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