Desi Arnaz
Born
2 March 1917 (109)
Place of Birth
Santiago, Cuba
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.
Filmography (36)
A Grammy Celebration of Latin Music
2025
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
2025
Lucy and Desi
2022
My Darling Vivian
2020
I Love Lucy Christmas Special
2016
Classic TV Bloopers Uncensored
2011
Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards
2005
Judy Garland: By Myself
2004
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years
2004
Lucille Ball: Finding Lucy
2000
Television: The First Fifty Years
1999
The Funny World of Lucy, Volume 1
1997
Lucy and Desi: A Home Movie
1993
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983
The Escape Artist
1982
CBS Salutes Lucy: The First 25 Years
1976
Salsa
1976
Joys
1976
Texaco Presents: A Quarter Century of Bob Hope on Television
1975
The Man in the Funny Suit
1960
The Bob Hope Chevy Show
1956
Forever, Darling
1956
Lucy's Really Lost Moments
1956
A Star Is Born World Premiere
1954
The Long, Long Trailer
1954
I Love Lucy: The Movie
1953
Holiday in Havana
1949
Desi Arnaz and His Orchestra
1946
Cuban Pete
1946
Bataan
1943
The Navy Comes Through
1942
Four Jacks and a Jill
1942
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2
1941
Father Takes a Wife
1941
Too Many Girls
1940
The Lucy-Desi Milton Berle Special