Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

Gender

Male

Birthday

1917-03-02

Deathday

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

6.9%

Saturday Night Live

Oct 11, 1975

7.9%

I Love Lucy

Oct 15, 1951

7.5%

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

Oct 1, 1962

8.1%

E! True Hollywood Story

Aug 21, 1996

6.8%

Ironside

Mar 28, 1967

7.0%

Alice

Aug 31, 1976

6.8%

The Long, Long Trailer

Feb 19, 1954

7.2%

Lucy and Desi

Jan 21, 2022

6.4%

Bataan

Jun 3, 1943

6.5%

Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

Jan 22, 1968

6.5%

The Virginian

Sep 19, 1962

6.8%

What's My Line?

Feb 2, 1950

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Acting

2022

Lucy and Desi as Self (archive footage)

2020

My Darling Vivian as Self (archive footage)

2018

I Love Lucy: In Color as Ricky Ricardo

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)
2004		TV in Black: The First Fifty Years as (archive footage)

1999

Television: The First Fifty Years as Ricky Ricardo (archive footage)

1997

The Funny World of Lucy, Volume 1

1996

E! True Hollywood Story

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
1976		Alice
1976		Salsa as Self (archive footage)
1976		Joys as Self
1976		Donny & Marie as Self

1975		Texaco Presents: A Quarter Century of Bob Hope on Television as (archive footage)
1975		Saturday Night Live as Self - Host & Musical Guest

1968		Land's End as Guest Waiting to Cash Check
1968		Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In as Self

1967		The Mothers-in-Law as Raphael Delgado
1967		Ironside as Dr. Juan Domingo

1962		The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self
1962		The Virginian as El Jefe

1961

The Mike Douglas Show as Self

1959

NBC Sunday Showcase as Ricky Ricardo

1958

Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse

1957

The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour as Ricky Ricardo

1956		The Bob Hope Chevy Show as Fred Mertz
1956		Tony Awards as Self - Performer
1956		Forever, Darling as Lorenzo Xavier 'Larry' Vega
1956		Lucy's Really Lost Moments as Ricky Ricardo

1954		December Bride as Self
1954		A Star Is Born World Premiere as Self
1954		The Long, Long Trailer as Nicky Collini

1953

I Love Lucy: The Movie as Ricky Ricardo

1951		I Love Lucy as Ricky Ricardo
1951		The Red Skelton Show as Self

1950		The Bob Hope Show as Self
1950		What's My Line? as Self
1950		What's My Line? as Self - Panelist

1949		The Ed Wynn Show as Self
1949		Holiday in Havana as Carlos Estrada
1949		The Emmy Awards as Self

1948

The Ed Sullivan Show as Self

1946		Desi Arnaz and His Orchestra as Self
1946		Cuban Pete as Desi Arnaz

1943

Bataan as Felix Ramirez

1942		The Navy Comes Through as Pat Tarriba
1942		Four Jacks and a Jill as Steve Sarto / King Stephan VIII of Aregal

1941		Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2
1941		Father Takes a Wife as Carlos Bardez

1940

Too Many Girls as Manuelito Lynch

Creator

2018

I Love Lucy: In Color as Creator

1968

Land's End as Creator

1958

Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse as Creator

Directing

1968

Land's End as Director

1967

The Mothers-in-Law as Director

1966

The Carol Channing Show as Director

1962

The Lucy Show as Director

1960

Guestward, Ho! as Director

1959

NBC Sunday Showcase as Director

1957

The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour as Director

1956

Lucy's Really Lost Moments as Director

Production

1968

Land's End as Producer

1967

The Mothers-in-Law as Executive Producer

1966

The Carol Channing Show as Producer

1965

Star Trek: The Cage as Executive Producer

1963

Surf Scene as Executive Producer

1962

The Lucy Show as Producer

1958		The Ann Sothern Show as Producer
1958		Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse as Executive In Charge Of Production
1958		The Texan as Producer
1958		The Fountain of Youth as Executive Producer
1958		Strange Witness as Producer

1957		The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour as Producer
1957		The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour as Executive Producer
1957		The Walter Winchell File as Producer

1956		U.S. Marshall as Producer's Assistant
1956		Lucy's Really Lost Moments as Producer

1952

Cavalcade of America as Executive Producer

1951

I Love Lucy as Producer

Writing

1968

Land's End as Writer

1956

Lucy's Really Lost Moments as Writer