Desi Arnaz

Desi Arnaz

Acting

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

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A Grammy Celebration of Latin Music ★ 5.0 A Grammy Celebration of Latin Music 2025 I Love Lucy Christmas Special ★ 10.0 I Love Lucy Christmas Special 2016 Classic TV Bloopers Uncensored Classic TV Bloopers Uncensored 2011 Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards ★ 7.2 Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards 2005 TV in Black: The First Fifty Years ★ 5.3 TV in Black: The First Fifty Years 2004 Television: The First Fifty Years Television: The First Fifty Years 1999 The Funny World of Lucy, Volume 1 ★ 8.5 The Funny World of Lucy, Volume 1 1997 E! True Hollywood Story ★ 8.2 E! True Hollywood Story 1996 The Escape Artist ★ 6.2 The Escape Artist 1982 Alice ★ 7.1 Alice 1976 Texaco Presents: A Quarter Century of Bob Hope on Television Texaco Presents: A Quarter Century of Bob Hope on Television 1975 Land's End ★ 10.0 Land's End 1968 The Mothers-in-Law ★ 6.0 The Mothers-in-Law 1967 Ironside ★ 6.9 Ironside 1967 The Carol Channing Show ★ 8.0 The Carol Channing Show 1966 Star Trek: The Cage ★ 5.8 Star Trek: The Cage 1965 Surf Scene Surf Scene 1963 The Lucy Show ★ 7.1 The Lucy Show 1962 The Virginian ★ 6.5 The Virginian 1962 Dragon by the Tail Dragon by the Tail 1961 Alcatraz Express ★ 7.0 Alcatraz Express 1961 Guestward, Ho! ★ 6.5 Guestward, Ho! 1960 The Man in the Funny Suit The Man in the Funny Suit 1960 The Gun of Zangara The Gun of Zangara 1960 NBC Sunday Showcase ★ 5.0 NBC Sunday Showcase 1959 The Ann Sothern Show ★ 7.5 The Ann Sothern Show 1958 Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse ★ 6.3 Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse 1958 The Texan ★ 6.0 The Texan 1958 The Fountain of Youth ★ 6.2 The Fountain of Youth 1958 Colgate Theatre ★ 9.0 Colgate Theatre 1958 Strange Witness Strange Witness 1958 The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour ★ 8.7 The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour 1957 The Walter Winchell File ★ 7.5 The Walter Winchell File 1957 The Bob Hope Chevy Show The Bob Hope Chevy Show 1956 U.S. Marshall ★ 7.8 U.S. Marshall 1956 Forever, Darling ★ 7.1 Forever, Darling 1956 Lucy's Really Lost Moments ★ 6.5 Lucy's Really Lost Moments 1956 The Long, Long Trailer ★ 6.9 The Long, Long Trailer 1954 I Love Lucy: The Movie ★ 7.7 I Love Lucy: The Movie 1953 Cavalcade of America ★ 4.6 Cavalcade of America 1952 I Love Lucy ★ 7.9 I Love Lucy 1951 Holiday in Havana ★ 5.6 Holiday in Havana 1949 Cuban Pete ★ 6.0 Cuban Pete 1946 Bataan ★ 6.5 Bataan 1943 The Navy Comes Through ★ 6.0 The Navy Comes Through 1942 Four Jacks and a Jill ★ 6.5 Four Jacks and a Jill 1942 Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2 ★ 7.0 Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2 1941 Father Takes a Wife ★ 6.8 Father Takes a Wife 1941 Too Many Girls ★ 5.9 Too Many Girls 1940 The Lucy-Desi Milton Berle Special The Lucy-Desi Milton Berle Special