothers-in-LawDirector | |
| 1966 | The Carol Channing ShowDirector | |
| 1962 | The Lucy ShowDirector | |
| 1960 | Guestward, Ho!Director | |
| 1959 | NBC Sunday ShowcaseDirector | |
| 1957 | The Lucy–Desi Comedy HourDirector | |
| 1956 | Lucy's Really Lost MomentsDirector |
| 1968 | Land's EndWriter | |
| 1956 | Lucy's Really Lost MomentsWriter |