Desi Arnaz

Known for: Acting

Born: 1917-03-02 – 1986-12-02 (aged 69)

From: Santiago, Cuba

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.

Filmography (60)

MOVIE★ 5.0
A Grammy Celebration of Latin Music
2025
as Self/Ricky Ricardo (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 7.8
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
2025
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 7.1
Lucy and Desi
2022
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 7.1
My Darling Vivian
2020
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 10.0
I Love Lucy Christmas Special
2016
as Ricky
MOVIE★ 2.0
Classic TV Bloopers Uncensored
2011
as Ricky Ricardo (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 7.2
Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards
2005
as Manuelito (segment "Too Many Girls") (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 8.3
Judy Garland: By Myself
2004
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 5.3
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years
2004
as (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 7.0
Lucille Ball: Finding Lucy
2000
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE
Television: The First Fifty Years
1999
as Ricky Ricardo (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 8.5
The Funny World of Lucy, Volume 1
1997
TV★ 8.2
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
MOVIE★ 8.2
Lucy and Desi: A Home Movie
1993
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.0
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 6.2
The Escape Artist
1982
as Mayor Leon Quiñones
MOVIE★ 7.3
CBS Salutes Lucy: The First 25 Years
1976
as Self
TV★ 7.0
Alice
1976
as Ruth
MOVIE★ 10.0
Salsa
1976
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 6.0
Joys
1976
as Self
TV★ 6.8
Donny & Marie
1976
as Self
MOVIE
Texaco Presents: A Quarter Century of Bob Hope on Television
1975
as (archive footage)
TV★ 6.9
Saturday Night Live
1975
as Self - Host & Musical Guest
TV★ 10.0
Land's End
1968
as Guest Waiting to Cash Check
TV★ 6.8
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1968
as Self (uncredited)
TV★ 6.0
The Mothers-in-Law
1967
as Raphael Delgado
TV★ 6.9
Ironside
1967
as Dr. Juan Domingo
TV★ 7.5
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
TV★ 6.5
The Virginian
1962
as El Jefe
TV★ 5.8
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self
MOVIE
The Man in the Funny Suit
1960
as Self - Host
TV★ 5.0
NBC Sunday Showcase
1959
as Ricky Ricardo
TV★ 6.3
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958
TV★ 8.7
The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour
1957
as Ricky Ricardo
MOVIE
The Bob Hope Chevy Show
1956
as Fred Mertz
TV
Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Performer
MOVIE★ 6.9
Forever, Darling
1956
as Lorenzo Xavier 'Larry' Vega
MOVIE★ 6.5
Lucy's Really Lost Moments
1956
as Ricky Ricardo
TV★ 7.5
MGM Parade
1955
as Self
TV★ 6.3
December Bride
1954
as Self
MOVIE★ 8.0
A Star Is Born World Premiere
1954
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.9
The Long, Long Trailer
1954
as Nicky Collini
MOVIE★ 7.7
I Love Lucy: The Movie
1953
as Ricky Ricardo / Self
TV★ 7.9
I Love Lucy
1951
as Ricky Ricardo
TV★ 7.4
The Red Skelton Show
1951
as Self
TV★ 7.0
The Bob Hope Show
1950
as Self
TV★ 7.0
What's My Line?
1950
as Self
TV★ 7.7
The Ed Wynn Show
1949
as Self
MOVIE★ 5.6
Holiday in Havana
1949
as Carlos Estrada
TV★ 7.9
The Emmy Awards
1949
as Self
TV★ 6.8
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
as Self
MOVIE★ 5.4
Desi Arnaz and His Orchestra
1946
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.0
Cuban Pete
1946
as Desi Arnaz
MOVIE★ 6.5
Bataan
1943
as Felix Ramirez
MOVIE★ 6.0
The Navy Comes Through
1942
as Pat Tarriba
MOVIE★ 6.5
Four Jacks and a Jill
1942
as Steve Sarto / King Stephan VIII of Aregal
MOVIE★ 7.0
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2
1941
MOVIE★ 6.8
Father Takes a Wife
1941
as Carlos Bardez
MOVIE★ 5.9
Too Many Girls
1940
as Manuelito
MOVIE
The Lucy-Desi Milton Berle Special
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