Desi Arnaz
Known for: Acting
Born: March 2, 1917
Died: December 2, 1986
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
Cuban Pete
1946
Holiday in Havana
1949
Lucy's Really Lost Moments
1956
Desi Arnaz and His Orchestra
1946
The Man in the Funny Suit
1960
The Long, Long Trailer
1954
Forever, Darling
1956
CBS Salutes Lucy: The First 25 Years
1976
Lucy and Desi: A Home Movie
1993
I Love Lucy: The Movie
1953
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2
1941
I Love Lucy Christmas Special
2016
The Funny World of Lucy, Volume 1
1997
The Bob Hope Chevy Show
1956
The Lucy-Desi Milton Berle Special
The Escape Artist
1982
Lucille Ball: Finding Lucy
2000
Father Takes a Wife
1941
Four Jacks and a Jill
1942
Salsa
1976
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years
2004
Classic TV Bloopers Uncensored
2011
Too Many Girls
1940
Joys
1976
Judy Garland: By Myself
2004
Bataan
1943
The Navy Comes Through
1942
Texaco Presents: A Quarter Century of Bob Hope on Television
1975
Lucy and Desi
2022
My Darling Vivian
2020
A Grammy Celebration of Latin Music
2025
Television: The First Fifty Years
1999
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
Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards
2005
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 Ed Wynn Show
1949
The Red Skelton Show
1951
What's My Line?
1950
The Mothers-in-Law
1967
NBC Sunday Showcase
1959
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1968
A Star Is Born World Premiere
1954
MGM Parade
1955
Tony Awards
1956
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
2025