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Known For
Acting
Birthday
March 2, 1917
Died
December 2, 1986
Place of Birth
Santiago, Cuba
Desi Arnaz
0.4 Popularity
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
7.7
Self - Musical Guest February 21, 1976 (archive footage)
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
2025
7.1
Self (archive footage)
Lucy and Desi
2022
6.8
Self (archive footage)
My Darling Vivian
2020
10.0
Ricky
I Love Lucy Christmas Special
2016
0.0
Ricky Ricardo (archive footage)
Classic TV Bloopers Uncensored
2011
7.2
Manuelito (segment "Too Many Girls") (archive footage)
Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards
2005
7.5
Self (archive footage)
Judy Garland: By Myself
2004
4.0
(archive footage)
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years
2004
🎬
0.0
Self (archive footage)
Lucille Ball: Finding Lucy
2000
🎬
0.0
Ricky Ricardo (archive footage)
Television: The First Fifty Years
1999
Credits
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
as Self - Musical Guest February 21, 1976 (archive footage)
2025
7.7
Lucy and Desi
as Self (archive footage)
2022
7.1
My Darling Vivian
as Self (archive footage)
2020
6.8
I Love Lucy Christmas Special
as Ricky
2016
10.0
Classic TV Bloopers Uncensored
as Ricky Ricardo (archive footage)
2011
0.0
Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards
as Manuelito (segment "Too Many Girls") (archive footage)
2005
7.2
Judy Garland: By Myself
as Self (archive footage)
2004
7.5
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years
as (archive footage)
2004
4.0
🎬
Lucille Ball: Finding Lucy
as Self (archive footage)
2000
0.0
🎬
Television: The First Fifty Years
as Ricky Ricardo (archive footage)
1999
0.0
The Funny World of Lucy, Volume 1
1997
10.0
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
8.1
Lucy and Desi: A Home Movie
as Self
1993
8.2
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1983
6.5
The Escape Artist
as Mayor Leon Quiñones
1982
6.2
CBS Salutes Lucy: The First 25 Years
as Self
1976
7.3
Alice
1976
7.1
Salsa
as Self (archive footage)
1976
0.0
Joys
as Self
1976
4.0
Donny & Marie
as Self
1976
6.7
🎬
Texaco Presents: A Quarter Century of Bob Hope on Television
as (archive footage)
1975
0.0
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Host & Musical Guest
1975
7.0
🎬
Land's End
as Guest Waiting to Cash Check
1968
0.0
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
as Self
1968
6.6
The Mothers-in-Law
as Raphael Delgado
1967
5.8
Ironside
as Dr. Juan Domingo
1967
6.8
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
1962
7.5
The Virginian
as El Jefe
1962
6.4
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
1961
5.4
🎬
The Man in the Funny Suit
as Self - Host
1960
0.0
🎬
NBC Sunday Showcase
as Ricky Ricardo
1959
4.3
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958
5.8
The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour
as Ricky Ricardo
1957
8.6
The Bob Hope Chevy Show
as Fred Mertz
1956
0.0
Tony Awards
as Self - Performer
1956
5.9
Forever, Darling
as Lorenzo Xavier 'Larry' Vega
1956
7.0
Lucy's Really Lost Moments
as Ricky Ricardo
1956
6.5
December Bride
as Self
1954
5.5
A Star Is Born World Premiere
as Self
1954
8.0
The Long, Long Trailer
as Nicky Collini
1954
6.9
I Love Lucy: The Movie
as Ricky Ricardo
1953
7.4
I Love Lucy
as Ricky Ricardo
1951
7.9
The Red Skelton Show
as Self
1951
7.4
The Bob Hope Show
as Self
1950
7.0
What's My Line?
as Self
1950
6.9
What's My Line?
as Self - Panelist
1950
6.9
🎬
The Ed Wynn Show
as Self
1949
7.0
Holiday in Havana
as Carlos Estrada
1949
5.0
The Emmy Awards
as Self
1949
7.9
The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
1948
6.8
Desi Arnaz and His Orchestra
as Self
1946
4.7
Cuban Pete
as Desi Arnaz
1946
5.0
Bataan
as Felix Ramirez
1943
6.4
The Navy Comes Through
as Pat Tarriba
1942
5.6
Four Jacks and a Jill
as Steve Sarto / King Stephan VIII of Aregal
1942
6.0
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2
1941
6.0
Father Takes a Wife
as Carlos Bardez
1941
6.1
Too Many Girls
as Manuelito Lynch
1940
5.6